Trump Admin Pursues an Unprecedented Legal Strategy to Target Border Crossers

Jose Omar Flores-Penaloza was willing to admit that he had entered the United States illegally. He was ready to be deported, according to his attorneys. But federal prosecutors would not let him go last spring without making him answer for another crime — one he had never heard of. Weeks earlier, President Donald Trump, to address what he called a national emergency, ordered a stretch of…
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New Report Indicates Trump-Linked Epstein Records Kept Out of DOJ Database

Files relating to allegations of sexual abuse committed by President Donald Trump are being withheld or removed from the public database of files compiled by the Department of Justice (DOJ) relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these files are related to allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor. They include over 50 pages of an FBI interview with a woman who accused Trump of sexually…
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Trump Banner Hung Outside DOJ Headquarters Prompts Outrage From Legal Observers

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) hung a new banner outside its headquarters featuring President Donald Trump’s face, a startling move that critics say provides the starkest evidence yet that the department is not being run as independently, despite the administration’s claims. The banner features a solemn and stern-looking Trump prominently displayed in black and white.
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Bondi’s Paperwork at Epstein Hearing Suggests Trump’s DOJ Is Spying on Congress

A photograph taken during U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s combative appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday suggests that the Justice Department has been tracking the search history of lawmakers who are combing through the unredacted Epstein files. As Bondi launched into various tirades against lawmakers, photojournalists managed to snag a picture of her notes…
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“This Is Blackmail”: Critics Slam Pam Bondi’s Demand for Minnesota Voter Rolls

As Minnesota residents and people across the U.S. were reeling from the killing of protester Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on Saturday — the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in the city in less than three weeks — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz, telling him it is in his power to “restore the rule of law” in his state.
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Florida Sets the Record for Death Penalties This Year

Edward Zakrzewski’s wife had known him since they were in the fourth grade. Growing up in the same neighborhood in Michigan, she and Zakrzewski had a close friendship. “I always had a crush on him, but I always knew that he was a ladies’ man in high school, and I was a good girl, so I wasn’t having that,” she said. As happens with many childhood friendships, they lost touch when her family moved…
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