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June 9, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
DOJ Greenlights Workplace Discrimination With New Attack on EEOC
The Department of Justice is going after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
June 9, 2026
Edith Olmsted
JD Vance Ramps Up Revenge on Blue State With Criminal Referrals
Vance is targeting Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.
June 8, 2026
Finn Hartnett
How Kash Patel Cobbled Together a Conspiracy to Help Trump
A new report exposes how Patel built the bizarre case.
June 5, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
DOJ Investigates California for “Voter Fraud” in Middle of Election
The Department of Justice is targeting California after Trump accused the state of “cheating.”
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Fumes as Republican Senator Delivers Todd Blanche an Ultimatum
Senator Thom Tillis is standing in the way of Attorney General Todd Blanche.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Todd Blanche Reveals He’s Making It Harder for Dems to Prosecute Trump
The acting attorney general bragged about putting “roadblocks” in place for those seeking justice against Trump.
June 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DOJ Declares Trump Has Right to Bulldoze Statue of Liberty
Department of Justice lawyers made the bizarre argument while defending Donald Trump’s ballroom.
June 4, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
GOP Senator Cassidy Makes Unbelievable Move to Kill Trump’s Slush Fund
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy is taking action after losing his primary election following Trump’s endorsement of his opponent.
June 4, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
At Least Some Republicans Look Ready to Sink Blanche’s A.G. Dreams
Todd Blanche isn’t guaranteed to become Trump’s attorney general just yet.
June 4, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
DOJ Refiles Southern Poverty Law Center Suit—But Just Makes It Worse
A superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center has muddied the waters.
June 3, 2026
Edith Olmsted
George Santos Under Investigation Again Because He Can’t Help Himself
Santos received a presidential pardon for fraud, and then allegedly got right back to it.
June 3, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Undercuts His Own Advisers and Admits Slush Fund Isn’t Dead
Donald Trump says the slush fund will happen. His own team says it’s over.
June 2, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Todd Blanche Confirms Trump Slush Fund Is Dead After Republican Outcry
Not even Donald Trump’s own party could get behind the fund.
June 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Plans to Drop $1.8 Billion Slush Fund After Major Court Loss
The Trump administration is reportedly giving up on the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
May 29, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Anti-ICE Protesters Found Guilty in Case That Guts Free Speech Rights
Three protesters were convicted of federal conspiracy charges.
May 29, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Pam Bondi’s Epstein Testimony to Congress Was a Total Disaster
The former attorney general could have chosen to absolve Donald Trump of any crimes. She didn’t.
May 29, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Pam Bondi Throws Todd Blanche Under the Bus in Epstein Files Fiasco
Bondi is putting all the blame for the Epstein files on Trump’s new attorney general.
May 29, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Pam Bondi Testifies in Congress—With One Major Loophole
The former attorney general is finally being ordered to testify on the Epstein files, but don’t hold your breath.
May 29, 2026
Michael Tomasky
The Real—and Deeply Corrupt—Reason Trump Is After E. Jean Carroll
Actually, it’s not reason, singular. It’s reasons, plural. And there are 88.3 million of them.
May 29, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Federal Judge Halts Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund in Major Blow
A court has temporarily suspended work on Trump’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
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