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ALERT: Trump Administration official’s court filing says “It is my understanding that” … Kilmar Abrego Garcia is “alive and secure”… in sovereign custody of El Salvador

submitted 19 hours ago • 21 comments

Longtime career Justice Dept spokesman Peter Carr has been fired by Trump Administration Carr had a long track record of experience & service in the Justice Dept and the US Attorney office for Eastern District of Virginia Carr’s portfolio included Special Counsel Jack Smith

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Another court defeat for Trump White House Judge rejects request for pause on order restoring access to Associated Press Judge: "Constitutional protections would be worth little indeed if they wilt in the face of presidential incursion"

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Trump administration invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

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FLASH: Supreme Court says government must facilitate release of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

NEW: Sen Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) requests "an accounting of which White House or Trump administration officials were part of the deliberations on the change in policy or announcement, and whether those individuals made stock transactions or communicated with financial proxies ahead of the announcement"

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

So here we are.... more than 4 years later And an official White House memo references the 2020 election being "rigged" and "stolen"

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

ALERT: Weeks after nationally-televised press conference .. in which Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro-Santos as "east coast leader" of MS 13 .. Justice Dept seeks to drop the case Raising questions from former prosecutors... www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"

submitted 3 days ago • 1908 comments

ALERT: White House official is APPEALING the judge’s order restoring access to Associated Press The legal back-and-forth continues

submitted 4 days ago • 45 comments

FLASH: Federal judge in Texas issues temporary order to HALT deportations under Alien Enemies Act of three Venezuelan men. Judge notes Supreme Court decision from last night.. & mistake made in deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

ALERT: After Supreme Court ruling, plaintiff's attorneys have filed a new legal challenge (in Texas federal court) against Trump use of Alien Enemies Act Suit: Alien Enemies Act is supposed to be implemented when foreign nation is executing an invasion or "predatory incursion" of the territorial US

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FLASH: Judge issues injunction in favor of Associated Press Judge Trevor McFadden: “Under the 1st Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints"

submitted 4 days ago • 45 comments

Social Security wrongly told disabled people and some seniors their benefits ended, causing alarm www.cbsnews.com/news/social-...

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

A big target on Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee releases list of House GOP seats they’re targeting in 2026 After stronger performances in special elections last week

submitted 5 days ago • 38 comments

Civil rights-era government agency in Justice Department to be purged www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-r...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

At US Senate panel just now, fired US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer alleges she was terminated after declining instruction to help Mel Gibson get his gun rights restored

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

FLASH: Chief Justice of U.S. John Roberts has ordered brief pause (thru tomorrow 5p) in deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to allow for further arguments 11:59pm lower court deadline for Abrego Garcia’s return is delayed

submitted 5 days ago • 122 comments

ALERT: Per White House press pool... Trump's 2:30pm press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is no longer happening

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

Appeals court on Kilmar Garcia "Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who's lawfully present in the US off the street & remove him from the country without due process.. Government’s contention otherwise & its argument the federal courts are powerless to intervene are unconscionable"

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

Federal judge slams Trump Administration's deportation of Maryland man... calling it "grievous" and "lawless" Deadline is 11:59pm for the man's return.. if her order is followed

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

ALERT: Civil rights-era government agency in Justice Department poised to be purged www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-r...

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

Per press pool, Trump says he won golf tournament today

submitted 6 days ago • 74 comments

Judge Paula Xinis' order that the Trump Admin. must return Kilmar Garcia from El Salvador to US Trump officials make "stunning proposition that they can forcibly remove any person—migrant and US citizen alike —to prisons outside the US and then baldly assert they have no way to effectuate return"

submitted 7 days ago • 44 comments

Gov Tim Walz (D-MN) to CNN: "I don't know if I'm the best spokesperson to do it... after just losing an election... but what I know is the public ... they're rising up and asking their leadership to do something"

submitted 7 days ago • 208 comments

Language used by some Trump surrogates this morning on Sunday political shows, when asked about Trump's tariffs' impact on stock market: Yes... there has been "bumpiness" Yes... there will be some "uncertainty" We need to have "the backbone" to do this...

submitted 7 days ago • 46 comments

Democrats lean in… on the golfing

submitted 8 days ago • 70 comments

Trump arrives at golf course this morning in Florida, per CBS News

submitted 8 days ago • 66 comments

As stock market collapses today www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

submitted 8 days ago • 59 comments

DOW drops 2,000 President Trump not scheduled to speak to the nation

submitted 8 days ago • 60 comments

1/I have now received formal notification from @DCSAgov revoking my security clearance. No substantive reason. Solely relies on Trump the Butcher's instruction. No due process permitted though memo says "consistent with existing law" which requires it. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 9 days ago • 44 comments

Trump arrives at his golf course

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Trump Administration officials face prospect of contempt proceedings in DC federal court ===> t.co/D9CI9hsicj

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: Chief of Staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson has pleaded not guilty -- and has been placed on release conditions - in his DUI criminal case in Washington DC Hayden Haynes was stopped by police on Capitol Hill in the hours after Trump's address to Congress in March

submitted 10 days ago • 17 comments

"BLACKBALLING OR PUNISHING A LAWYER OR LAW FIRM BECAUSE OF VIGOROUS AND LAWFUL REPESENTATION OF A CLIENT CONFLICTS WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF LAW" Former leaders of the Wash. DC bar file in court in defense of law firm being targeted by Trump storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

ALERT: Fired US Pardon Attorney and other key figures ousted in Trump Administration purge of Justice Dept to testify Monday at Senate Democrats event on Capitol Hill www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-j...

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

FLASH: Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Susan Crawford, with support from Democrats and big donors nationwide www.cbsnews.com/news/wiscons...

submitted 11 days ago • 23 comments

FLASH: Sen Adam Schiff (D-CA) to put a hold on the nomination of Ed Martin, Trump's choice for US Attorney for DC Martin was 2020 "Stop the Steal" advocate, MAGA supporter, who served as advocate and defense lawyer for US Capitol riot defendants www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-n...

submitted 11 days ago • 60 comments

NEW: NAACP, League of Women Voters & Hispanic Federation sue to stop Trump elections executive order: “The President may do no such thing. Under the Constitution the President has no authority to make or change the rules for conducting federal elections” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

ALERT: Democratic Natl Committee & campaign leaders file suit, asking judge to declare new Trump executive order on elections "legally void" They argue the new Trump orders would "suppress voters, upend voter registration systems and hand over sensitive information to DOGE"

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

NEW: In letter to federal courts administrators, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): "I believe that the platform X has deliberately curated and maintained a network of users prone to anger and expressions of violence, who can be launched like the 'Wizard of Oz' flying monkeys"

submitted 12 days ago • 35 comments

Detroit regional Chamber of Commerce re: Trump’s threat of tariffs “The tariff policies proposed will increase prices, drive down consumer demand and therefore, lower the profitability of our companies, directly impacting the hard-working Americans who assemble the iconic vehicles we are known for”

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

NEW: Judge James Boasberg schedules Thursday 3pm hearing in the matter of the deported Venezuelan nationals... for Trump Administration to "show cause why they did not violate the Court's Temporary Restraining Orders"

submitted 13 days ago • 34 comments

Two years after law required the display of a plaque at Capitol to honor police who responded to Jan 6 attack…. The plaque has yet to be hung

submitted 13 days ago • 29 comments

Israeli officials furious that Signal group chat exposed intelligence, sources say www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli...

submitted 14 days ago • 45 comments

NEW: Quite a shift since January in latest CBS News poll: Americans want Trump's focus more on prices, not tariffs

submitted 14 days ago • 22 comments

Another attempt House Oversight and Senate Judiciary Committee members introduce formal legislation to allow cameras inside US Supreme Court arguments

submitted 14 days ago • 32 comments

ALERT: U.S. Institute of Peace staff receive termination notices, sources say www.cbsnews.com/news/us-inst...

submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

submitted 15 days ago • 56 comments