Author: Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Fourteen GOP states push federal officials to require proof of citizenship for voter registration
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A coalition of 14 Republican-led states on Monday urged the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to adopt new federal rules requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, marking the latest front in the GOP’s nationwide election integrity campaign. The multistate effort, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, backs a petition from America First Legal,…
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Scholars debate Democrats’ favorite Trump attack line: Are we in a ‘constitutional crisis’?
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During a debate at the Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday, two law professors were asked about a charge that has become a frequent refrain among Democrats despite a flurry of strong legal victories for the Trump administration this year: Is the United States in a constitutional crisis under President Donald Trump? The Steamboat Institute’s debate resolution,…
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Judge hands Trump partial win in Alligator Alcatraz case
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A federal judge on Monday narrowed a lawsuit against the Florida immigration detention site known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” giving the Trump administration a partial victory while allowing some claims against it to continue. U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz, who serves in the Southern District of Florida and was appointed by President Donald Trump, dismissed detainees’ Fifth Amendment claims on Monday in…
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Missouri AG Bailey named to new FBI co-deputy director role alongside Bongino
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will leave his role to join the FBI as co-deputy director, sharing the position with conservative commentator and former law enforcement officer Dan Bongino, he announced Monday. “I am proud to announce I have accepted the role of Co-Deputy Director of the FBI,” Bailey, a Republican, said in a statement. “I extend my thanks…
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DOJ will ‘begin to provide’ Epstein-related records Friday, Comer says
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said Monday the Justice Department will begin to provide documents related to Jeffrey Epstein to the committee on Friday, marking the first production of records under subpoena in the Epstein investigation. Comer announced the committee’s progress with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday afternoon, saying the committee was informed the DOJ would start handing over Epstein-related…
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DOJ charges five cartel leaders, seeks $26 million bounties
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The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed sweeping drug trafficking indictments against five top leaders of the United Cartels, a powerful Michoacán-based criminal syndicate that President Donald Trump earlier this year designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The case is being prosecuted in the Eastern District of Tennessee, where federal prosecutors say the investigation first began before expanding into an international operation. Attorney…
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Appeals court says Trump can cut $2 billion in foreign aid
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump can withhold nearly $2 billion in previously approved foreign aid payments, delivering a significant legal win to his administration’s effort to scale back the U.S. Agency for International Development. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia voted 2-1 to overturn a lower court’s order requiring the administration to…
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Trump DOJ draws frustration from GOP over stalled document releases
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President Donald Trump promised to declassify and release thousands of pages of documents related to the hottest topics in the MAGA online world: Jeffrey Epstein files, JFK assassination secrets, Russiagate smoking guns, and more. Months later, most of the records remain snarled in layers of bureaucracy, and the few that have been released have notably…