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Judge orders White House to comply with Presidential Records Act

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the White House is at "substantial risk" of erasing official documents, and ordered President Trump's team to comply with the Presidential Records Act.

May 20, 2026

DOJ indicts Cuba’s Raul Castro on murder, conspiracy charges

Raul Castro, who spent years at the pinnacle of Cuba's government alongside his late brother Fidel, has been indicted in U.S. federal court on charges of murder and conspiracy to kill Americans stemming from the 1996 attack on airplanes trying to deliver aid to Cuban refugees.

May 20, 2026

Barney Frank dies; pioneer of gay rights in Congress, Wall Street reforms

For more than two decades, former Rep. Barney Frank refused to speak to reporters from The Washington Times.

May 20, 2026

DHS nabs Canadian man who voted in U.S. elections

Federal authorities unveiled charges against a Canadian man they say repeatedly voted in elections in Massachusetts and lied that he was eligible as a U.S. citizen.

May 20, 2026

DOJ gives Trump free pass on tax audits

The Justice Department gave President Trump and his business a free pass on any past tax crimes on Tuesday, saying the government is "forever barred" from pursuing those cases.

May 19, 2026

Hunter Biden can apply for new weaponization money — but Trump can’t

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said President Trump cannot collect any of the money from the new $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund -- but Hunter Biden, son of the former president, could.

May 19, 2026

Acting AG shuts down Maxwell pardon talk at Senate hearing: ‘I can commit to that’

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said he will not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking from her work with Jeffrey Epstein.

May 19, 2026

ICE relied on ‘honor system’ to track illegal immigrants from Biden’s catch-and-release

The Biden administration caught and released roughly 2 million unauthorized immigrants at the southwestern border, setting them free on "parole" -- and then ICE lost track of most of them, according to a new report Monday from Congress' chief investigative agency.

May 18, 2026

DOJ announces $1.776 billion fund to pay victims of Biden ‘weaponization’

The Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion pool of money it said it will use to pay people who say they have been victimized by the Biden administration's "weaponization" of government against them. Analysts said the payouts could benefit various recipients, including Jan. 6 defendants and members of President Trump's inner circle.

May 18, 2026

Voter scam: Woman paid homeless to register to vote, sign to get petitions on ballot in California

A California woman has admitted to trolling Los Angeles' Skid Row to find homeless people she could register to vote and get to sign petitions -- and paying them a few bucks to get them to cooperate.

May 18, 2026

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ last-ditch bid to force new map

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned aside Virginia Democrats' long-shot attempt to overturn state courts and force the use of their preferred congressional district map in November's elections.

May 15, 2026

Border Patrol completes full year with no catch and release of migrants

The Border Patrol just announced its 12th straight month without a single catch and release at the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 15, 2026

Texas hospital agrees to open first-ever ‘detransition clinic’ for children who regret gender change

Under pressure from federal and state authorities, Texas Children's Hospital has agreed to pay a penalty of $10 million, to agree not to perform any more gender transition procedures on children and to establish a first-of-its-kind "detransition clinic" to help children who have already gone through it.

May 15, 2026

Homeland Security lowers the accuracy rate for database used to spot voter fraud

The Department of Homeland Security has quietly lowered the accuracy rate of its SAVE system, the collection of databases the government is using to pressure states to clean up their voter rolls.

May 15, 2026

Judge blocks Texas law allowing state arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

A federal judge ordered Texas not to enforce parts of a law that would allow state authorities to arrest and deport illegal immigrants independent of the federal government, saying only Congress has the power to control the borders.

May 14, 2026

Supreme Court allows abortion pill to be distributed by mail

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the abortion pill to remain available by telehealth, meaning it can be prescribed remotely and delivered by mail -- even into states where abortion is restricted.

May 14, 2026

Border Patrol chief abruptly quits

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks quit on Thursday, the latest in a string of top immigration officials to depart.

May 14, 2026

Mother of murdered woman blasts Fairfax sanctuary policies: ‘System failed my daughter’

Cheryl Minter, mother of a woman murdered at a Fairfax County, Virginia, bus stop, said county officials put an illegal immigrant over her daughter's safety, as she pleaded for help from Congress on Thursday.

May 14, 2026

DOJ sues to stop D.C. bar from disbarring lawyer over Trump’s 2020 election claims

The Justice Department opened a new legal war on the D.C. bar, suing to stop it from punishing Jeffrey Clark, who, while part of the department in 2020, helped craft President Trump's strategy for challenging the election results.

May 13, 2026

Court rules State Dept. violated constitutional rights of ICC adviser who called Gaza ‘genocide’

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department violated the First Amendment rights of an Italian woman when it designated her a dangerous foreign national for her pro-Palestinian advocacy efforts to the International Criminal Court.

May 13, 2026