Trump dropped his $10 billion IRS lawsuit on Monday. The same day, the DOJ created a $1.776 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ that could pay his allies, including possibly January 6 defendants.
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San Diego police neutralized two suspects in a Monday attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the county. At least one person is dead. A look at the local context, the national trend, and the federal civil-rights response.
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Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ended in mistrial Friday after a jury split 9-3 in favor of acquittal on a Jessica Mann charge, leaving Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg 30 days to decide on a fourth trial.
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A 6-3 Supreme Court on May 11 cleared Alabama to scrap a Black-majority district held by Rep. Shomari Figures, eight days before the May 19 primary.
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Utah 4th District Judge Tony Graf rejected a defense motion to ban cameras in the Tyler Robinson trial, tightened pool rules after a shackles-footage incident, and delayed the preliminary hearing to July 6-10.
Phase two of New Mexico’s landmark child safety trial begins today. A jury already found Meta guilty and ordered $375 million in damages. Now prosecutors want forced algorithmic redesigns, the end of infinite scroll for minors, and a court-supervised safety monitor. Meta’s response: it might just leave the state entirely.
Federal prosecutors charged 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A 1,000-word manifesto, three weapons and a hotel room booked weeks in advance point to premeditation.
In a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court rewrote Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, raising the bar for racial gerrymandering challenges and clearing the way for Republican map gains across the South.
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Human trafficking is a serious crime that can leave survivors facing fear, confusion, trauma, and uncertainty about
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A federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey for the second time over an Instagram photo of seashells arranged to spell “86 47.” The DOJ claims a reasonable person would interpret the beach photo as a threat to the president. His attorney calls it a vindictive prosecution and vows to vindicate the First Amendment.
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Elon Musk testified for nearly two hours in an Oakland courtroom Tuesday, telling jurors he founded OpenAI as a nonprofit to benefit humanity and the defendants “stole a charity.” With $130 billion in damages at stake and the future of AI governance on the line, this trial could become the most consequential tech ruling in a generation.
Working from a laptop has changed the way many people think about life and work. Instead of
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A gunman charged the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A Secret Service agent took a bullet. And within minutes, half the internet had decided it was theater. The conspiracy isn’t the story; the conspiracy reflex is.
A gunman identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of California opened fire near the security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, prompting Secret Service to rush President Trump from the ballroom. Allen is alive and in custody. One officer was shot but saved by a protective vest. No attendees were injured.
The most significant federal marijuana reform in 50 years is about to happen. It’s good policy. It’s smart politics. And it still doesn’t address the communities the war on drugs destroyed.
A federal grand jury indicted the SPLC on 11 counts of fraud and money laundering over its paid informant program. The charges are serious. The timing is suspicious. Both things can be true.
The Onion has reached a deal to take over Alex Jones’ InfoWars for $81,000/month, with comedian Tim Heidecker as creative director and all profits flowing to Sandy Hook families. A judge must approve the arrangement at an April 30 hearing. Jones is vowing to fight, but the satirical takeover represents a novel form of media accountability.
Newly released FOIA documents reveal the U.S. Marshals Service deputized Elon Musk’s private security team as federal agents, then waived basic training requirements so they could carry weapons in government buildings. The waivers were approved in three days. The implications for federal law enforcement standards are staggering.
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