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Police emergency lights and yellow tape at Seattle Center near the Space Needle after a mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival

Mass Shooting at Seattle’s Bite of Seattle Festival Leaves Multiple People Shot Near the Space Needle

A gunman opened fire inside the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 26

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Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Jury Seated as Massachusetts Prepares for One of Its Most Watched Cases in Years

A jury of 12 women and six men, including six alternates, was seated Thursday…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 24

Empty FBI conference room with ICE badge and closed case folder on desk in dramatic lighting

FBI Told to Stop Investigating ICE Agent Shootings as Accountability Fears Mount

The FBI has been directed to stop investigating confrontations involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 21

Cinematic view of a federal courtroom during sentencing of a cartel leader, seen from the gallery with dramatic lighting and American flag

El Mayo Zambada Gets Life in Prison, Ending the Sinaloa Cartel’s Founding Chapter

A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada to life in prison…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 20

Rapper Boosie Badazz sits alone at a marble table in a dim Washington hotel lounge with a legal folder and phone, the US Capitol dome visible through the window behind him

Boosie’s $600,000 Pardon Receipt Is the Clearest Look Yet at Trump’s Clemency Market

Torence Hatch, the Baton Rouge rapper known as Boosie Badazz, wired $600,000 to a…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 20

Andrew Tate in handcuffs being escorted by two U.S. Marshals federal agents outside a Miami federal building at dusk

Andrew and Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami by U.S. Marshals as Britain Seeks Extradition on Rape Charges

Andrew and Tristan Tate were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service in…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 18

Donald Trump seen through a teleprompter glass panel mid-speech, with a smartphone showing a prediction-market trading chart in the foreground

Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Made Over $100,000 Betting on the President’s Own Words

The White House aide who loads Donald Trump’s speeches into the teleprompter spent months…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 16

Todd Blanche seated at the witness table speaking into a microphone before a raised dais of U.S. senators at his attorney general confirmation hearing

Todd Blanche’s Attorney General Hearing Becomes a Referendum on a Captured Justice Department

Todd Blanche, the criminal-defense lawyer who sat at Donald Trump’s side through the Manhattan…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 15

Police lights and crime scene tape on a residential street in a New England town at dawn

ICE Killed a Colombian Father in Maine Who Had Legal Status and Wasn’t Even the Target

A 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United States, held…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 15

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A Federal Judge Just Called Trump’s IRS Lawsuit What It Was: A $10 Billion Shakedown

A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump and his family acted in…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 14

Police tape stretched across an empty residential street in East St. Louis with emergency lights reflecting off wet pavement at dusk

Two Teenagers in Custody After Shooting Spree Kills Five Family Members Across East St. Louis

A shooting rampage across three locations in southern Illinois has left five members of…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 13

Yellow police tape reading Police Line Do Not Cross stretched across a cordoned residential street in Biddeford, Maine, with law-enforcement SUVs and an officer in the distance

One Dead in Biddeford ICE Shooting, the Second Fatal ICE Encounter in a Week

A person was killed Monday in a shooting involving ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine,…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 13

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White work van stopped at a Houston East End intersection at dawn, boxed in by two unmarked dark SUVs with flashing grille lights

Houston ICE Shooting: Witnesses in the Van Say Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Never Rammed Officers

Official portrait of Ann Widdecombe smiling in a lavender jacket with pearl earrings against a blurred backdrop

Ann Widdecombe Found Dead at 78: Police Arrest 26-Year-Old on Suspicion of Murder

FBI headquarters building in Washington DC at dusk with Fulton County official ballot boxes in foreground

FBI Orders All Field Offices to Surge 260 Analysts Into Fulton County Election Probe

Former CIA Director John Brennan in a dark suit walking past the columned facade of a Washington DC federal courthouse

John Brennan Sues the DOJ Before It Can Indict Him, Turning Trump’s Retribution Machine Into Evidence

Underwater view of damaged Nord Stream gas pipeline resting on the Baltic Sea floor with debris and bubbles

Germany Files First Criminal Charges Over the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage

The Los Angeles Superior Court building exterior with legal documents scattered on the courthouse steps and two attorneys descending the stairs

A Jury Just Ordered Chris Brown to Pay $13 Million After His Dog Mauled the Housekeeper

The US Supreme Court building illuminated at dusk with dollar bills and documents caught in the wind on the front steps under stormy skies

The Supreme Court Just Blew Open the Floodgates on Political Party Spending

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington DC under dramatic stormy skies with warm amber light glowing from interior windows

Supreme Court Upholds Transgender Athlete Bans in a 6-3 Ruling That Redefines Sex Under Title IX

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington DC bathed in golden light with the American flag waving

The Supreme Court Just Told Trump He Cannot Rewrite the 14th Amendment by Executive Order

A glowing cyan geofence ring drawn over a dark digital city map, dozens of location pins inside it representing tracked phones, with a single smartphone showing a location pin and a lock icon in the foreground

The Supreme Court Just Told Police They Can’t Vacuum Up Your Phone’s Location Without a Warrant

The United States Supreme Court building in Washington under a dark, breaking storm sky as people climb the marble steps

The Slaughter Ruling Hands Trump Control of Nearly Every Independent Agency, Except the Fed

The United States Supreme Court building facade at golden hour with dramatic clouds and visitors on the front plaza

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Verdict, $5 Million Judgment Stands

A USPS mail tray filled with absentee ballot envelopes on a table in front of the United States Supreme Court building at sunset

The Supreme Court Saved Mail-Ballot Grace Periods 5-4, and the RNC’s Own Textualism Did the Work

A quiet Michigan family home at dusk with a police vehicle parked in the driveway

Pete Buttigieg Says False CPS Report Separated Him From His Children in ‘Politically Motivated Hoax’

The United States Supreme Court west facade lit by late golden light under dark storm clouds, the Equal Justice Under Law pediment inscription visible above the columns

Supreme Court Hands Trump Unreviewable Power Over TPS, Clearing Removal of 350,000 Haitians and Syrians

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Artificial Intelligence

Workday Must Face Lawsuit Alleging Its AI Hiring Tools Discriminate Against Black, Disabled, and Older Applicants

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Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Junk Food Restrictions, Dealing a Major Blow to the MAHA Movement

Aerial view of the White House South Lawn at twilight with a UFC octagon set up under bright event lights and security vehicles surrounding the perimeter

FBI Foils Drone and Sniper Plot Targeting White House UFC Event, Five Arrested