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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) echoed electoral conspiracy theories espoused by President Donald Trump, saying election results in “blue states” like California “just look[] on its face to be fraudulent,” even though there’s no proof.
A federal judge again blocked Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s efforts to hamstring congressional oversight of federal immigration detention facilities.
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to seize control of elections and place voting under national authority — one of his most explicit signals yet that he plans to interfere with the workings of democracy.
A high-ranking federal appeals judge has dismissed the Justice Department’s misconduct claim against James Boasberg, the chief district judge in Washington, D.C., who warned last year that Trump officials had disregarded his court orders.
A federal judge permanently blocked key portions of the sweeping anti-voting executive order that Trump signed last year, ruling that he exceeding his constitutional authority by issuing the order.
Federal law enforcement has arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon over his presence at a protest against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minnesota, during which demonstrators interrupted a church service.
Trump and his two eldest sons sued the Internal Revenue Service, demanding that the agency hand over $10 billion of taxpayers’ money for the unauthorized leak of his tax returns during his first term.
There is widespread doubt that the seized records will produce any evidence of prosecutable criminal activity, and not just because the 2020 election results have been recounted, audited, and litigated to death already.
But 2020 isn’t the investigation’s real target — 2026 is.
Senate Democrats condemned the Trump administration for crossing a dangerous new line in its effort to seize state voter rolls, warning that the Justice Department is now using coercion and intimidation after courts rejected its legal claims.
Should the Trump administration try to interfere with the midterm elections, Democratic states will be ready, according to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon.