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Criminal Justice 1 of 20

Capitol Police arrest a California man after spotting a guillotine in his pickup truck parked near the Capitol and Supreme Court.

Drove cross-country, motive under investigation

Source: WJLA Washington

August 25, 2026

Immigration 2 of 20

ICE seeks a contractor to deliver voter registration and voting history files from all 50 states, citing fraud detection, 404 Media reports from procurement records.

Follows $125 million Thomson Reuters deal

Source: 404 Media

August 25, 2026

Military 3 of 20

US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean kills 4, pushing the campaign's toll to 227 as Hegseth claims 3 nations approved land operations.

Guatemala denies agreeing to joint operations

Source: The Guardian

August 25, 2026

Epstein Sex Crime Network 4 of 20

Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's "meritless" bid to vacate her sex-trafficking sentence, ruling the released Epstein files further incriminate her rather than exonerate.

Warned future appeals mean bad faith

Source: The Miami Herald

August 25, 2026

DEI 5 of 20

Deloitte pays $21.5 million to settle DOJ claims its DEI programs defrauded the government, with an anti-affirmative action group taking $4.3 million as whistleblower.

IBM's $17 million came first

Source: USA Today

August 25, 2026

Intelligence 6 of 20

CIA Director Ratcliffe flies unannounced to Moscow as the US tells Ukraine to suspend strikes, the first US spy chief visit to Russia since 2021.

Kremlin, CIA, and Trump all silent

Source: The Independent

August 25, 2026

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