U.S. military attacks a drug-trafficking facility inside Ecuador in first ground operation since greenlighting joint combat against “narco-terrorist” organizations this week.
Newly released footage shows a 23-year-old U.S. citizen was driving slowly with brake lights on in Texas last March before an immigration agent shot him through his car window.
DHS Inspector General accuses Secretary Noem of systematically obstructing 11 investigations, including a criminal case where her access demands could expose the target.
ICE moves to close Fort Bliss detention camp after three deaths, measles outbreak, and homicide ruling, but offers no closure timeline.
DHS investigates Border Patrol’s Minneapolis commander Bovino for antisemitic remarks about Jewish U.S. attorney as Minnesota separately pursues criminal charges.
U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launch joint military operations against drug trafficking cartels as Southern Command expands Latin America footprint.
Georgia jury convicts father of Apalachee High School shooter who bought son an AR-style rifle after deputies warned of possible attack threats.
Noem faces bipartisan Senate grilling as GOP’s Tillis calls her leadership “a disaster” and she refuses to apologize for domestic terrorist labels on killed U.S. citizens.
Hennepin County attorney opens online evidence portal investigating 17 incidents of alleged federal agent misconduct in Minneapolis, naming former Border Patrol commander.
Louisiana extends National Guard deployment in New Orleans six months past its Mardi Gras mission, despite city recording its lowest crime in decades.
FBI investigates Austin mass shooting that killed two and wounded 14 at Sixth Street bar, citing terrorism indicators as governor links attack to Middle East conflict.
Trump’s hand-picked Pentagon inspector general stalls review of military targeting in drug boat strikes after raising political concerns.
LAUSD board places Superintendent Carvalho on leave after FBI raids his home, district headquarters and a Florida residence tied to collapsed ed-tech company.
DOJ indicts 30 more people for January anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church where pastor doubled as acting ICE field office director.
Justice Department exposed seven cooperating witnesses in Epstein file release by failing to redact jail records, only removing names after the New York Times confirmed their cooperation.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks judge to toss smuggling charges as vindictive after unsealed records suggest DOJ leadership directed prosecution because he won his wrongful deportation case.
Chief Judge Schiltz warns Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor and ICE they face criminal contempt after review finds 97 order violations in original cases and 113 more in 77 new cases since January.
Treasury blocks Venezuela from paying Maduro’s legal fees less than three hours after approving them, lawyer says move violates Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Mostly blind Myanmar refugee who spoke no English found dead in Buffalo five days after Border Patrol agents dropped him at a Tim Hortons without notifying anyone.
Supreme Court unanimously rejects GEO Group’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its Aurora immigration detainees were forced to work for $1 a day, sending the case back for trial.
Newark mayor says ICE pursuit of a van led to a crash that struck a vehicle carrying three children, as Sen. Booker vows to block all future ICE funding.
FBI searches home of Los Angeles school superintendent Alberto Carvalho and LAUSD headquarters under sealed warrant, with no charges or explanation disclosed.
Texas grand jury declines to indict ICE agent who fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Martinez on South Padre Island, days after the only passenger who contradicted the government’s account died in a car crash.
Supreme Court rules 5-4 that USPS cannot be sued for intentionally failing to deliver mail, sending Black landlord’s racial harassment case back to lower courts.
Border Patrol agent shoots person near Canadian border in New Hampshire after the individual allegedly fired at the agent, FBI investigating.
Only witness to federal agent’s fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas dies in car accident days after his draft affidavit contradicted DHS account.
British police arrest former UK Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Mandelson on suspicion of passing market-sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a cabinet minister.
Secret Service shoots and kills armed 21-year-old who drove through Mar-a-Lago’s north gate with a shotgun and gas can while Trump was at the White House.
Federal judge seizes control of Arizona’s entire prison health care system after 14 years of litigation, two contempt findings and 131 of 154 court-ordered health standards violated, covering at least 25,000 incarcerated people.
ICE quietly changes cause of Cuban detainee’s death from “medical distress” to “spontaneous use of force” weeks after medical examiner ruled it a homicide by asphyxiation during restraint.
U.S. military kills three more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific, bringing the total to at least 148 dead across 43 attacks since September with no evidence released.
Internal documents reveal Homeland Security agent shot and killed a 23-year-old U.S. citizen during a traffic detour on South Padre Island last March, nearly a year before the public learned of it.
Man arrested for trespassing at Oklahoma city council meeting after speaking past his three-minute limit about a proposed data center and refusing to leave when ordered.
Labor Secretary’s husband barred from department headquarters after two female staffers allege he sexually assaulted them in the building, with one incident captured on security camera.
U.S. indicts captain of seized shadow tanker on charges of flying a false flag and disobeying Coast Guard orders during a weeks-long pursuit through the Caribbean and Atlantic.
Capitol Police arrest 18-year-old Georgia man carrying a loaded shotgun and wearing a tactical vest after he ran toward the Capitol while Congress was in recess.
FBI formally refuses to share evidence with Minnesota investigators in Alex Pretti shooting, as bystander video appears to show agents took his gun before killing him.
New Mexico House unanimously creates bipartisan subcommittee with subpoena power to investigate Epstein’s Zorro Ranch after federal investigations produced no charges.
NAACP and civil rights groups sue to prevent Trump administration from using Fulton County voter data seized by FBI to purge rolls or intimidate voters.
Bipartisan lawmakers who co-wrote the Epstein Files Transparency Act reject Bondi’s claim that DOJ has released all required files, saying the law requires internal memos on decisions not to prosecute that DOJ is withholding.
Federal grand jury indicts St. Paul woman for biting off the tip of a federal agent’s finger during chaos following the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti.
Attorney General Bondi says DOJ has released “all” Epstein files as required by law, includes list of “politically exposed persons” naming Trump, Biden, Zuckerberg, Musk, and dozens of others.
ICE places two agents on administrative leave for lying under oath about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, one week after an agent killed Renee Good in the same city.
Federal prosecutor moves to dismiss charges against the Venezuelan man an ICE agent shot in Minneapolis, saying newly discovered evidence contradicts the government’s own complaint and testimony.
Trump pardons five former NFL players convicted of crimes including drug trafficking, cocaine conspiracy, counterfeiting, and perjury, without explaining why.
Speaker Johnson calls DOJ’s tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein file searches an “oversight,” declining to confront the agency as bipartisan members call it spying.
Federal judge blocks Trump from transferring Biden-commuted death row inmates to supermax prison, ruling the transfer process “cannot be a sham.”
ICE jailed a lawful permanent resident for 143 days and tried to deport her over two bad checks totaling less than $75 written more than a decade ago.
Bondi lashes out at lawmakers during House Epstein hearing as Democrats and Rep. Massie accuse DOJ of exposing survivors’ identities while shielding potential co-conspirators.
Newly released body camera video contradicts DHS account of Border Patrol agent shooting Chicago woman five times during October immigration raid.