Trump pardons six unnamed people imprisoned for disabling vehicle pollution controls, claiming they were persecuted for “fixing their car.”
Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta abruptly departs as an official bureau account says anyone “not on board with THIS FBI” under Trump can leave.
FBI assigns 260 additional intelligence analysts to its Georgia 2020 election investigation, an internal memo priority revived by a White House election denier’s referral.
Orleans Parish grand jury indicts Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on 16 felony counts over letters threatening New Orleans officials with removal from office.
Federal grand jury indicts 67-year-old Olympic canoeist on felony property destruction over Reflecting Pool sealant as Trump blames vandals for his failing $15 million repaint.
Fourteen Minnesota protesters plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges as prosecutors say they need 90 extra days to process 20 terabytes of evidence.
The Bureau of Prisons permanently closes six federal facilities across four states, citing an extreme staffing crisis despite receiving $5 billion from last year’s budget law.
Colorado Governor Polis fires two clemency board members who revealed the board unanimously rejected Tina Peters’ release twice before he freed her.
Federal judges sentence seven more people for terrorism over the shooting at a Texas immigration detention center protest, a week after eight others got up to 100 years.
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor launches a review of more than 1,000 grand jury presentations after misconduct forced dismissal of charges against immigration crackdown protesters.
The Supreme Court declines to hear Trump’s appeal of the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll.
A Virginia judge blocks the state’s assault weapons ban six days before it takes effect, citing Supreme Court gun rulings, as Attorney General Jay Jones vows to appeal.
A false abuse report removes former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s 4-year-old twins from his home for 24 hours before Michigan police rule it a hoax.
An Associated Press investigation finds the DEA let hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills reach New Mexico streets from 2023 to 2025 to build bigger trafficking cases.
The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that a Rastafarian inmate cannot sue the Louisiana officials who shaved his head despite the religious-rights court order he showed them.
The Justice Department charges about 450 defendants in a $6.5 billion healthcare fraud crackdown, its largest, with a record number of Medicaid cases.
Eight activists get up to 100 years for a Texas ICE-facility attack that wounded a police officer, the first sentences under Trump’s antifa terrorism designation.
Trump’s $16 million Reflecting Pool renovation will miss July 4, as the administration fences it off and blames ‘leftist activists’ for the cracks and algae.
The Supreme Court refuses to let a Texas death row inmate present intellectual-disability evidence that could bar his execution, though state prosecutors backed his appeal.
A federal judge refuses to disqualify acting Attorney General Blanche and U.S. Attorney Pirro from prosecuting the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect, despite their statements that they could have been victims.
Trump says five people were arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, offering no evidence, as a law professor says the bystanders merely witnessed damage his own botched renovation caused. 30 words
Trump says he personally inspected the troubled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and orders immediate repairs, blaming unconfirmed vandalism for damage to his $15 million restoration.
National Guard arrests a three-time Olympian for touching the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling paint as Trump threatens to drain the $14 million project.
Federal prosecutors drop charges against Paul Johnson, a Minnesota protester allegedly beaten unconscious and shackled to a hospital bed for five days, the 20th of 36 ICE-surge cases abandoned.
The Supreme Court bars prosecuting a Texas marijuana user under the federal law banning illegal-drug users from owning guns, calling it a Second Amendment violation.
Federal prosecutors indict 15 Minnesota anti-ICE protesters on conspiracy charges that allege no specific act of violence, months after dropping half their earlier surge cases.
The FBI arrests five men in four states over an alleged plot to use explosive drones against the White House UFC fights.
A federal judge blocks most of Idaho’s law making transgender bathroom use a crime, two weeks before it would have taken effect.
Federal prosecutors charge the Dali’s chief engineer with failing to warn the Coast Guard about dangerous pump conditions before the ship destroyed Baltimore’s Key Bridge in 2024.
Alabama seeks to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by lethal injection a day after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his nitrogen gas execution.
A U.S. military strike kills Tren de Aragua leader Héctor Guerrero Flores inside Venezuela, in a joint operation its government confirms.
Alabama’s attorney general threatens to prosecute six abortion pill providers, citing a disputed think tank study, and the deputy who signed faces a runoff for his job next week.
A giant 86 47 message surfaces in dead grass on the National Mall days before Trump’s 80th birthday UFC event fills the area with crowds and cameras.
Supreme Court refuses to let Alabama execute Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas, ending the state’s push to proceed days after lower courts called the method unconstitutional.
Vance Boelter pleads guilty to murdering former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting state Senator John Hoffman, avoiding the death penalty.
FBI serves search warrant at the aerospace plant whose overheating chemical tank forced 50,000 Californians from their homes over Memorial Day weekend.
Appeals court upholds ruling that Alabama’s nitrogen gas executions are unconstitutional, but the state says Thursday’s execution is proceeding anyway.
Justice Department drops assault charges against a St. Paul man ICE agents shot at after five of six agents contradicted the official account.
Federal judge rules Alabama’s nitrogen gas executions cruel and unusual two days before a scheduled execution, finding the inmate’s firing squad alternative feasible.
More than 22,000 Marylanders add a butterfly logo to state IDs alerting police to hidden disabilities as Eric’s ID Law spreads to other states.
Federal appeals court calls Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution method intolerably cruel but lets Thursday’s execution proceed.
Trump pardons former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer for insider trading, the same week his administration touts a fraud crackdown on Democratic-run states.
A Colorado appeals court overturns the criminally negligent homicide convictions of two paramedics who sedated Elijah McClain, ordering new trials seven years after his death.
Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, the first state to do so, alleging ChatGPT aided in planning multiple murders and endangers children.
Minnesota Republican delegates hold a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin at the state party convention, days after the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.
Election denier Tina Peters walks free from Colorado prison after Democratic Governor Polis commutes the sentence for her voting-system breach, drawing censure from his own party.
Newly hired prosecutor who brought the indictment against former FBI Director Comey over a seashell photo steps off the case months before trial.
Police field a swatting call falsely reporting gunshots at Supreme Court Justice Barrett’s Virginia home, the latest threat against the justices.
Justice Department refers Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll for criminal prosecution in Chicago over her funding testimony.
U.S. kills two in second Pacific drug-boat strike in two days, raising campaign death toll to at least 196.
