Wisconsin jury convicts Harry Wait on felony identity theft and two misdemeanor election fraud counts for requesting absentee ballots in the names of the Assembly Speaker and Racine’s mayor.
Minnesota sues the federal government for evidence in three ICE shootings during Operation Metro Surge, calling the categorical withholding of evidence unprecedented in American history.
Federal prosecutors drop charges against Minnesota woman they accused of joining church protest after she proves she was never there, arrested through cellphone tower dragnet.
Pentagon plans to keep nearly 3,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. through the end of Trump’s second term in January 2029.
Justice Department moves to permanently dismiss all federal charges against two former Louisville officers in the Breonna Taylor case, six years after the fatal raid.
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Arlington prosecutor who limited an FBI-backed warrant in a case involving Stephen Miller’s wife.
U.S. military attacks another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific near Costa Rica, leaving three survivors, in the 46th such operation since September.
DEA designates Colombian President Petro a “priority target” as federal prosecutors in New York investigate his alleged ties to drug traffickers.
A 19-year-old Mexican migrant dies of a presumed suicide at a Florida ICE detention center that the Biden administration had restricted over medical care failures.
Georgia charges a woman with felony murder after police say she took pills to induce an abortion, in one of the first such cases since the state’s heartbeat law took effect.
FBI Director Patel confirms the agency is buying commercially available data that can track people’s movements, the first acknowledgment since the bureau said it stopped the practice in 2023.
Texas reports 136 measles cases this year, with 99 concentrated in a single federal detention facility in Hudspeth County.
Federal judge ejects prosecutor from courtroom and orders three leaders of New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney’s Office to testify over what he calls a destroyed reputation.
House Oversight Committee subpoenas Attorney General Bondi to testify under oath in April on the Epstein investigation, with five Republicans joining all Democrats.
Accused Jan. 6 pipe bomber argues Trump’s blanket pardon should cover him because the bombs were placed “at or near” the Capitol.
Human Rights Watch says El Salvador arbitrarily detains and disappears Salvadorans deported from the U.S., with only 10.5% convicted of violent crimes.
Israel says brother of Michigan synagogue attacker who targeted more than 100 children was a Hezbollah commander killed in a strike 10 days earlier.
Texas jury convicts eight protesters of providing material support to terrorists for ICE facility ambush, the first trial convictions under Trump’s Antifa terrorism designation.
Federal order seeks to expand proposed Arizona ICE detention center 50% beyond its 513-person capacity, as immigration detention deaths hit highest level since 2004.
Man who rammed truck into Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week before.
DOJ charges man with selling stolen gun to convicted ISIS supporter who killed ODU ROTC instructor, five years after ATF investigated the seller and issued only a warning.
Naturalized citizen from Lebanon rams truck into a Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside, exchanges gunfire with security, and is killed; FBI investigating as possible terrorism.
Former Virginia National Guardsman who served prison time for trying to help ISIS, opens fire on ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University, killing an instructor and wounding two before students beat him to death.
VA announces plan to force homeless veterans into guardianship proceedings that could place them in involuntary mental health treatment.
Leavenworth, Kansas, approves reopening a closed private prison for immigration detention after commissioners say CoreCivic lawsuit threats left them no choice.
State investigation reveals Bridgeport, CT, officer having a panic attack took the ambulance called for a man police shot in the back, who died in surgery after a 12-minute delay.
New Mexico investigators search Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch as part of reopened criminal investigation into allegations of illegal activity including body burials.
ICE awards $426 million in contracts to two firms with no detention experience to convert warehouses into holding centers for up to 10,000 migrants each.
US military kills six more people on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, bringing SOUTHCOM’s total to 156 killed since September with no evidence made public.
GOP Rep. Collins posts fabricated terrorist quotes from diverted Southwest flight that FBI cleared with no credible threat and no charges filed.
House Republicans seek criminal charges against star Jan. 6 hearing witness and former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for testimony that Trump knew violence was likely.
Senate installs plaque honoring Capitol Police three years after Congress required it, bypassing House GOP’s refusal to display it.
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.
