South Carolina Senate kills Trump-pushed redistricting for the year as Republicans flip votes hours after early voting begins.
ICE denies Governor Sherrill entry to Newark’s Delaney Hall and pepper-sprays protesters on Memorial Day, fourth day of 300-detainee hunger strike.
OMB orders agencies to report all federal spending on 49 nonprofits doing DEI, LGBTQ+, immigration, civil rights, environmental and humanitarian work, including funding under active litigation.
Louisiana House committee advances new congressional map eliminating second majority-Black district three weeks after Supreme Court’s Callais ruling, hiding voided ballot counts from disclosure.
House defeats Smithsonian women’s history museum bill 204-216 after Republicans add transgender exclusion and presidential site-relocation power.
Colorado Democratic central committee votes 90% to censure Gov. Polis for commuting Tina Peters’ election-tampering sentence under federal retaliation pressure.
ICE arrests Honduran national at 26 Federal Plaza Tuesday, less than 24 hours after federal judge banned civil immigration arrests at New York City courts.
South Carolina House Republicans cap amendments at one per member after Democrats file 600, days before May 26 early voting in redrawn districts.
5,000 rally in Montgomery and faith leaders march Edmund Pettus Bridge against southern Republican redistricting after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling.
Colorado Gov. Polis commutes election-tampering sentence of Tina Peters, making her eligible for parole next month after Trump pressured the state for over a year.
USDA employees sue Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins over ‘escalating’ Christian religious messaging to 100,000 staff, alleging First Amendment and Administrative Procedure Act violations.
HHS chief spokesperson Rich Danker resigns over senior officials seeking FDA approval for child-appealing vape flavors, week after administration approved first fruit-flavored pod.
The Secret Handshake installs satirical Iran war arcade games at DC War Memorial, mocking administration’s video-game style war messaging.
South Carolina Senate rejects Trump-backed redistricting push to eliminate Clyburn’s seat, hours after Missouri Supreme Court upholds new Republican map.
Federal judge orders ICE to retrain Colorado officers after finding agents violated court order limiting warrantless arrests.
Tennessee House Speaker Sexton strips Democrats from committees after they staged floor protests against mid-decade congressional redistricting.
Defense Secretary Hegseth calls for second investigation into Senator Kelly over depleted munitions warning, days after appeals court signaled rejection of first retaliation effort.
Tucson volunteers launch community ICE enforcement map after Padlet pulled People over Papers and federal pressure took ICEBlock offline.
Four Chicago protesters sue DHS and FBI to stop DNA collection from peaceful ICE protest arrests, citing CODIS surveillance abuse.
New York budget deal bans law enforcement from concealing identities, ends 287(g) agreements, and bars ICE from schools and hospitals.
Tennessee passes US House map dismantling state’s last majority-Black district eight days after Supreme Court Voting Rights Act ruling.
Tennessee GOP supermajority rejects Democratic proposals for 72-hour map review, Memphis hearings, and legal-basis disclosure before drafting new congressional map.
Protesters fill Tennessee and Alabama capitols as three Southern states advance maps targeting Black-majority districts a week after Louisiana ruling.
Border Czar Homan threatens to flood New York with “more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen before” over sanctuary expansion bills.
Arlington, VA prosecutor declines to charge retired peace studies professor over Stephen Miller address fliers, citing First Amendment and chilling-effect risk.
May Day Strong protests organized by labor unions and 50501 take place at thousands of US locations to oppose Trump policies.
ActBlue countersues Paxton in federal court, alleging First Amendment retaliation a year after Trump ordered DOJ to investigate the Democratic platform.
FEMA reinstates 15 whistleblowers placed on leave for signing August “Katrina Declaration” protesting fired DHS Secretary Noem’s gutting of disaster agency.
Fidelity Charitable and Vanguard Charitable pause donor-advised fund grants to Southern Poverty Law Center, citing standard policies that block giving to indicted charities.
Whistleblower groups represent EPA workers disciplined over 2025 dissent letter to Administrator Zeldin, citing internal warning that punishment carried significant legal risk.
Ninth Circuit lifts both lower-court restrictions on federal officers’ use of tear gas at Portland ICE facility, dismissing apartment tenants’ suit entirely.
Justice Department indicts Comey on two counts over 2025 Instagram seashell post months after first case was dismissed.
National Trust refuses Justice Department demand to drop White House ballroom lawsuit, days after Saturday shooting cited as grounds.
Colorado prosecutors charge Customs and Border Protection officer with assault for grabbing protester by hair, throwing her down embankment outside ICE field office.
DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on money laundering and wire fraud charges for paying informants inside the KKK, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist groups.
Army Secretary Driscoll shuts down Soldier for Life social media accounts after right-wing backlash over post honoring Sen. Duckworth, a double-amputee combat pilot.
Texas Gov. Abbott threatens to cut $110 million in public safety grants to Houston after City Council votes to limit police cooperation with ICE.
Federal grand jury subpoenas Reddit to unmask anonymous user who criticized ICE online after the agency’s earlier court attempt to identify them failed.
FBI extracts deleted Signal messages from iPhone notification database in first prosecution under Trump’s domestic terrorism designation of “Antifa.”
Immigration appeals board denies Mahmoud Khalil’s bid to dismiss deportation case, moving the former Columbia protest leader closer to re-arrest.
WIRED investigation identifies dozens of masked Border Patrol paramilitary agents responsible for 144 uses of force against civilians in Chicago, the largest such deployment in U.S. history.
Trump calls Springsteen a “dried up prune” and urges a concert boycott after the singer opened his tour denouncing the administration as “treasonous.”
Protest group behind Trump-Epstein friendship statue installs giant golden toilet throne on the National Mall two days after No Kings Day.
Police confirm 75 arrests at Los Angeles “No Kings” protest after demonstrators attempted to breach fencing around a federal detention center.
Third “No Kings” protests draw an estimated 8 million people to 3,300 events worldwide, with 200,000 rallying at Minnesota’s Capitol where Springsteen performed.
Jane Fonda and Joan Baez lead First Amendment rally near the Kennedy Center, warning of Trump’s media attacks and the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
Jazz musician Chuck Redd asks judge to dismiss Kennedy Center lawsuit over his canceled Christmas Eve performance, saying he never signed a contract and there were no damages.
Appeals court allows federal tear gas near Portland ICE building again, two days before No Kings protest, as apartment residents stock gas masks.
ICE agents ran Minnesota lawmakers’ license plates, followed them home and photographed their houses during Operation Metro Surge, records show.
