A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to reveal the masterminds behind the now-dead $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund intended to compensate people who claim the federal government improperly targeted them in investigations. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis ruled that the DOJ must turn over the names as part of a lawsuit […]
A federal judge on Friday extended a block on the U.S. Postal Service’s new mail-in ballot requirements, preventing the agency from enforcing the rules for the November midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by former President Barack Obama, granted a preliminary injunction against portions of the USPS rule, finding the challengers were likely […]
Prominent Republicans on Friday criticized a Massachusetts jury for not finding Lindsay Clancy guilty of first-degree murder, after they failed to reach a unanimous verdict following the weekslong trial. Clancy admitted she killed her three young children in 2023, but argued she should not be held criminally responsible, claiming she was in a state of […]
The Supreme Court handed Republican campaign arms a significant campaign finance victory on Friday, scuttling an effort by Democrats to slash the GOP’s cash advantage in the midterm elections. The high court ruled 8-1 to halt a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that excluded political parties and joint fundraising […]
The Department of Justice on Friday announced charges against five individuals for illegally voting or helping someone illegally register to vote in the 2022 and 2024 elections in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. The case includes two people whom federal prosecutors identify as illegal immigrants, two other noncitizens, and one U.S. citizen accused of helping […]
The GOP-majority North Carolina Board of Elections approved stricter rules for mail-in ballots Friday, just hours before the state became the first in the country to begin sending ballots for the midterm elections. The State Board of Elections voted along party lines to direct county officials to reject certain absentee ballots for certain errors that […]
Democrats are gearing up to crash the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas next week, sending their top messengers to highlight the affordability crisis and their own agenda for 2026. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the Democratic National Committee announced Friday counterprogramming plans to the GOP’s two-day confab. Jeffries is sending four members of […]
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin asked the Justice Department this week to review whether election-related nonprofit groups, some with multimillion-dollar backing from a Mark Zuckerberg-linked nonprofit, improperly received sensitive state motor vehicle and voter-registration data. In a letter sent Wednesday to Attorney General Todd Blanche, Mullin raised possible violations of the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection […]
A Massachusetts judge ruled a mistrial in the prosecution of Lindsay Clancy on murder charges after the jury deadlocked after seven days of deliberations, sending the case into a crossroads over how prosecutors will move forward. Judge William Sullivan of the Plymouth Superior Court declared a mistrial after the jury could not come to a […]
A website posing as an informational site for the Republican National Committee’s upcoming midterm convention in Dallas was redirecting users to the Justice Department’s website for the Jeffrey Epstein files as of Friday afternoon. The website, gopdallas2026.com, advertises itself as the “2026 RNC Midterm Convention” site and promotes information about next week’s event. The site […]
