Two media groups on Wednesday sued to block President Donald Trump’s social media company from offering high-paying clientele real-time access to posts on the platform, alleging the subscription plan is unconstitutional.  Truth Social began offering Truth API, or application programming interface, on Aug. 1 to users who pay up to $100,000 a month for instant […]

JP Cooney and Molly Gaston, who previously worked for former special counsel Jack Smith at the Department of Justice, are bringing their legal expertise against President Donald Trump to Democracy Forward. The legal advocacy organization hired the two veteran federal prosecutors to build a team focused on fighting the Trump administration’s “corruption and weaponization of […]

The Justice Department on Wednesday made its first individual arrest in its fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, charging former Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich with helping to conceal donor-funded payments to informants embedded in white supremacist groups. Beirich was arrested Wednesday in California, according to a person familiar with the arrest. The 26-page […]

Francesca Hong’s narrow loss in Wisconsin has sparked a progressive blame game, with some on the Left arguing that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could have tipped the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the socialist candidate’s favor. Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders have campaigned heavily for antiestablishment Democrats this cycle, with their endorsements helping […]