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Plaintiff; told at least 18 counties to segregate ballots on Oct. 23 and asked the Ninth Circuit to intervene
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Oct. 22 to intervene before the judge in its California ballot case had ruled. A day later it sent letters to election officials in at least 18 counties, giving them 48 hours to set aside ballots from the roughly 20,000 voters it calls likely noncitizens.
Updated Yesterday
Defending the ban
The Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 19 to decide whether the 1868 ban on distilling spirits at home is constitutional. The case, Department of Justice v. McNutt, turns on whether the ban is a valid use of Congress's power to tax.
Still fighting for the Postal Service rule on appeal. In October it asked an appeals court to stop California counting more than 20,000 mail ballots, and a judge halted its noncitizen-voting investigations in nine states.
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on August 24 let most of President Trump's voter-list order take effect. Two days later the Postal Service published a final rule requiring election officials to submit mail-ballot envelope designs for federal review and to upload each voter's name, address and barcode to a federal portal.
Updated 3 days ago
Defendant
Common Cause's 94-page lawsuit, filed Sept. 10 in Washington, D.C., asks a judge to bar the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the FBI from retaliating against people who record immigration enforcement. A federal judge in Ohio dismissed a similar suit from observer Sean Moorman on Oct. 2, saying the court lacked jurisdiction because the officers had left the area. The judge agreed observers have a First Amendment right to record.
Updated 5 days ago
Leading the criminal investigation
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home on October 12 in a criminal investigation into immigration paperwork her family filed decades ago. Since then, her older sister Sahra Noor has voluntarily answered questions from investigators, Fox News reported, and text messages from a sister's previously seized phone were among the evidence a judge weighed before approving the search.
Updated 6 days ago
Reported to be examining the trades independently
On March 23, about 15 minutes before President Trump posted that he was postponing strikes on Iranian power plants, traders placed billions of dollars in futures bets that oil would fall and stocks would rise. In a two-minute window, roughly $580 million in crude contracts changed hands — 8.5 times the volume traded in the same window the prior week.
Updated Oct 17
Investigating SFUSD Title IX compliance
The Justice Department is investigating the San Francisco Unified School District over how it handles gender and sexuality instruction. Superintendent Maria Su told staff Thursday to preserve all records that might relate to the probe.
Expanding seed market oversight
The U.S. government holds the world's largest collection of crop seeds — more than 600,000 samples spanning 16,000 species. Less than 10% have been genetically sequenced. On October 6, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced $180 million to close that gap.
Updated Oct 9
Firing immigration judges
A San Francisco immigration judge says she was fired 48 hours after challenging ICE's detention of a migrant. "If you do something even small that they don't like, they're gonna fire you," she told Bay Area News.
Updated Sep 11
Would administer the contested settlement fund
ICE and Border Patrol budgets normally have to be renegotiated every year, which gives both parties leverage during shutdown fights. Early Friday, the Senate voted 52-47 to fund them for three years straight, through the end of President Trump's term.
Updated Jun 5
Complying with court order; fund dropped
The Trump administration dropped its $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund on June 1, less than two weeks after creating it. Three forces killed it: a court freeze in Alexandria, a Senate Republican revolt that stalled the reconciliation bill, and a meeting between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump. No claims were ever paid.
Updated Jun 2
Secured criminal conviction and sentencing
OxyContin launched in 1996 with marketing that downplayed addiction risk. Thirty years and hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths later, the company that made it no longer exists.
Updated May 31
Prosecuting the case from the District of Maryland
A federal grand jury indicted Dr. David Morens, 78, Fauci's longest-serving adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He faces five counts: conspiracy against the United States and destruction of federal records. Morens allegedly used a personal Gmail account to route official COVID-19 business outside the reach of FOIA requests.
Lead prosecuting authority
A Secret Service officer's ballistic vest stopped a shotgun round at the Washington Hilton on the evening of April 25. Two days later, federal prosecutors charged the shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, with attempting to assassinate President Trump.
Signaled intent to seek further review after DC Circuit loss
For 45 years, the Refugee Act of 1980 has guaranteed that anyone reaching US soil—however they got there—can ask for asylum. On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed a proclamation declaring an 'invasion' at the southern border and suspending that right. A federal appeals court just ruled he cannot.
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