35 entries in the ledger
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued a 21-page opinion on August 10 concluding that executive privilege can extend to Trump's outside advisers who are not federal employees, so long as their...
President Trump said July 31 he would push to revive the roughly $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization' fund if Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis continue blocking Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, Newsweek...
On July 23, 2026, the Justice Department told a federal court it would withdraw subpoenas issued to three New York Times journalists that sought to compel them to identify confidential sources. According to The New York...
FBI managers nationwide received written notice on July 16, 2026 that the bureau would stop investigating reports that federal immigration agents were assaulted during enforcement encounters, according to reporting by...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met for about an hour on July 16, 2026 with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he would withhold his confirmation vote until the meeting took...
In a primetime address from the White House on July 16, 2026, President Trump said his administration was declassifying intelligence documents that he described as brand new and irrefutable evidence of election...
Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a unanimous order appointing Roger Rogoff — a former federal and state prosecutor, King County Superior Court judge and director of the...
On July 3, 2026, President Trump announced pardons for a group of people he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for "fixing their car," describing the cases as an act of "weaponization" by federal prosecutors. CBS News...
After the administration declined to file the sworn declarations Judge Leonie Brinkema had ordered on June 12 — citing separation-of-powers objections — the judge on June 19, 2026 refused to dismiss the case as moot and...
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia issued a preliminary injunction on June 12, 2026 indefinitely blocking the Justice Department's $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' while the...