19 entries in the ledger
FEMA denied Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request for a disaster declaration covering eight counties hit by August 2026 storms, flooding, tornadoes and wind damage, FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton's office said...
The California Legislature passed a bill on Aug. 31 barring law enforcement from using electric-shock gloves through 2030, weeks after reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend up to $20 million...
Gov. Mark Gordon said he has asked Wyoming Attorney General Keith Kautz to look into the conduct of two Justice Department Civil Rights Division attorneys who monitored the Aug. 18 primary in Laramie County, which...
At the Aug. 26 state canvassing board meeting, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said the conduct of Justice Department election monitors at the state's Aug. 18 primary was "a bit aggressive" and "irregular," and asked the state...
President Trump signed an executive order on August 10, 2026 establishing what the White House calls “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” Per the White House fact sheet issued the same day, the order...
U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless of Illinois’ Central District rejected the Justice Department’s suit seeking full access to the state’s voter registration database, which covers more than 8 million residents. In a...
U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking New Jersey's unredacted voter files on July 29, 2026, granting the state's motion to dismiss. Quraishi ruled that the department...
On July 17, 2026, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told top election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that they could face criminal charges if they do not run their voter rolls through...
Pennsylvania officials said in mid-July 2026 that the Department of Homeland Security is withholding roughly $15 million of about $33 million in counterterrorism and cybersecurity grants allocated to the state, pending...
A federal judge invalidated provisions of an executive order that had directed federal agencies to build a new voter-eligibility list and to restrict the delivery or counting of mail ballots. The court found the...