8 entries in the ledger
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Homeland Security on Aug. 13 in the Eastern District of Virginia to quash a subpoena demanding every record in the Commercial Driver’s License...
Internal records obtained by Wired through Freedom of Information Act requests to Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility document alleged misuse of sensitive law enforcement databases by...
A coalition of 24 Democratic states sued the Trump administration on Aug. 3, 2026 to block immigration authorities from obtaining personal data on families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. The...
A report published Aug. 3, 2026, by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology, titled “Raiding the Genome,” estimates that Immigration and Customs Enforcement submitted roughly 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI’s...
On April 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's complete, unredacted voter registration file, including full dates of birth and Social Security numbers...
The Justice Department announced on February 26, 2026 that it had sued Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky, West Virginia and New Jersey for failing to produce statewide voter registration lists. Four of the five are administered...
On June 6, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's emergency application and stayed a district court order that had barred the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security...
A federal judge issued a temporary order restricting DOGE personnel from accessing Treasury Department payment systems that contain sensitive financial and personal data belonging to millions of Americans. The ruling...