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Tag: Department of Justice

Justice Department probe tests the UAW’s reform movement

Shawn Fain denies allegations that he misused union authority as a federal investigation and leadership election place one of organized labor’s most prominent unions under new pressure.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into...

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Trump DOJ moves to crush Evanston’s landmark Black reparations program

The Justice Department is backing a right-wing lawsuit against the nation’s first operating reparations program, raising the stakes for cities trying to repair decades of anti-Black housing discrimination.

Trump’s wind blockade collapses after states force major court retreat

A federal appeals court dismissal leaves intact a ruling that found the Trump administration’s freeze on wind approvals unlawful, preserving state clean-energy investments as new data shows renewable power growing despite political and legal headwinds.

Trump’s citizenship crackdown targets naturalized Americans in unprecedented push

The Justice Department’s latest effort to revoke citizenship from 17 Americans expands a denaturalization campaign that critics say could permanently alter the status of millions of naturalized citizens.

Trump DOJ escalates attack on Colorado gun laws with lawsuits targeting...

The Justice Department has launched a sweeping legal challenge against two major Colorado gun-control laws, escalating a broader effort by the Trump administration to dismantle firearm restrictions enacted by Democratic-led states and cities in response to decades of mass shootings.

Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles...

Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.

Epstein file search logs in Bondi binder raise surveillance concerns during...

Photograph from Judiciary Committee session prompts accusations that DOJ tracked lawmakers reviewing Epstein records.

Justice department under fire as Epstein file redactions trigger congressional backlash

Lawmakers accuse DOJ and FBI of violating transparency law while exposing survivors and shielding powerful figures.

How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?

Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.

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Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous, legendary clean water...

We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.

Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.

"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.

Baby we can bomb Iran

A re-cast version of Springsteen’s “Born to Run.”

Colombia adopts nationwide framework to fight illegal deforestation through cattle traceability

The new law will trace cattle from ranch to supermarket in an effort for government agencies and companies to monitor deforestation databases that will cross-reference land tenure and cattle ownership.

Moderate Democrats: Splitting the party in two

This is the most important midterm election in American history. If the Democratic Party leadership splits the party and the Republicans win, Democrats will go the way of the Whig and the Tory.