Thursday, August 13, 2026

Tag: Department of Justice

Justice Department drops multiple corporate crime investigations

A reported decision to abandon several major corporate crime cases has raised concerns that the federal government is easing pressure on corporate misconduct.

Trump administration activates never-used deportation court for first time in 30...

The Justice Department’s unprecedented filing before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court opens a little-known legal pathway that could expand executive deportation powers while relying on sealed evidence and limited public scrutiny.

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.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

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In the crosshairs: The perilous reality for journalists in 2023

Examining the heightened risks faced by journalists in conflict zones, especially in the Gaza Strip, amidst global political tensions and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.

Why so many nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles?

Apocalypse will be highly likely. Artificial intelligence is not going to save us. These weapons need to be outlawed, not produced and purchased en masse.

Across Africa, water conflict threatens security, health, and the environment

The scarcity-led conflict and crisis.