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Brazilian high court requests increased security for Bolsonaro
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Stronger police presence is called for to monitor the former president, who is under house arrest awaiting trial.
Aug 26, 2025, 10:23 PM
Donald Trump promises death penalty for murder cases in Washington, DC
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
The Republican leader had pledged to 'restore' the death penalty upon returning to the White House for a second term.
Aug 26, 2025, 8:53 PM
DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
Remember that cost-cutting group once led by Elon Musk? Federal employees are still dealing with it A Social Security Administration employee has filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Donald Trump's DOGE cost-cutting unit has put the records of every …
Aug 26, 2025, 8:02 PM
Former special counsel Jack Smith responds to federal investigation against him about his prosecution of Donald Trump
Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, CNN
A federal watchdog investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith’s two prosecutions against President Donald Trump is based on “imaginary and...
Aug 26, 2025, 7:56 PM
With Intel, Trump Continues His Race To Violate Every Clause In The Constitution By Now Arriving At The Takings Clause
Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
Trump’s quest to stress-test every line in the Constitution continues apace, with his declaration that the government now owns 10% of Intel looking like nothing but a great, big, gigantic taking. Of course, it is also terrible policy. While there are sometime…
Aug 26, 2025, 7:25 PM
Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR
A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
Aug 26, 2025, 6:02 PM
John Bolton And Bitter Irony Of False Equivalence
Mike Brock, Techdirt
Last week, FBI agents raided the home of John Bolton—former National Security Advisor, lifelong Republican, and one of the most establishment figures in American foreign policy. His crime? Writing a book critical of Donald Trump and opposing the president’s s…
Aug 26, 2025, 5:50 PM
WATCH: Legal battle continues over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's potential deportation
ABC News
ABC News’ Jack Date says the legal battle surrounding Abrego Garcia’s potential deportation will likely continue for a while.
Aug 26, 2025, 4:57 PM
Trump Wants To Criminalize Free Speech In The Form Of Flag Burning
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
You may recall that Donald Trump and his supporters have insisted that he’s the “free speech” President. His first day in office this term, he issued an executive order “restoring free speech” saying that “no Federal Government officer, employee, or agent eng…
Aug 26, 2025, 4:30 PM
Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t do
Ian Millhiser, Vox
The six Republican justices have largely behaved as lickspittles to the leader of their political party. These are, after all, the same GOP political appointees who said that President Donald Trump is allowed to commit crimes. Last May, however, the Court did…
Aug 26, 2025, 4:29 PM
US judge rejects Trump’s lawsuit against Maryland federal court system
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Trump administration sued the court system, including 15 federal judges, over rulings against his immigration agenda.
Aug 26, 2025, 4:13 PM
Lisa Cook plans to sue over Trump's attempt to fire her from the Fed, her lawyer says
Jacob Shamsian,Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider
President Donald Trump said he was firing Lisa Cook from her position on the Federal Reserve board, but it's unclear if he has the authority to do so.
Aug 26, 2025, 3:43 PM
Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maryland courts over deportations
Katherine Faulders, ABC News
A Trump-appointed judge dismissed the case against the Maryland judiciary over an order barring the government from deporting immigrants for at least one day.
Aug 26, 2025, 3:16 PM
Trump-Appointed Judge Decimates Health Care Access for Thousands in Maine
Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel
The federal judge ruled that Congress's Big, Beautiful Bill can defund Maine Family Planning for offering abortion services because this is what the people voted for.
Aug 26, 2025, 1:40 PM
Will Trump’s latest attack on the Fed erode central bank’s independence?
Alex Kozul-Wright, Al Jazeera English
President Trump has said will fire Lisa Cook over alleged financial fraud, which could hand him more control of the Fed.
Aug 26, 2025, 1:23 PM
Trump Whines, Again Threatens NBC, ABC Broadcast Licenses For Doing Journalism
Karl Bode, Techdirt
With Fox being Fox, and CBS having just paid Trump a $16 billion bribe and now owned by Trump’s friends the Ellison family, there’s little worry that either network will be doing serious journalism anytime soon. So Trump, over the weekend, redirected his ire …
Aug 26, 2025, 12:30 PM
Trump Loses a Lawyer—and Much More
Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic
If Alina Habba’s appointment is illegal, so is much more of Trump’s DOJ takeover.
Aug 26, 2025, 11:30 AM
'The most illegal search': Judges push back against D.C. criminal charges
Carrie Johnson, NPR
Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into open court.
Aug 26, 2025, 9:00 AM
WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained at ICE office in Maryland
ABC News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported in March, is now facing deportation yet again.
Aug 26, 2025, 4:17 AM
Trump promises jail time for flag-burners while signing executive order
Garrett Owen, Salon
The controversial practice has been ruled protected speech by the Supreme Court.
Aug 25, 2025, 10:15 PM
House Oversight subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein estate
Lauren Peller, ABC News
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued a new subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
Aug 25, 2025, 9:32 PM
Wrongfully deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained again by ICE
Al Jazeera English
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison in March, has been detained by ICE.
Aug 25, 2025, 8:48 PM
Epstein accuser’s memoir to be published posthumously
Garrett Owen, Salon
The publisher promised “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details" from the Epstein accuser's life.
Aug 25, 2025, 7:55 PM
Trump Stooges Keep Helping The President Indulge In His Vindictive Crime Fantasies
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Even though Trump says it’s about the crime rates, it’s not actually about the crime rates. Just like he used the hallucination that the entirety of Los Angeles was under siege by “violent” protesters to justify sending in the troops, the reality was that any…
Aug 25, 2025, 7:22 PM