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The latest on Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ, briefly explained
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is going a…
Jan 14, 2026, 10:20 PM
WATCH: Oversight Committee will 'hold both Clintons in criminal contempt of Congress'
ABC News
House Oversight Chair James Comer said the panel plans to move forward with contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons after they defied subpoenas for depositions in the Epstein probe.
Jan 14, 2026, 7:06 PM
FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe
BBC News
Attorney General Bondi accused the journalist of reporting classified information allegedly leaked by a federal contractor, who she said has been arrested.
Jan 14, 2026, 5:44 PM
Prosecutors Flee DOJ After Being Told To Investigate The Murdered Woman, Not The Murderer
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Last week, we wrote about how ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother, on a Minneapolis street in broad daylight. We wrote about how the Trump administration immediately began lying about it despite multiple video ang…
Jan 14, 2026, 5:27 PM
MAGA Star Cornered in Court on Trump’s Golf Cheating
William Vaillancourt, Daily Beast
Sen. Lindsey Graham added more credibility to the claims that Donald Trump cheats at golf, according to secret testimony he gave in the Georgia election...
Jan 14, 2026, 7:05 AM
Trump Tries To Disappear Impeachment References At Smithsonian
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Donald Trump is the only president in American history to have been impeached twice. That is a simple fact of history. I can imagine it’s a fact that Donald Trump doesn’t like very much. He might even be embarrassed over it. But it’s a fact that remains no ma…
Jan 14, 2026, 4:02 AM
Trump’s Loyalist Prosecutors Continue To Get Kicked Off Cases Because They’re Not Legally Appointed
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump’s binge-and-purge approach to handling the DOJ definitely isn’t working out for him. The administration has been steadily pushing prosecutors out for failing to be MAGA enough, especially when it comes to Trump’s steady stream of vindictive, politically…
Jan 13, 2026, 7:06 PM
The EU Fired Their Censor. Ours Kept His Job
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Trump administration has spent months shrieking about EU “censorship” while actively censoring people themselves. While I’ve long been a critic of parts of the DSA, Americans—particularly MAGA officials—keep crying wolf over the DSA’s non-censorial aspect…
Jan 13, 2026, 5:32 PM
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Crypto Pump and Dump With NYC Token
Kyle Torpey, Gizmodo.com
Adams has wasted no time finding his true calling.
Jan 13, 2026, 3:40 PM
4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes sent to remote penal colony
Jared Kofsky, ABC News
Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony.
Jan 13, 2026, 1:44 PM
DHS Tells Reporter That Filming ICE Officers ‘Sounds Like Obstruction Of Justice’
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ICE activity has increased exponentially since Trump’s return to office, bringing with it an exponential increase in rights violations committed by federal officers. Multiple lawsuits have been filed and, without exception, courts have safeguarded the rights …
Jan 13, 2026, 1:25 PM
Investigation of Fed chief Jerome Powell: What Trump has said about him
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Justice Department probes Fed Chair Jerome Powell as tensions with President Trump over interest rates continue.
Jan 13, 2026, 11:19 AM
Kelly sues Hegseth over attempted demotion
BBC News
The US senator and former Navy captain is contesting a move to review his retirement grade after he criticised the Trump administration.
Jan 13, 2026, 10:55 AM
WATCH: What to know about the DOJ's criminal probe into Fed Chair Powell
ABC News
The Justice Department investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is sparking backlash and spotlighting the clash between the White House and the Federal Reserve Chair.
Jan 13, 2026, 7:34 AM
Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown
Faisal Ali, Al Jazeera English
Lawsuit seeks to halt operation that officials have called a 'federal invasion' and that left a mother of three dead.
Jan 13, 2026, 6:58 AM
BBC will aim to have Trump's $5bn defamation lawsuit thrown out
BBC News
Court papers filed on Monday show the broadcaster will argue the Florida court lacks "personal jurisdiction" over the BBC.
Jan 13, 2026, 3:07 AM
Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'
The Associated Press, NPR
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
Jan 13, 2026, 12:12 AM
Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and rando…
Jan 12, 2026, 11:51 PM
Kristi Noem: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Says ICE Can Legally Thwart Congressional Oversight
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Whatever the stated reasons for doing this, we all know what this really is: another effort from the Trump regime to put as much distance between it and accountability. Even before DHS head Kristi Noem decided it’s now suddenly legal to force congressional ov…
Jan 12, 2026, 11:25 PM
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
Dell Cameron, Wired
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
Jan 12, 2026, 10:42 PM
Why the attack on Fed Chair Jerome Powell follows Donald Trump's typical playbook — and isn't going to stop there
Peter Kafka, Business Insider
The Federal Reserve is supposed to be independent from the president. The Justice Department investigation into Jerome Powell could change that.
Jan 12, 2026, 9:16 PM
Chevron asks Supreme Court for rematch in Louisiana wetlands case
Nolan Mckendry, The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Louisiana jury last April determined oil giant Chevron owed $744 million for environmental damage to the state's coastline. Chevron, ...
Jan 12, 2026, 8:45 PM
DOJ probe into Powell sparks backlash from some Republicans, former Fed chairs
Elizabeth Schulze, Benjamin Siegel, Fritz Farrow, Allison Pecorin, ABC News
A bipartisan group of top economic officials called the DOJ probe into Jerome Powell an "unprecedented attempt" to undermine the Fed's independence.
Jan 12, 2026, 7:15 PM
US judge blocks Trump administration from canceling pediatrics group's grants
By Nate Raymond, Yahoo Entertainment
By Nate Raymond Jan 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating nearly $12 million in grant funding awarded to the...
Jan 12, 2026, 2:56 PM