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SPLC Indicted for Funding the Hate It Pretended to Fight

April 22, 2026 1:33 pmApril 22, 2026 1:46 pm

The Southern Poverty Law Center, long notorious as a partisan smear factory masquerading as a civil rights watchdog, was hit with an 11-count federal indictment Tuesday for wire fraud, false statements to banks, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. (see...

DOJ Arrests Iranian National at LAX for Allegedly Brokering Iranian Arms Sales on Behalf of Tehran Regime

April 20, 2026 10:40 amApril 20, 2026 10:40 am

Federal agents arrested Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old Iranian national and lawful permanent U.S. resident since 2016, at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday night on charges she brokered the sale of Iranian-manufactured drones, bombs, bomb fuses, assault weapons, and millions of...

Court Orders Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to Return Unlawfully Seized Election Systems, Restore Early Voting Authority to County Recorder

April 17, 2026 4:10 pmApril 17, 2026 4:10 pm

In a sweeping ruling hailed as a major win for election integrity and the independence of elected officials, the Maricopa County Superior Court has declared that Recorder Justin Heap holds exclusive statutory authority over early voting under Arizona law —...

Arizona Officials Braced for FBI Raid on Election Records, Emails Show

April 16, 2026 1:37 pmApril 16, 2026 1:37 pm

Newly released internal emails show that Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ office was actively preparing for a potential FBI raid on election records in late January, just days after federal agents executed a search warrant at Fulton County, Georgia’s...

Operation Not Forgotten Expands Federal Support for Tribal Investigations as Arizona Communities Address Violent Crime

April 7, 2026 2:11 pmApril 7, 2026 2:11 pm

Federal officials are expanding investigative and victim support resources in Arizona and across the country through Operation Not Forgotten 2026, an initiative focused on unresolved violent crime in tribal communities. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that additional personnel...

Eric Swalwell Demands FBI Halt Release of Chinese Spy Files

March 31, 2026 3:28 pmMarch 31, 2026 3:33 pm

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) escalated his war with the Trump administration’s FBI on Monday, dispatching lawyers with a cease-and-desist letter to Director Kash Patel demanding the bureau immediately cease any effort to release decade-old investigative files...

LAUSD Rocked By Another Massive Corruption Scandal: Two Charged in $22 Million Pay-to-Play Money Laundering Scheme

March 27, 2026 4:12 pmMarch 27, 2026 4:13 pm

In what prosecutors are calling one of the largest money laundering scandals in the history of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), a former technical project manager and the owner of a Texas-based technology company have been charged in...