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Trump DOJ Sues to Kill California’s ‘Backdoor’ EV Mandate

March 12, 2026 3:30 pmMarch 13, 2026 8:37 am

President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against California on Thursday, accusing the state of imposing an unlawful “backdoor” electric vehicle (EV) mandate through stringent mileage and emissions rules that burden automakers and inflate costs for consumers. Attorney...

Nevada’s Mail Ballots Shipped to Scandal-Plagued Arizona Firm for Election ‘Processing’

March 10, 2026 10:12 amMarch 11, 2026 5:01 pm

A stunning investigation has exposed a major breach in election security: Clark County’s mail-in ballots from Nevada were outsourced to Runbeck Election Services’ facility in Maricopa County, Arizona, where they were allegedly commingled with Arizona ballots (and other western states)...

FBI Expands Voting Integrity Probe into Arizona, Seizes Maricopa County Election Records Amid Blank Ballot Allegations

March 9, 2026 12:13 pmMarch 9, 2026 12:13 pm

In a significant development highlighting ongoing concerns over election integrity in battleground states, the FBI has expanded its criminal investigation into suspected voting irregularities by secretly subpoenaing a vast array of election records from Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest county. This...

SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Deference to Immigration Agencies in Asylum Denials

March 6, 2026 7:55 amMarch 6, 2026 11:23 am

In a unanimous 9-0 decision (see below) delivered by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, that federal appeals courts must apply a deferential “substantial-evidence” standard when reviewing immigration agency determinations of whether undisputed facts constitute “persecution”...

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against UCLA Alleging Antisemitic Hostile Work Environment for Jewish and Israeli Employees

February 24, 2026 3:54 pmFebruary 25, 2026 1:54 pm

This article has been updated to include comments from Mary Osako, UCLA Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications The U.S. Department of Justice filed an 81-page civil complaint (see below) on Tuesday, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District...

Ninth Circuit Blocks California’s Entire ‘No Secret Police Act’ in Major Win for Trump DOJ

February 20, 2026 12:15 pmFebruary 22, 2026 8:43 am

In yet another humiliating defeat for Governor Gavin Newsom’s war on federal immigration enforcement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a full stay Thursday blocking enforcement of California’s entire “No Secret Police Act” (Senate Bill 627),...

Trump DOJ Moves to End LAUSD’s Outdated Race-Based PHBAO Program

February 19, 2026 3:56 pmFebruary 19, 2026 3:59 pm

The Trump Justice Department has moved decisively to dismantle one of California’s most blatant examples of institutionalized racial discrimination in the second-largest school district in the country: the Los Angeles Unified School District’s PHBAO program. In a motion to intervene...