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5th Circuit Blocks Release of Detained Illegal Immigrants

July 22, 2026 3:57 pmJuly 22, 2026 3:59 pm

In a major development strengthening federal immigration enforcement and public safety, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday issued an order staying district court judgments that had directed bond hearings or releases for certain detained illegal...

‘Intermittent AT&T Connectivity Issues’ At Maricopa County Polling Sites as Federal Monitors Deployed To Three Arizona Counties

July 22, 2026 10:57 amJuly 22, 2026 10:57 am

The U.S. Department of Justice deployed election monitors to three Arizona counties during Tuesday’s primary election as Maricopa County officials reported brief connectivity problems affecting a small number of electronic poll books at voting locations. The Justice Department said personnel...

Stockton Already Told Us How This Ends

July 22, 2026 6:00 amJuly 22, 2026 6:01 am

Stockton’s 2012 bankruptcy filing gets taught as a morality play about municipal excess. It wasn’t excess. It was a fiduciary breach, and the record proves it. In 2007 the city council voted to sell $125 million in pension obligation bonds...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Accused of Rigging Election After Manipulating Voter ID Initiative Language Mid-Campaign

July 21, 2026 4:28 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:51 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta faces accusations of rigging the ballot language for Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative, just months before the November 2026 election. The initiative, which gathered over a million...

Rep Adam Gray Continues Lavish Campaign Spending on Luxury Chauffeurs, Uber Rides, and MLB Tickets

July 21, 2026 12:43 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:46 pm

A new California Globe analysis of recent FEC disclosures shows that Congressman Adam Gray continues to spend campaign funds on luxury items—the same pattern CalWatchDog first documented when Democrats bailed him out in 2014. Gray, who co-chaired Rep. Eric Swalwell’s...

Arizona Senator Revives Push to Save Group Home Watchdog Created After Hacienda HealthCare Sexual Abuse Scandal

July 21, 2026 12:10 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:10 pm

Republican Sen. Tim Dunn plans to renew his effort next year to preserve Arizona’s independent watchdog for group homes serving residents with developmental disabilities after the state budget failed to continue the program’s funding. The Compliance, Oversight, Monitoring, and Investigations...

DOJ Finds UC San Diego Medical School Unlawfully Discriminated on the Basis of Race in Admissions

July 20, 2026 4:45 pmJuly 21, 2026 2:11 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Monday that the University of California San Diego School of Medicine (San Diego Med) violated federal civil rights law by using race as a factor in its admissions decisions. The finding,...