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What’s occupancy fraud, and why is Trump targeting federal officials over it?  Axios Trump accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of mortgage fraud. That can be hard to prove, experts say  CNBC Trump’s Fed Feud Spotlights Mortgage Data Privacy: Is Your Information Public?  The New York Times The Trump administration’s new weapon against foes: Mortgage filings  The Washington Post Commentary: Why are all these leading …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services told 40 states, five territories and the District of Columbia on Tuesday that they “are now on notice”: Some federally funded sex ed programs need to remove any mention of gender identity or transgender people, even in passing, or risk losing potentially millions of dollars …

Trump calls for George Soros and son to face federal charges  Politico Trump calls for racketeering charges against top Democratic donor, son  The Washington Post Trump threatens to prosecute George Soros for backing protests  Axios Trump Says Soros Should Be Charged Over ‘Violent Protests’  Bloomberg.com Trump threatens charges for George Soros, frequent target of far-right ire  Al Jazeera Source link

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen granted a request by the judges to toss the case, saying to do otherwise “would run counter to overwhelming …

WASHINGTON — You could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, the saying goes, but, in Washington, a federal grand jury just declined to indict a man for throwing a salami sub. The grand jury did not return an indictment against a former Justice Department employee who was seen on camera throwing a hoagie at the chest of …

August 27, 2025 Earlier this month President Trump activated National Guard members to reduce crime in Washington, D.C. and has threatened similar federal interventions in other large cities.  Two-thirds of the public think crime is a major problem in the country overall and 8 in 10 say it is a major problem in large cities. Only about a fifth say …

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the department’s Office of …

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  The New York Times US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s tough on crime — really! | Letters  The Palm Beach Post ‘Weaponization of a sandwich’ — Subway’s footlong is becoming an icon of resistance against Trump’s D.C. police takeover  Fortune Craig Carter: Throwing food at law enforcement  Argus Observer Sandwich Guy Has …

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy to California, Washington, and New Mexico: Enforce English Language Requirements or Lose Federal Funding | US Department of Transportation  Department of Transportation (.gov) WATCH: Duffy threatens funding penalties for 3 states if English language rules for truckers aren’t enforced  PBS Trump admin threatens to cut millions in federal funding from 3 states over trucker English language …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing “the most illegal search I have ever seen in my life,” a magistrate judge is upbraiding the federal government for the way it has handled arrests in the District of Columbia this month and says the possible effects — violations of rights and the potential for illicit detentions — are not legally acceptable. “We don’t just …