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DOJ Loses Fifth Straight Voter Data Case as Trump-Appointed Judge Calls Lawsuit a 'Fishing Expedition'

A Trump-appointed federal judge dismissed the DOJ's demand for Rhode Island's unredacted voter rolls -- the fifth consecutive loss for a legal campaign that has sued 30 states and DC for their residents' Social Security numbers and driver's license data.

PowerApr 17

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons Resigns After Leading 584,000-Deportation Campaign, Fatal Shootings of US Citizens

Todd Lyons, who oversaw the most aggressive immigration enforcement push in ICE history including a secret warrantless home-entry policy and operations that killed two American bystanders, will step down May 31 with no successor named.

PowerApr 17

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Kills Wife, Then Himself, Weeks Before Court-Ordered Deadline to Leave Home

Fairfax, 47, shot his wife Cerina multiple times in the basement of their Annandale home while their two teenage children were inside. A judge had ordered him to move out by the end of April.

PowerApr 17

Trump Nominates Former Deputy Surgeon General Erica Schwartz as CDC Director, His Third Pick for the Role

Rear Admiral Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general during Trump's first term, would inherit an agency that has been without a permanent director for over eight months amid turmoil over vaccine policy.

PowerApr 16

Trump Says He's 'Prepared' to Appoint Up to Three Supreme Court Justices

In a Fox Business interview, Trump acknowledged Alito could retire and said he has nominees ready. Alito was secretly hospitalized for dehydration last month, fueling speculation about his future on the bench.

PowerApr 16

Commerce Department Strips Disparate-Impact Protections from All Its Grant Programs, Effective Immediately

A final rule published today rescinds the portions of Commerce's Title VI regulations that prohibited federally funded programs from having discriminatory effects -- not just discriminatory intent. The change covers NTIA broadband grants, NOAA, NIST, EDA, and every other Commerce-funded program.

PowerApr 16

Trump Administration Agrees to Permanently Restore Pride Flag at Stonewall After Lawsuit Settlement

The National Park Service must rehang the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument within seven days and maintain it permanently under a court-enforceable settlement. The government removed the flag in February, prompting a lawsuit that argued it qualified under the government's own historical-context exemption.

PowerApr 16

Sotomayor Apologizes to Kavanaugh for 'Hurtful' Remarks About His Background

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare public apology after criticizing Brett Kavanaugh at a law school appearance, saying he "probably doesn't really know any person who works by the hour" -- an extremely unusual breach of Supreme Court decorum.

PowerApr 15

Virginia Strips Confederate Organizations of Tax Exemptions and License Plates

Governor Spanberger signed two bills ending the state's property tax exemptions for six Confederate heritage organizations -- including the United Daughters of the Confederacy -- and halting renewals of Robert E. Lee license plates.

PowerApr 15

House Passes ALERT Act 396-10, Mandating Collision Avoidance Tech After Reagan National Crash

The bill requires aircraft near busy airports to carry ADS-B In collision detection systems by 2031 -- technology the NTSB has recommended 18 times and says would have prevented the January 2025 crash that killed 67 people. It now moves to a Senate that wants stricter provisions.

PowerApr 15

Anthropic Briefed the White House on a Model That Can Hack Every Major Operating System

Co-founder Jack Clark confirmed the company briefed the Trump administration on Claude Mythos Preview, a model that autonomously found vulnerabilities in every major OS and browser, even as Anthropic sues the Pentagon over AI restrictions.

PowerApr 14

US Measles Cases Hit 1,714 in First 100 Days of 2026, Threatening Elimination Status

The US has recorded 1,714 confirmed measles cases across 33 states in just the first 100 days of 2026, on pace to exceed last year's 2,287 total. Kindergarten vaccination coverage has dropped below the 95% herd immunity threshold for the first time.