24 states sue to block new Postal Service rules for mail voting ahead of midterms
A coalition of two dozen Democratic-led states and D.C. sued USPS over a new rule requiring states to enroll every mail voter with the Postal Service; a federal court granted a temporary restraining order halting core parts of it days later.
Posted on Aug 26, 2026
| CBS News
Trump administration pauses visa appointments for applicants worldwide
The pause follows a federal judge striking down Trump's ban on immigrant visas from 75 countries as exceeding Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statutory authority; the administration says it needs a global "retraining" of consular officers.
Posted on Aug 25, 2026
| The Detroit News
Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom
The Court's conservative majority lifted a lower-court injunction blocking Trump's mail-voting executive order in 23 states, though a separate nationwide block on the Postal Service's implementation of it remains, and the underlying constitutional question is unresolved.
Posted on Aug 24, 2026
| NPR
Trump's 75-country immigrant visa ban struck down by judge
Judge Jeannette Vargas of the Southern District of New York ruled Secretary of State Marco Rubio's blanket freeze on immigrant visas from 75 countries "patently unlawful" and outside his statutory authority under federal immigration law.
Posted on Aug 22, 2026
| CNN
Democrats sue DOJ over midterm ballot seizure plans
The DNC filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking DOJ records on any plans to seize ballots, voting machines, or other election materials before the 2026 midterms are certified, after the department stonewalled a request filed in the wake of the FBI's raid on Fulton County's election records.
Posted on Aug 21, 2026
| Courthouse News Service
DOJ rejects the claim that its prosecution of Comey is vindictive
Justice Department filings argue that a president directing prosecutions is "a feature, not a bug" of the constitutional system, an explicit case against DOJ independence from the White House.
Posted on Aug 19, 2026
| Washington Post
Trump's ICE nominee helped lead one of the harshest immigration crackdowns in U.S.
Lance Schroyer's record deputizing Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers as immigration agents offers a preview of how he could run ICE if confirmed as its next director.
Posted on Aug 19, 2026
| Washington Post
Trump's new plan for children terrifies policy experts: 'Looks like human trafficking'
A proposed $2.3 billion follow-on contract to DHS's self-deportation program would offer stipends to pressure unaccompanied migrant children as young as 14 into leaving the country, with immigration lawyer Rekha Sharma-Crawford warning it "looks and feels a lot like human trafficking."
Posted on Aug 19, 2026
| Raw Story
ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War
Newly released internal emails show ICE coordinated directly with Iranian officials to deport more than 100 Iranian nationals, including gay people and Christian converts, even as the administration prepared to bomb Iran.
Posted on Aug 18, 2026
| The Intercept
Trump revives unverified claims of noncitizen voting in 2020
Trump repeated long-standing, unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was rigged by noncitizen voting, reviving a theory that has repeatedly failed to hold up in court and even in his own administration's investigations.
Posted on Aug 18, 2026
| Washington Post