A federal agent in Maine once told a legal observer she was being added to a "nice little database" for "domestic terrorists" simply for monitoring immigration enforcement. Now, The Intercept is taking the Trump administration to court to force the disclosure of the government’s secret tracking system for protesters.
A masked federal immigration agent was recorded in Portland, Maine, threatening a legal observer that she would be added to a government database for domestic terrorists. The confrontation occurred after the agent was filmed scanning license plates, prompting the observer to document the interaction as a protected First Amendment activity.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Wednesday that his government will maintain its military occupation of southern Lebanon regardless of the consequences for US-led peace negotiations with Iran. His stance signals a direct challenge to the White House's attempts to secure a regional ceasefire across all active fronts.
A federal judge struck down key elements of a 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump that mandated proof of citizenship for voter registration. US District Court Judge Denise Casper ruled the directive unconstitutional, affirming that the president lacks the authority to regulate elections, a power reserved for individual states.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres used London Climate Action Week to demand that governments tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. Arguing that polluters must bear the financial burden of the climate crisis, he urged a massive shift toward renewable energy and stricter transparency for artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The Trump administration has spent at least $11 billion paying nearly 140,000 federal employees to remain on the payroll while performing no work, according to a report from the government watchdog Public Citizen. The Deferred Resignation Program, intended to shrink the federal government, has instead fueled massive bureaucratic inefficiency.
Four years after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, Democratic challenger Graham Platner is weaponizing Senator Susan Collins’ 2018 confirmation vote for Brett Kavanaugh. The move marks a strategic pivot to frame the incumbent as a primary architect of the current national reproductive health crisis.
Senate Republicans introduced new farm legislation this week that ignores calls to delay a looming budgetary shift, threatening the stability of federal food aid. By refusing to postpone a 2025 mandate requiring states to cover a portion of SNAP benefits, the bill risks forcing states to slash eligibility or exit the program.
A coalition of Democratic lawmakers is pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to investigate potential price gouging, warning that corporations are exploiting the ongoing conflict with Iran to inflate costs for consumers. The group argues that firms are using the war as a pretext to pad profits beyond justified input increases.
The world's 100 largest oil and gas corporations are generating an additional $30 million every hour, a windfall surge tied directly to the ongoing conflict in Iran. Since the military campaign began in late February, fossil fuel giants have capitalized on rising petroleum prices at the expense of global consumers.
President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to investigate oil companies for failing to lower pump prices, alleging that consumers are being gouged even as global crude costs plummet. The move follows months of escalating fuel expenses linked to the ongoing war in Iran, which has sparked intense political friction.
The discovery of three dead ducks in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has triggered calls for a federal investigation into whether a $14 million renovation project is endangering local wildlife. Experts point to toxic algae blooms and peeling construction materials as potential hazards in the recently refurbished site.
Demanding action with "passion and at the expense of everything else," President Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to congressional Republicans on Thursday, insisting they pass the restrictive SAVE America Act. The bill, currently stalled in the Senate, seeks to overhaul federal election requirements despite significant internal GOP hesitation.
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled the scheduled signing of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act on Wednesday, signaling he will hold the bipartisan economic package hostage until Congress passes his controversial SAVE America Act, an anti-voter bill aimed at restricting ballot access.
The Trump administration has bypassed congressional oversight for the third time during the ongoing Iran conflict, quietly authorizing an $8.6 billion weapons package for Israel and several Gulf allies. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked emergency provisions to expedite the transfers, sparking immediate backlash from lawmakers and human rights advocates.
A secret $500 million investment by an Abu Dhabi royal into the Trump family's cryptocurrency startup preceded a critical shift in U.S. policy, granting the United Arab Emirates access to high-end artificial intelligence chips previously restricted over national security concerns regarding potential transfers to China.
Following the massacre of at least 1,500 people in el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces, US lawmakers are demanding an immediate halt to military support for the United Arab Emirates. The UAE stands accused of fueling Sudan’s brutal civil war by providing the paramilitary group with critical weapons and financial backing.
A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that the Rapid Support Forces' October offensive in el-Fasher exhibits clear hallmarks of genocide. The report documents a systematic campaign of ethnically targeted killings, starvation, and sexual violence against non-Arab communities, marking a lethal escalation in Sudan’s ongoing civil war.
As the State Department warns of imminent mass atrocities in Sudan, Senator Chris Van Hollen is calling out his colleagues for rejecting legislation that would have blocked U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, the primary foreign benefactor of the paramilitary forces currently terrorizing the region.
A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction halting the Trump administration’s policy of conducting immigration arrests at courthouses. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that the agency’s expansion of enforcement authority lacked the necessary legal justification, effectively labeling the move as arbitrary and capricious.
Conflict defines the latest shift in the Heritage Foundation’s controversial policy initiative, as the organization announced the departure of director Paul Dans while the Trump campaign continued its aggressive efforts to disavow the 920-page blueprint, despite deep-rooted personnel and ideological ties between the two entities.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday reclassifying roughly 8,000 federal employees as "at-will" workers, a move labor leaders warn will dismantle the nonpartisan civil service by replacing career professionals with political loyalists who can be fired at the administration's discretion.
The Heritage Foundation boasted in a fundraising email this week that the Trump administration has already enacted 53% of its Project 2025 agenda. This assertion directly challenges the president’s previous campaign-trail claims that he possessed no knowledge of the sweeping conservative governance plan.
A coalition of progressive candidates secured a clean sweep in New York’s congressional primaries Tuesday, toppling entrenched Democratic incumbents despite a massive influx of spending from corporate interests and AIPAC. The victories signal a growing appetite among voters for platforms rooted in labor rights and anti-war stances.
During a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem repeatedly sidestepped demands for an apology to the families of two constituents killed by federal agents in Minnesota. The confrontation highlighted growing congressional fury over the administration's aggressive mass deportation tactics.
A federal court in Fort Worth has handed down prison sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years to a group of protesters, marking the first major application of President Trump’s 2025 executive order designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization following a demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Center.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has classified the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent as an act of domestic terrorism. The administration’s firm stance, delivered without public evidence, faces scrutiny from critics who link the incident to recent federal directives targeting political dissent.
Hours after returning to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting unconditional pardons to roughly 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, while simultaneously commuting the sentences of high-profile figures convicted of seditious conspiracy and other violent offenses.
The US Senate voted 50-48 on Tuesday to pass a war powers resolution demanding the withdrawal of American forces from Iran. This bipartisan action marks the first time both chambers of Congress have cleared a concurrent resolution to halt an ongoing conflict since the landmark War Powers Resolution of 1973.
Conflict defines the landscape as Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveil legislation to halt new AI data center construction, clashing directly with the White House’s recent push to streamline federal permitting for the energy-hungry infrastructure that critics argue is straining local power grids and water supplies.
