California’s high-speed rail project has become one of the most expensive and embattled infrastructure undertakings in American history — a bullet train to nowhere, critics say, that has ballooned in cost and missed deadline after deadline for more than a…
Todd Blanche sat across from Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday and said, plainly, what many had feared: he will not promise to keep the Justice Department independent of the White House. Not hedged. Not buried in…
The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that California’s prison system systematically failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by correctional staff — a finding that exposes not merely individual misconduct, but a structural collapse of the…
A Federal Agent, a Gas Station, and a Question of Accountability It was the day after Christmas, and a confrontation at a Brookfield gas station would soon test whether a federal immigration enforcement officer could be held to the same…
A Slice of Pizza, Then Handcuffs He was sitting at a table in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, eating a slice of pizza with his teammates, when the agents moved in. Matías Pourrain, a 26-year-old Argentinian midfielder for Miami United Football…
Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general of the United States on Monday, completing a contentious 50-49 Senate confirmation that exposed a fundamental tension at the heart of American democratic governance: can a man who spent years as Donald…
A Once-Principled Critic Reverses Course Mike Rogers used to say the quiet part out loud. In the turbulent weeks after the 2020 election, as Donald Trump flooded the public sphere with fabricated claims of voter fraud, Rogers — then a…
The policy is vague by design. That’s the point — and that’s what makes it dangerous. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month a sweeping new visa restriction policy targeting foreigners he accuses of links to “far-left terrorism.” On…
The Trump administration has renewed its legally dubious effort to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, sending her a letter threatening dismissal over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud — allegations that legal experts and available evidence…
An Associated Press investigation has uncovered a troubling pattern at the heart of American immigration enforcement: the federal government is detaining and moving to deport the spouses and parents of active-duty and veteran U.S. military personnel. At least 52 family…