Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Acting Attorney General Admits Violating Epstein Transparency Law
It is rare for a senior American justice official to publicly admit breaking a federal law. Yet that is exactly what just happened.
ACCOUNT: A judge forces the DOJ to lift the veil on the Epstein files
Federal judge Emmet Sullivan has ordered the Trump administration to make public and "unredact" certain information contained in the Epstein files, with a deadline…
REPORT: More than 10,000 immigrant arrests in five days across the US
According to The New York Times on July 2, 2026, US federal immigration authorities carried out more than 10,000 arrests in just five days,…
FACT-CHECK: At least 10 people shot dead by immigration agents under Trump II
On July 9, 2026, an investigation published by The Guardian, citing data from The Wall Street Journal, documented that at least ten people were…
INVESTIGATION: An appeals court reins in ICE's mass detention machine
On July 2, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — one of the most conservative federal courts in the country, covering Texas, Louisiana,…
ACCOUNT: 464 federal judges have ruled against Trump on mass detention
On July 9, 2026, Politico published a tally that, on its own, captures the scale of the standoff between the federal judiciary and the…
ANALYSIS: An I&I/TIPP poll hints at a possible Trump rebound
An I&I/TIPP poll published in July 2026 is shaking up the dominant narrative about Donald Trump's political trajectory. According to Newsweek, in its July…
ANALYSIS: Trump's approval ticks up slightly but stays deep in negative territory
According to the average compiled in early July 2026 by several reputable polling institutes — Gallup, Reuters/Ipsos, YouGov, Quinnipiac, and Morning Consult — US…
ANALYSIS: Washington hosts new Israeli-Lebanese talks on June 22, under Tehran's shadow
On June 17, 2026, a US-Iran memorandum of understanding was signed, opening the way for a new round of Israeli-Lebanese talks set for Washington…