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NARRATIVE: Jan. 6 civil suits — Trump gets a pause during his immunity appeal
More than five years after the January 6, 2021 assault on the United States Capitol, the civil lawsuits filed against Donald Trump by injured…
ESSAY: John Bolton pleads guilty — what Trump's enemy reveals about political justice in America
On June 4, 2026, John Bolton — former National Security Advisor, Republican hawk, and one of Donald Trump's most vocal critics — agreed to…
COLUMN: The trans military ban is unconstitutional — the DC Circuit spoke, 2-1
On June 1, 2026, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the policy of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth banning transgender people…
OPINION: The $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund — when the DOJ tries to buy its own exoneration
A few weeks ago, the Trump administration announced the creation of a fund worth nearly $1.776 billion — a figure deliberately evoking 1776, the…
PROFILE: The DC Circuit blocks massive cuts to the CFPB — Amy Berman Jackson holds the line
On June 19, 2026, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Trump administration's plan to reduce the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) workforce…
INVESTIGATION: The $100,000 H-1B visa tax — how a judge stopped an unconstitutional policy
On June 8, 2026, federal Judge Leo Sorokin of the District of Massachusetts issued a 42-page decision that voided — nationwide — the $100,000…
COMMENTARY: Judge Sooknanan blocks the SAVE database — electoral purges stopped
On June 22, 2026, federal Judge Sparkle Sooknanan of the District of Columbia blocked the SAVE system modified by the Trump administration — a…
EDITORIAL: Judge Talwani strikes — mail voting is not for sale
On June 25, 2026, federal Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts issued a 37-page ruling blocking the core provisions of a Trump…
REPORT: Judge Casper permanently blocks Trump's executive order on citizenship proof for voting
On June 24, 2026, federal Judge Denise Casper of the District of Massachusetts issued a permanent nationwide injunction blocking Executive Order 14248, signed by…