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Appears in 17 stories · Last updated Nov 11, 2026
The Supreme Court denied its emergency request over California ballots on Nov. 2, and DOJ dropped that suit on Nov. 6. A judge closed the case on Nov. 10. A Seattle judge barred it on Nov. 5 from demanding that Washington set aside ballots.
The Supreme Court refused on Nov. 2 to let the Justice Department set aside about 20,000 California mail ballots. The department dropped its lawsuit on Nov. 6, and a federal judge in Los Angeles closed the case on Nov. 10, writing that the suit tried to "disrupt an ongoing election and create confusion and uncertainty."
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Plaintiff. Lost before Judge Carter, the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court, then moved on Nov. 6 to dismiss its own lawsuit. A judge also barred it from threatening election workers; grand jury subpoenas confirmed a criminal investigation.
The Supreme Court refused on Nov. 2 to make California set aside about 20,000 mail ballots until their citizenship could be checked. California held its midterm election the next day with those ballots in the count.
Updated 2 days ago
Defended the program on appeal; prosecutors continue voter-fraud inquiries
The Ninth Circuit kept its block on Homeland Security's pre-election voter questioning in place through Election Day, and the legal fight is continuing. A majority of the full court declined to rehear a three-judge panel's refusal to pause the injunction; seven judges dissented. The blocked program, which the government calls the Unlawful Voter Initiative, had sent agents to homes in nine states.
Updated 5 days ago
Final rule publisher and payment administrator
The Department of Justice published its final rule implementing the HAVANA Act of 2021 on October 27, authorizing one-time payments to current and former DOJ employees, and their dependents, who suffered qualifying brain injuries. The rule takes effect November 27, 2026.
Updated Oct 27
Expanding seed market oversight
The U.S. national seed collection holds more than 600,000 samples across 16,000 species, stored in 22 repositories. About 10% of that material has been genetically described in any detail.
Updated Oct 26
Defending the ban
The Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 19 to decide whether the 1868 ban on distilling spirits at home is constitutional. The case, Department of Justice v. McNutt, turns on whether the ban is a valid use of Congress's power to tax.
Updated Oct 25
Defendant
Common Cause's 94-page lawsuit, filed Sept. 10 in Washington, D.C., asks a judge to bar the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the FBI from retaliating against people who record immigration enforcement. A federal judge in Ohio dismissed a similar suit from observer Sean Moorman on Oct. 2, saying the court lacked jurisdiction because the officers had left the area. The judge agreed observers have a First Amendment right to record.
Updated Oct 21
Leading the investigation; asking a judge to keep the search warrant sealed for now
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home on Oct. 12, 22 days before the Nov. 3 midterms, as part of a criminal investigation into immigration paperwork her family filed decades ago. Omar said on Oct. 21 that she will move out of the apartment because the raid and the attention around it have made her feel unsafe.
Updated Oct 20
Reported to be examining the trades independently
On March 23, about 15 minutes before President Trump posted that he was postponing strikes on Iranian power plants, traders placed billions of dollars in futures bets that oil would fall and stocks would rise. In a two-minute window, roughly $580 million in crude contracts changed hands — 8.5 times the volume traded in the same window the prior week.
Updated Oct 17
Investigating SFUSD Title IX compliance
The Justice Department is investigating the San Francisco Unified School District over how it handles gender and sexuality instruction. Superintendent Maria Su told staff Thursday to preserve all records that might relate to the probe.
As of September 2026: Firing immigration judges
A San Francisco immigration judge says she was fired 48 hours after challenging ICE's detention of a migrant. "If you do something even small that they don't like, they're gonna fire you," she told Bay Area News.
Updated Sep 11
As of June 2026: Would administer the contested settlement fund
ICE and Border Patrol budgets normally have to be renegotiated every year, which gives both parties leverage during shutdown fights. Early Friday, the Senate voted 52-47 to fund them for three years straight, through the end of President Trump's term.
Updated Jun 5
As of June 2026: Complying with court order; fund dropped
The Trump administration dropped its $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund on June 1, less than two weeks after creating it. Three forces killed it: a court freeze in Alexandria, a Senate Republican revolt that stalled the reconciliation bill, and a meeting between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump. No claims were ever paid.
Updated Jun 2
As of May 2026: Secured criminal conviction and sentencing
OxyContin launched in 1996 with marketing that downplayed addiction risk. Thirty years and hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths later, the company that made it no longer exists.
Updated May 31
As of May 2026: Prosecuting the case from the District of Maryland
A federal grand jury indicted Dr. David Morens, 78, Fauci's longest-serving adviser at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He faces five counts: conspiracy against the United States and destruction of federal records. Morens allegedly used a personal Gmail account to route official COVID-19 business outside the reach of FOIA requests.
As of May 2026: Lead prosecuting authority
A Secret Service officer's ballistic vest stopped a shotgun round at the Washington Hilton on the evening of April 25. Two days later, federal prosecutors charged the shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, with attempting to assassinate President Trump.
As of May 2026: Signaled intent to seek further review after DC Circuit loss
For 45 years, the Refugee Act of 1980 has guaranteed that anyone reaching US soil—however they got there—can ask for asylum. On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed a proclamation declaring an 'invasion' at the southern border and suspending that right. A federal appeals court just ruled he cannot.
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