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A DHS inspector general report found TSA did not consistently enforce airport worker screening rules, with one worker holding an active badge for 177 days after a disqualifying notice, according to Government Executive.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued the City of Glendale, California, alleging its police department's concealed carry permit fees and review process violate the Second Amendment.
Rep. Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging the Iran military action was taken without the required congressional authorization.
The CDC and the State Department awarded about $39 million in Ebola screening and outbreak-response contracts to XpresTest, a small biosecurity company that had never worked with Ebola or provided biosecurity services abroad. The awards came months after American Ventures — a fund launched by Dominari Holdings, which hired Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump as advisers — invested roughly $30 million in XpresTest's parent company, XWELL. The CDC did not respond to ProPublica's questions.
CalMatters and Shasta Scout have sued Shasta County, alleging it unlawfully withheld under the California Public Records Act a federal subpoena reportedly served on its elections chief after the June 2026 primary.
At the federal bribery trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a cooperating witness who pleaded guilty testified that he and others bribed her, while the defendants have pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors have charged Nancie Givens, the former head of the Arkansas Supreme Court's Office of Professional Programs, with 65 counts of tampering with a public record over alleged alteration of bar exam scores and deletion of files.
The Indiana Supreme Court suspended Marion County Superior Court 23 Judge Jose Salinas without pay for 45 days after the state's judicial qualifications commission charged him with five counts of misconduct.
A federal judge sentenced former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens to 41 months and former Jackson councilman Aaron Banks to 45 months after both pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy, WJTV reports.
A report for the Virginia State Crime Commission found that 10% of 191 surveyed local law enforcement agencies self-reported unauthorized use of automated license plate readers, while prosecutors have charged only seven officers, Courthouse News reported.
The Bow School District agreed to a judgment declaring it violated spectators' First Amendment rights by barring pink "XX" wristbands at a 2024 girls' soccer game, and to pay $275,000 in fees and costs.
A federal indictment accuses Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy Paul Jessen Jr. of conspiring to commit extortion by accepting goods and services from a defense attorney in exchange for compromising DWI cases.
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