Crime & Courts

321 articles in the Crime & Courts category.

Grassley: Biden DOJ and Jack Smith Obtained Data on More Than 639,000 Republican Donors and Supporters in Arctic Frost Probe
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Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 14, 2026

Grassley: Biden DOJ and Jack Smith Obtained Data on More Than 639,000 Republican Donors and Supporters in Arctic Frost Probe

By Tommy Flynn

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley revealed Wednesday that the Biden Justice Department and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office obtained detailed personal and donor information on more than 639,000 individuals during the Arctic Frost investigation. The...

A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
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Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 14, 2026

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear DOGE Records Case on Agency Status and Disclosure

By Tommy Flynn

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeal in a lawsuit seeking records from the U.S. DOGE Service. The case, brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, centers on whether DOGE operated as a federal agency subject to the...

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Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderOctober 13, 2026

House GOP Advances Sanctuary Bill That Would Let Crime Victims Sue Local Officials Who Ignore Detainers

By Tommy Flynn

House Republicans are preparing to bring the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act to the floor after the midterm elections, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan told Just the News. The measure, H.R. 7640, cleared the committee in March and would preempt state and local laws...

Sign at the East Potomac Golf Course in East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C.
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 13, 2026

Judge Orders Halt on Tree Cutting at DC Golf Course After Hundreds Removed Over Weekend

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered a temporary halt Monday to additional tree cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, the historic public course President Trump has said he wants to upgrade into a world-class venue. The order followed an emergency hearing in which Reyes described...

Nidal Hasan
Crime & CourtsUS NewsOctober 13, 2026

Al-Qaida Threatens to Kill American Captives and Hijack Planes If Fort Hood Shooter Is Executed

By Tommy Flynn

Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula issued a statement Monday warning that the United States’ decision to execute Nidal Hasan will mean the group executes any American captives it holds. “The day America makes this decision, it will have made a decision to execute whoever among...

Governor Kathy Hochul, MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber, and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at the MTA Headquarters on Oct 9, 2025 -- Image: 	Marc A. Hermann / Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Crime & CourtsImmigration & BorderOctober 13, 2026

New York Refuses 16,070 ICE Detainers Linked to 52,503 Crimes, Including 131 Homicides

By Tommy Flynn

The Department of Homeland Security released data Monday showing that New York state and local authorities refused to honor 16,070 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers between January 20, 2025, and October 8, 2026. Those unhonored detainers are associated with 52,503...

Federal Agents prepare to leave Ilhan Omar's Washington area home after removing boxes.
Crime & CourtsUS NewsOctober 12, 2026

Omar Says She ‘Will Not Be Silenced’ After HSI Agents Search Her DC Home Under Federal Warrant

By Tommy Flynn

Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a court-authorized search warrant early Monday at the Washington, D.C., residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation, the Justice Department confirmed. Omar posted on X...

Ilhan Omar
Crime & CourtsUS NewsOctober 12, 2026

Breaking: HSI Agents Execute Search Warrant at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s DC Home in Ongoing Criminal Investigation

By Tommy Flynn

Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant early Monday morning at the Washington, D.C., residence of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the action: “Today in the Washington, D.C.,...

Merrick Garland and Jack Smith
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 12, 2026

Jack Smith’s Team Sought Wiles Phone Monitoring Orders Without Disclosing Lawyer Contacts to the Judges

By Tommy Flynn

Unsealed court records show that former special counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained permission from two federal judges in Washington, D.C., to monitor the phone of Susie Wiles, then leading Trump’s SAVE America PAC fundraising operation and now White House chief of staff. The...

Screenshot from NYPD bodycam showing Oscar Belgal after his arrest.
Immigration & BorderCrime & CourtsOctober 12, 2026

Mamdani Demands ICE Leave New York After Agents Shoot Criminal Illegal Alien Who Accelerated Toward Them With Child in Car

By Tommy Flynn

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded an end to all Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city and repeated his call to abolish the agency after officers shot a 28-year-old Dominican national during a targeted arrest in Marble Hill on October 8. The...

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Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 12, 2026

Biden-Appointed Judge Orders Halt to Nearly $20 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ads

By Tommy Flynn

US District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon of the Southern District of New York issued a temporary restraining order Sunday night requiring the Trump administration to halt and cancel remaining taxpayer-funded television advertisements that feature President Donald Trump. Rochon, a...

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Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsOctober 10, 2026

Biden-Appointed Judge Strikes Down DOJ Nationwide Voter-Roll Collection Policy

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden appointee, ruled Friday that the Justice Department’s nationwide effort to collect unredacted state voter rolls, compare them against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, and pressure states to remove...