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Judge strikes down DOJ’s policy of reviewing state voter rolls, saying it would “run roughshod over longstanding laws”

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s plan to check state voter rolls against federal immigration databases, a blow to the administration’s election-related efforts in the run-up to the midterms.  In a 78-page ruling, D.C.-based U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote Friday that the Justice Department “cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were…

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FBI arrests suspected member of ShinyHunters in connection with breach of bureau’s jobs website

Washington — The FBI this week arrested another individual suspected of being connected to ShinyHunters, the cybercriminal group that hacked the bureau’s job website and stole personal data about its employees, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday. “This is the latest arrest this FBI has made in a matter of days involving this network,…

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What lies ahead for the children at the center of the California surrogacy scandal? Experts weigh in.

The arrest of a California couple this week on conspiracy and child abuse charges has raised critical questions regarding the future of the 21 young children at the center of the case, most of them surrogate-born, who were removed from the couple’s Arcadia mansion and other properties.  It has been over a year since authorities raided…

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Weeks before Election Day, the nation’s campaign finance regulator can’t enforce the law

In July, Reps. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, and Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, had a request for the Federal Election Commission: help make sure artificial intelligence chatbots do not feed voters false information about the 2026 midterm elections.  The lawmakers, writing to the FEC as well as the Justice and Homeland Security…

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