Wiretapping case deepens divide 

Court docs offer fresh details from Toronto police corruption investigation

New details unsealed by an Ontario judge lay out how York Region officers were able to eavesdrop on suspects, eventually leading to the arrests of police officers.

Texas ICE Killing Darkens, Rep says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A representative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.

The DOJ refused to swear in writing that Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund is dead

The Justice Department told a federal judge that compelling sworn statements from senior officials raises serious separation of powers concerns

Domicile Isn't a Real Argument For Citizenship Says Wydra

A divided US Supreme Court upheld the constitutional right of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s planned restrictions and invalidating a central plank of his immigration agenda. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented. National citizenship was not an independent concept but simply derivative of state citizenship. “Every citizen of a state,” it was often said, was “ipso facto a citizen of the United States.” In these contexts, too, national citizenship required domicile because state citizenship required domicile. Justice Thomas wrote. Elizabeth Wydra, President of the Constitutional Accountability Center joined Balance of Power to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

Mike Johnson Is 'Very Disappointed' The Constitution Still Applies

House Speaker Mike Johnson got the news the way the rest of us did: live, in real time, mid-sentence. He was in the middle of fielding a question on birthright citizenship at his GOP leadership presser Tuesday when reporters interrupted to read him the Supreme Court's ruling. His response was a flat, deflated Oh dear — followed by a more polished but equally grim I'm very disappointed in that outcome after a loud, long groan accompanied by an eyeroll. The Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's day-one executive order stripping citizenship from children born on U.S. soil to undocumented or temporary-resident parents violates the 14th Amendment — a constitutional guarantee that's stood for 160 years. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and the Court's three liberal justices. Justice Samuel Alito, writing alone, called it one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court and a serious mistake. On an aside, sort of, I'm wondering if Alito's wife, Martha-Ann Alito, is now displaying her American flag upside down again. Mine is, but for very different reasons. Back to the subject. read more

Wyoming AG’s bombshell disclosure in Gray case merits more court action

State’s top law enforcement officer chose prosecutors who determined his client should not be charged with a crime, writes columnist Kerry Drake. The post Wyoming AG’s bombshell disclosure in Gray case merits more court action appeared first on WyoFile .

The fine line between policing facts and silencing critics

The fine line between policing facts and silencing critics

WATCH: Controversial SCOTUS decision strikes a divide among lawmakers

The 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment drew sharp reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

झापाका दुई डीएसपीसहित ११ प्रहरीविरुद्ध अनुसन्धान, मोबाइल नियन्त्रणमा

विराटनगर। झापाको काँकडभिट्टा नाकामा भइरहेको तस्करीमा सुरक्षाकर्मीकै मिलेमतो रहेको आरोप लागेपछि दुई जना प्रहरी नायब उपरीक्षक (डीएसपी) सहित ११ जना सुरक्षाकर्मीविरुद्ध उच्चस्तरीय अनुसन्धान सुरु भएको छ। गृहमन्त्री सुधन गुरुङको स्थलगत निरीक्षणका क्रममा स्थानीयले तस्करीको ‘लाइन’ बारे सूचना दिएपछि इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय काँकडभिट्टाका डीएसपी निशेष चापागाईं र सशस्त्र प्रहरी बल (बीओपी) काँकडभिट्टाका डीएसपी विकास थापा अनुसन्धानको []

Gorsuch Skewers SCOTUS For Ducking Covid Shot Mandate Case

'I hope, too, that one day soon this Court will choose to settle the question so that other Americans seeking to vindicate their civil rights do not suffer the same fate as those now before us.'

'Chilling': Security expert sounds the alarm as Trump DOJ ramps up election probe

A security expert warned about the impact of Trump's latest move to send hundreds of FBI analysts to Georgia.CNN law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller broke down Trump's decision to send 260 intelligence officials to Georgia to investigate the 2020 election results. Miller said the move is very concerning, especially as Trump pushes the Save America Act, a voter-proof-of-citizenship law.There is a through line when you combine the idea that he is pushing the SAVE Act and then, on a holiday weekend, calls in hundreds of FBI analysts, Miller said. When law enforcement comes in and starts doing things like this...it creates this chilling effect towards election workers and others.He explained that Trump called in staff operations specialists and investigative operations specialists to the Atlanta field office, and this is the kind of people where it looks like you would be dumping a ton of paperwork, maybe ballots on them.The instructions to these hundreds of FBI analysts could even be to go through the ballots and investigate them one at a time, Miller added. However, he cautioned that, if they're doing a recount, that kind of usurps the election authorities of the state.Whether or not they find anything, Miller warned, You're creating this atmosphere that there's something wrong there, and I can't see these two things being unconnected, again referring to the Save America Act and noting that this could have been done last week.

Stephen Miller Unleashes Screechy Freakout Over SCOTUS Wishlist

Fox NewsStephen Miller is demanding that the Supreme Court issue a unanimous ruling overturning birthright citizenship. Anything less, he said, would mean a nonfunctioning democracy. Miller, an architect of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, was characteristically melodramatic Thursday in a Fox News interview celebrating the high court’s immigration-related rulings that morning. But Miller also seemed fixated on the remaining cases being decided, including whether the administration can deny automatic citizenship to immigrants’ children who were born in the U.S., which the 14th Amendment has guaranteed since 1868.“Anybody who has read even 30 seconds of American history understands that the Reconstruction amendments after the Civil War were to ensure that the children of slaves would be franchised in the United States. The author of the 14th Amendment was clear in saying it did not apply to aliens,” Miller, 40, argued. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Supreme Court Rules Asylum Seekers Can Be Turned Around at US Border

An old policy gets a second life.

Sign the petition: Senate negotiations to hand Trump terrifying mass surveillance powers

TELL Congress: Trump’s “grossly unqualified” pick for acting director of national intelligence has inspired dealmaking in the Senate that could hand Trump his warrantless spying bill. Congress must protect our private data from the authoritarian White House. Sign the petition: Block Trump’s mass surveillance scheme NOW! ADD YOUR [] The post Sign the petition: Senate negotiations to hand Trump terrifying mass surveillance powers first appeared on Attack the System.

4 Of 9 Justices Can't Read

5-4 on the constitutional question of birthright citizenship, 6-3 on the law. A bunch of people are going to pretend to be confused by this, as many thought it would be 8-1 at worst.I don't waste my beautiful mind parsing their decisions anymore, but I am sure you can find more serious analysis elsewhere.NPR briefly posted, and removed, a story saying Alito was retiring. Hilarious stuff. Good job, Nina.Unclear whether they just accidentally published a standard pre-write or accidentally published the news before it was real. In any case, I hope he has much more time to watch Fox News.

Trump’s Nasty Boy

We knew that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had threatened Bill Pulte, saying he was going to kick his ass. So I guess we should have realized that for all his bespectacled, mild-mannered looks, he’s got a nasty streak a mile wide. Still, it’s surprising to read this: “Several Trump aides had been worried” about the potential for a blow-up when Zelenskyy came to the White House, ostensibly to seal a minerals deal drafted by Bessent, Swan and Haberman write. Then-national security adviser Mike Waltz “tried – unsuccessfully – to get the message across that Zelenskyy should come wearing a suit”, they continue. “Bessent had strongly recommended to Trump that he not even allow Zelenskyy into the White House before he had signed” the deal. “‘I’ve dealt with this little fucker,’ Bessent would say to associates about Zelenskyy,” according to the book. “‘He’s tricky. He’s like the special-needs child for the Europeans. And he’s acting like Mr Bean on crack.” He is one nasty piece of work, isn’t he? In fact, in an administration full of roaring assholes, it turns out he’s one of the worst. Never judge a book by its cover. After all, this is the guy who ran the Nazi SS:

Dan Osborn’s Nebraska Bid and the “Sham Campaign” Complaints

In Nebraska’s crowded Senate race, the most revealing story is not on the ballot line but in the backroom mechanics: how staff, minor-party nominees, and legal gray zones are being used to clear a path for independent candidate Dan Osborn while importing a Democratic scandal from Maine as quiet opposition research. Key Points Criminal complaints []

Rep. Chip Roy calls to pause immigration after Supreme Court ruling

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, ripped the Supreme Court for upholding the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment in an appearance Tuesday on Newsmax. “The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion today that is massively damaging to the national security and to the fabric of our country, and it is incumbent upon the United []...Click to read more

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Supreme Court Backs White House on Asylum Claims, TPS

In two ideologically split rulings that could affect millions, justices say the administration can deport some migrants and turn others away at the border.

Alexander brothers swept into contraband probe at Brooklyn detention center

An inmate at the Brooklyn jail where the Alexander brothers are detained has been accused of allowing other prisoners, including Oren Alexander, to use his contraband cellphone. Federal prosecutors charged David Motovich, a convicted fraudster and former owner of a lumberyard in Midwood, with possessing an illegal phone in a complaint unveiled earlier this week. The document includes a selfie of Motovich with another man, who the New York Times identified as Oren, though his face is redacted. The Times report also revealed that all three brothers were found to have been using contraband cellphones, though none of them has []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.

Why the birthright citizenship ruling could not have gone differently

CNN’s @thelauracoates breaks down the 14th Amendment, the key legal precedents behind the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold birthright citizenship, and looks at what’s next as the debate shifts from the courts to Congress.

WATCH: David Lammy assures 'every decision' made by Labour is based on 'public safety'

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has told MPs that every decision made by the Government is based on public safety, as he is grilled by Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly on the early release of dangerous criminals, including grooming gang perpetrators.Mr Lammy told the Commons: He asks about a very serious issue, and every decision we have taken has been based on public safety in delivering justice for victims. Let's talk about the context.The last Labour Government built 28,000 prison places. We're building 14,000 by 2031. We've already delivered 3,200 under the Tories. They closed 23 prisons. Gloucester, closed. Shrewsbury, closed. Portsmouth, closed. Holloway, closed. Northallerton, closed. What are they now? A block of flats. That's why we have to have an early release scheme. That's why we passed the Sentencing Act. And we're putting community powers locally to make sure that we protect the public.WATCH ABOVE. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

Fourth group of deportees from US arrive in Eswatini

A US immigration attorney says the group of 11 people includes at least two who have legal protection that should have shielded them from deportation.

At the Supreme Court, female athletes won — and so did the truth

Americans should ask how we became so confused that such a ruling was necessary.

National Security Scandal: Anti-Trump Jack Smith Team Violated Classified Info Rules

National Security Scandal: Anti-Trump Jack Smith Team Violated Classified Info Rules

'I'm an enforcement agent... here's what item we seize the most'

'I'm an enforcement agent... here's what item we seize the most'

FBI HUNTS FOR LEAKERS

FBI HUNTS FOR LEAKERS (Main headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:DOJ SUBPOENAS NYT JOURNALISTSTRUMP ESCALATES PRESSURE ON MEDIA

LLMs and performative productivity

Jim Nielsen's Notes, Jim Nielsen's Notes, Jun 24, 2026 It's as though people believe there's a learning 'off switch' (though it only exists in other people). Like this: A junior who made a mistake is one step closer to being a senior; a junior who let an LLM make a mistake (and had the LLM fix it for them) has probably learned nothing. What would justify this conclusion, authored by John Collinsworth (Nielsen doesn't link to it, though he quotes it extensively - boo, hiss)? The junior will still learn, but will learn a different thing. Nobody 'learns nothing' - human brains don't shut off like light bulbs. What's really happening here is that we're mking a value judgement, specifically, that the lesson learned from doing it by hand is more important than the lesson learned by doing it with AI. This Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

Trump administration asks high court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy

The U.S. Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.

US federal judge questions DOJ decision to drop Adani charges

Judge says DOJ's reasoning for dropping Adani charges lacks clarity; orders detailed explanation from prosecutors.

Vote Idaho as America’s Sharpest Looking State Police Car

Vote Idaho as America’s Sharpest Looking State Police Car

‘Send the fraudsters to prison’: Watch JD Vance crack down on hucksters in Milwaukee * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff

Source link ‘Send the fraudsters to prison’: Watch JD Vance crack down on hucksters in Milwaukee * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff Skip to content Est. 1997 Est. 1997

The best new crime and thriller books to read in July 2026

Our pick of 14 great new page-turners, from clever mysteries to absorbing police procedurals

Adani case: NY judge's query procedural, unlikely to derail DoJ bid to drop charges, says US lawyer

A US judge requests a fuller DOJ explanation before dismissing the Adani indictment, outlining procedural norms and judicial deference in federal prosecutions.

These Young New Yorkers Thought Their Future Was Secure. They’re Facing Deportation Instead.

These Young New Yorkers Thought Their Future Was Secure. They’re Facing Deportation Instead.