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Japan Enacts Law to Centralize Intelligence Under Prime Minister

Tokyo presents the law as a move to strengthen defenses against cyberattacks, social media disinformation, foreign interference

Ninth Circuit Halts California’s ID Rule for Federal Agents

Illinois Panel Seeks Testimony From Trump Officials on Chicago Immigration Crackdown

House Democrats Seek DHS Watchdog Probe Into 2025 ICE Shooting on South Padre Island

For Third Time, Judge Blocks DHS Rule Requiring Week’s Notice for Lawmakers’ ICE Visits

Bonta, Newsom Issue Guidance for Independent Probes of Federal Agents

DDoS Attack Keeps ICE List Offline as It Moves to Publish Leaked ICE and Border Patrol Personnel Data

Lightfoot Launches ICE Accountability Project to Track Alleged Agent Misconduct

Prosecutors Appeal Acquittal in South Korea’s 2020 West Sea Killing Cover‑Up Case

Bondi Orders DOJ Probe of Obama–Biden Era 'Lawfare' as Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy

Education Department Recalls Hundreds of OCR Staff to Cut Civil Rights Case Backlog

Democrats Demand Answers on Border Patrol’s License-Plate Surveillance Program

Perlmutter Asks Supreme Court to Preserve Reinstatement in Clash Over Presidential Removal Power

RFK Jr. Fires NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo Weeks After Whistleblower Complaint

Flávio Dino Defends Single-Judge Rulings as Chamber Bill to Curb Them Heads to Senate

D.C. ‘Sandwich Guy’ Becomes Protest Icon After Felony Charge, Firing, and Nighttime Re-Arrest

House Democrats Sue Over ICE’s Seven-Day Notice Rule

House Republicans Advance Measure to Limit Federal Courts' Contempt Powers

Federal Judge Declares Trump Administration's Takeover of U.S. Institute of Peace Unlawful

Musk's Federal Data Consolidation Faces Mounting Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns