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146 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
The Transgender Education Network of Texas filed a petition in state court seeking to uncover who is behind an impersonation campaign it says reached thousands of Texas residents.
Source: them (them.us)
The Supreme Court allows a New Hampshire directive that prevented election officials from considering student IDs to prove a voter's identity.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court granted New Hampshire Republicans' emergency request to fully block the use of student IDs for voting ahead of the November election.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Trump administration and Texas urged the Supreme Court to leave in place their agreement abolishing a Biden-era regulation that had allowed immigration judges to suspend some deportation proceedings.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
A judge limits election-related immigration stops as cases between the Trump administration and California are proceeding in federal court ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
A federal judge restricted DHS investigations into suspected noncitizen voting in nine states, citing concerns that the tactics could intimidate eligible voters.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Truthout reports Trump's Justice Department ditches civil rights and school desegregation cases; a former agency official points out walking away doesn't mean the discrimination has been addressed.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
A federal judge restricted DHS field operations looking for noncitizen voters; the judge found the operations likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.
Source: NPR Politics (npr.org)
A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote, citing flawed data.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt its noncitizen voting investigation in nine states, citing data errors and intimidation of voter assistance groups.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Prosecutors filed over 900 cases of pregnancy-related crimes since Dobbs, most from laws never meant to apply to pregnancy.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked border wall construction in the Big Bend Sector.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
A federal judge ruled that DHS's practice of knocking on doors and asking about immigration status and voting likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
The Trump-Vance administration abandoned its appeal in a case that stopped a new rule allowing the Secretary of Education to disqualify government and nonprofit employers.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
The DOJ has approved nearly half as many applications for a legal aid program in 2026, and local organizations are concerned more immigrants will go without legal help in immigration court.
Source: Borderless Magazine (borderlessmag.org)
A federal judge limited DHS field operations targeting alleged noncitizen voting in nine states in a Wednesday ruling.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., a stay order involving plans to deport undocumented persons without a hearing to third countries.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The Trump administration dropped its legal fight over changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which forgives student loans after 10 years of payments.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The federal government detained and sought to deport students and academics over support for Palestine, and the Supreme Court could soon take up the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)