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Policy Illegality (Executive Watch)

Whistleblower Reveals DHS’s Politically Motivated ‘Election Integrity’ Initiative May Have Broken State Law Thousands of Times
A whistleblower has accused the Department of Homeland Security of directing its own agents to misrepresent themselves—and, in the process, potentially…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Lowering Recruiting Standards for ICE, FBI Hires
The Trump administration is clearly lacking in qualified candidates willing to work for them in a wide variety of roles, including critical law…
 • Executive Watch
Trump’s Treasury Department Is Deleting an Anti-Corruption Database, Making it Harder for Future Administrations to Go After Pardoned…
Donald Trump’s second administration has already turned into a paradise for financial crime; he cut back enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices…
 • Executive Watch
ICE Is Now Pulling People Off Jet Bridges Over Visa Overstays
Immigration agents, wearing regular clothing instead of uniform, have started detaining travelers at boarding gates and jet bridges, targeting people…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Rewrite Mail-In Voting Rules After Two Courts Already Blocked Him
In March, Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to compile citizenship lists of eligible voters for every state…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Escalates His One-Man Trade War on Canada, a Top Ally and Trading Partner, With New 50% Tariffs
The Supreme Court’s ruling against Trump’s first attempts to impose sweeping tariffs (under IEEPA) has not dissuaded the president from trying to find a…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Blindsides Gulf Allies and His Own Aides With Hormuz Toll Scheme, Only to Abandon It a Day Later
As the Trump administration continues its helpless flailing in trying to find a politically acceptable exit from its disastrous conflict with Iran, the…
 • Executive Watch
ICE Arrested 10,000 People in Five Days After the White House Demanded Bigger Numbers
After federal agents shot and killed two U.S.
 • Executive Watch
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Provide Financial Aid and In-State Tuition to Help Immigrant Students—Now Trump Is Suing Them Over It
The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policy extends far beyond his attempts to ramp up deportations and his (now-failed) attempt to end birthright…
 • Executive Watch
‘Great Leader’ Announces Humiliating Peace Deal With Iran
Last week we crossed the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s foolish and strategically incompetent war of choice with Iran.
 • Executive Watch
In a Cynical Move, Trump Invokes Forced Labor Concerns as a Pretext to Revive His Tariff Regime After Courts Have Repeatedly Struck It Down
Courts have struck down Donald Trump’s tariff regime on a number of occasions, including the Supreme Court itself, which ruled earlier this year that…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Threatens New Military Action, This Time Against Cuba
Despite his war of choice in Iran going none too well, Trump is shifting his sights to another military conquest, this time closer to home: Cuba.
 • Executive Watch
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