| 2026-10-23 | Bolts: Orange County, NY, Is Ending Its ICE Jail Contract Under the State Ban While Its Sheriff Joins a Suit Against the Law New York Attorney General Letitia James · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | Fifth Circuit En Banc Holds, 10-7, That Immigrants Detained Under the Mandatory-Detention Provision Are Not Entitled to Bond Hearings, Reversing Habeas Grants to Three Texas Men Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | Judge AliKhan Consolidates the LULAC, NAACP and DSCC Polling-Place Suits for All Purposes Under LULAC v. DHS Judge Loren L. AliKhan · League of United Latin American Citizens · NAACP · +2 | 5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | Newport, Oregon and DHS Settle Airport ICE Detention Suit; DHS Owes 30 Days' Notice, No Permanent Bar U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | The Intercept: Fellowship PAC Routed $600,000 Through Bo Hines's Nxum Group to Support Democrats Torres, Goodlander and Warner Bo Hines · Tether · Cantor Fitzgerald · +3 | 6 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | U.S. Attorneys Serve California County Registrars With Lists of "Likely Aliens" and a 48-Hour Demand; Letters Are in the Court Record U.S. Department of Justice · California Secretary of State | 2 | | reported |
| 2026-10-22 | AG Blanche, Asked in Norfolk Whether DOJ Could Block a State From Certifying, Says He Won't Say There Are No Circumstances Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Kash Patel | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-22 | CNN and ABC Report DOJ Is Investigating Lewandowski and DHS Contracting After an Inspector General Referral Corey Lewandowski · Kristi Noem · Jeanine Pirro · +3 | 6 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-22 | DOJ Files Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit in United States v. California, Saying the District Court's Silence on Its TRO Application Is a Constructive Denial U.S. Department of Justice · California Secretary of State · Shirley Weber | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-22 | DOJ Sues Alaska to Bar Certifying a Senate Result Sen. Sullivan Loses, Citing a Same-Name Candidate U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-22 | ICE Boeing 767 N703KW Leaves Alexandria, Louisiana for Africa; ICE Declaration Confirms Malabo Stop After Telling Court Equatorial Guinea Mission Was Cancelled Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security · Eastern Airlines | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-21 | Brennan Center Authors Say DHS's AI Inventory Leaves ELITE Off Its High-Impact List and Shows HSI Using Sentiment Analysis an ICE Policy Bars Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | FT Reports Trump Blocked Netanyahu's Multi-Day Iran Bombing Campaign Planned for Oct. 10 Ahead of the Midterms Benjamin Netanyahu · Donald Trump | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | Gov. Sherrill Answers the House Subpoena With a Statement Calling It "Political Theater" 13 Days Before the Midterms Mikie Sherrill · Jim Jordan | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | House Administration and Judiciary Committee Chairs Subpoena New Jersey's Acting Secretary of State for Documents on the 6,600 MVC Registrations, Return Date Nov. 16 Jim Jordan | 1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | ICE Detains and Injures a U.S. Citizen Special-Education Student Walking to Santa Maria High School, Then Releases Him as Not Its Target Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | Judge Martinez-Olguin Enjoins DHS Election Field Operations Against Likely Citizens in Nine States, on One Voting Rights Act Claim, Stayed to Oct. 23 Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations · +2 | 5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | New Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy After Cambridge Analytica Meta Platforms | 1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | NYT Report: India-Based Accounts Paid to Spread Undisclosed Haley Stevens Videos in Michigan Senate Primary; Hirer Won't Name Client Haley Stevens · Abdul El-Sayed | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | OCC Issues Final GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rule Ahead of January 18, 2027 Effective Date, Drops Proposed Rewards Presumption Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Jonathan Gould · Scott Bessent | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-21 | Senate Banking Committee Democrats' 44-Page Report Says Trump Administration Opened Floodgate for Mega-Mergers Elizabeth Warren · DOJ Antitrust Division | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | California Tells Federal Court Its Secretary of State Has Received Grand Jury Subpoenas for Voter Records of About 300 Individuals Since August California Secretary of State · Shirley Weber · U.S. Department of Justice | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | DC Circuit Reverses Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Mennonite Church USA v. DHS, Holds Faith-Group Plaintiffs Likely Have Standing; Rao Dissents Department of Homeland Security | 1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | DSCC, DCCC and DGA Sue Trump, DOJ and DHS in D.D.C. to Stop Voter-Roll Demands and Threats to Election Officials DSCC · Democratic Governors Association · Donald Trump · +3 | 6 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Eyes on ICE Relays Marshall Project, 19th Reporting on Bluebonnet Pregnant Detainees and ICE Miscarriage Data Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Management and Training Corporation (MTC) · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Judge Cote Grants Plaintiffs Summary Judgment on APA Claims: OPM's DOGE Access Grants Violated Privacy Act Sections (b) and (e)(10) (AFGE v. OPM, S.D.N.Y.) Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) · American Federation of Government Employees | 3 |
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| 2026-10-20 | Judge Trenga Quashes the HSI Immigration Subpoena to AAMVA for Commercial Drivers' CDLIS Records Anthony J. Trenga · Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations · +2 | 5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Justice Department and White House Announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program (WHIP): Cash for Tips Before Conviction, With Trump Naming Himself Arbitrator Donald Trump · JD Vance · Todd Blanche · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | PRRI American Values Survey Released Oct. 20, 2026 Finds 35% Agree the President Should Order Federal Agents to Seize Ballots and Take Over Vote Counting Brookings Institution · Donald Trump | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | The Marshall Project Sues ICE, CBP and DHS in D.D.C. Under FOIA for Names and Detention Locations of Everyone in the Enforcement Integrated Database The Marshall Project · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Customs and Border Protection · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | Workers Circle Press Conference on Seriously Ill Krome and Broward Detainees and Africa Removals; DHS Denial; ICE Charter From Alexandria, Louisiana Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | Arizona Attorney General Moves to Recuse Corporation Commission Chairman Myers From the APS Rate Case Kris Mayes | 1 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | DOJ and Education Department Agreement With UNC-Chapel Hill Closes 18 Education Dept. Civil Rights Investigations and One DOJ Compliance Review, No Payment; "Color-Blind" Admissions Required U.S. Department of Justice | 1 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | DOJ Seeks a TRO in United States v. California With HSI and USCIS Declarations on the List of Just Over 20,000 Voters U.S. Department of Justice · R. Trent McCotter · Homeland Security Investigations · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | Federal Judge Schroeder Denies Preliminary Injunction Against North Carolina Absentee-Ballot Sealing and Signature Memo (NC Alliance for Retired Americans v. State Board of Elections) North Carolina State Board of Elections · Republican National Committee · North Carolina Republican Party | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | GEO Group's Third-Quarter 2026 Lobbying Form Names ICE and Homeland Security Appropriations; Forms for CoreCivic and MTC Name ICE Funding and Facilities Management and Training Corporation | 1 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | ICE Revised Justification Puts Amentum's Camp East Montana Contract at $2.8 Billion; Subaward Records Show Amentum and Akima Under Acquisition Logistics Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Amentum · Akima Global Services | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | Judge Sooknanan Grants Government Motion to Reassign Trujillo v. DHS (California Non-Citizen Voter Demand); Case Was Not Related to Earlier LWV v. DHS Department of Homeland Security · Markwayne Mullin · Todd Blanche | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-19 | Operation Protect the Vote: Federal Prosecutors Charge 28 Lawful Permanent Residents in California and Arrest 11; DOJ Says All Are on Its List of More Than 20,000 U.S. Department of Justice · R. Trent McCotter · Homeland Security Investigations | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | ProPublica Details Paxton's Anti-Abortion Legal Strategies and Their Spread Beyond Texas Ken Paxton · James Talarico · ProPublica | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | ProPublica: DHS Political Appointees Asked CISA to Secretly Acquire and Hack a Voting Machine, Former Officials Say Department of Homeland Security · Department of Government Efficiency · White House | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | Rep. Leger Fernández Introduces Bill to Let U.S. Citizens Sue Over Wrongful ICE Detentions, Citing ProPublica Reporting Bonnie Watson Coleman · ProPublica · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | 4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz Posts Video as Texas Early Voting Gets Underway Warning Federal Election Law Violators in the Southern District | | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | Wright, at Citadel Securities Event: 'We Are Converting Dark Tankers to Legitimate Tankers. There Is No Removing of Sanctions.' No OFAC Instrument Found | | | reported |
| 2026-10-18 | CBS's Jan Crawford Deletes Post Praising El-Sayed's Caro Questioner, Apologizes for 'Violation of CBS News Standards' CBS News · Abdul El-Sayed | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-17 | Bloomberg Investigation (Baker and Bengani) Finds Matryoshka Bots Inflating View Counts on Fake Videos Against Democrats in 20 Senate and 29 Governor Races Graphika · Bloomberg News · X | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-17 | Bloomberg Review: Russian Matryoshka Bot Network Inflates Fake Videos Targeting Democratic Candidates in Midterms Bloomberg News · Graphika | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-17 | Caro Town Hall: 'Tommy' Asks El-Sayed to Disavow the Muslim Brotherhood; Questioner Is Hawley's Former Operations Director Thomas Teepell Abdul El-Sayed · Josh Hawley | 2 | | reported |
| 2026-10-17 | CBS News Schedules Primetime Town Hall With Vice President Vance in Michigan JD Vance · CBS News · Bari Weiss | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-17 | Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias, 56, Dies in ICE Custody at the GEO-Run Rio Grande Processing Center in Laredo; His Daughter Says Staff Would Not Give Him His Medications, and DHS Says He Received Proper Care | | | reported |