| 2026-10-26 | DHS Secretary Mullin Ratifies Every Final ICE Civil Fine Issued Under the 2025 Interim Rule, "Out of an Abundance of Caution" Markwayne Mullin · Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-26 | DOJ Announces Charges Involving 48 Aliens Including the 28 California Defendants Charged a Week Earlier Department of Justice | 1 | | reported |
| 2026-10-25 | Lula, Reelected, Says He Had to Overcome "Interference From Outside" Through Digital Platforms and Will Regulate Them Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva · Meta | 2 | | reported |
| 2026-10-25 | Ninth Circuit Hears DOJ's Emergency Appeal in U.S. v. California in a Rare Sunday Argument U.S. Department of Justice · State of California · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-25 | Trump Calls Democratic Senate Candidate El-Sayed a "Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood Member" at Port Huron Rally for Rogers Donald Trump · Abdul El-Sayed · Mike Rogers | 3 | | confirmed |
| 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 | Judge Barlow Dismisses DOJ's Suit for Utah's Full Voter Roll With Prejudice in U.S. v. Henderson U.S. Department of Justice · Deidre Henderson · NAACP | 3 | | 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 | ProPublica and Texas Tribune: Paxtons' Blind Trust Put $600,000 Into a Convicted Mortgage Fraudster's Company, and Records Show the Trust Was "Far From Blind" Ken Paxton · James Talarico | 2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-23 | Spotlight PA/Votebeat, Oct. 23: DHS Still Has Not Shared Its 14,576-Name Pennsylvania List Al Schmidt · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 2 | | reported |
| 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 | Chief Judge Boasberg Moves the Government's Response to the Omar Search-Warrant Unsealing Applications to Oct. 27 and Lets DOJ Make Its Case for Delay Under Seal Ilhan Omar · U.S. Department of Justice | 2 | | 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 Appeals Nashville v. DHS Vacatur of FEMA Election Conditions and Moves for a Stay, Asking for a Ruling by October 26 Department of Homeland Security · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Markwayne Mullin · +1 | 4 | | 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 Indicts Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas, Who Led the State's Democratic Redistricting Effort, in Alleged Racketeering Conspiracy Over a Marijuana Enterprise Todd Blanche · Kash Patel | 2 | | 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 |
| 2026-10-22 | Jayapal, Sanders and 11 House Members Write Zuckerberg Demanding Briefing and Written Answers by Nov. 4 on Meta's Conduct in Brazil's Election Pramila Jayapal · Bernie Sanders · Mark Zuckerberg · +1 | 4 | | reported |
| 2026-10-22 | Meta Updates Its Brazil Election Statement: Not Recommending Candidates' Organic Content to Non-Followers, Court Orders Behind About 70% of Actions on Lula Accounts Meta · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva · Tribunal Superior Eleitoral | 3 | | reported |
| 2026-10-22 | TSE Electoral Inspector Cueva Gives Meta and X 24 Hours for Technical Reports on AI, Reach and Ads, With R$500,000-a-Day Fine Each; Defers Injunctions Meta · Coligação Brasil Pronto pra Mais · Flávio Bolsonaro | 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 | FCC Chair Carr Warns Licensed Broadcasters That Airing "Fake Polls" Could Violate News-Distortion and Hoax Rules, Without Naming Any Poll Brendan Carr · Anna Gomez · Federal Communications Commission | 3 | | 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 | Himes and Warner Say Classified Report Shows Russia Opposes Pro-Ukraine Candidates, Prepare for Trump to Claim Foreign Meddling Mark Warner · Jay Clayton · Office of the Director of National Intelligence · +1 | 4 | | 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 | Lula Coalition Files AIJE 0603276-73 Against Flávio Bolsonaro and Alfredo Gaspar, Alleging Meta and X Systems Favored Their Ticket Coligação Brasil Pronto pra Mais · Flávio Bolsonaro · Meta | 3 | | reported |
| 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 |
| 2026-10-21 | UN Experts Say Information, Including From Meta Employees, Suggests Accounts Linked to One Side of Brazil's Race Were Disproportionately Curtailed Meta | 1 | | reported |
| 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 | Kagan Tells Catholic University Law Audience the Court Has "Blinded Itself" to the Effects of Its Election Rulings, Citing Campaign-Finance Money as "a Nightmare" Elena Kagan | 1 | | reported |
| 2026-10-20 | Meta's Oversight Board Cites "Recurring Enforcement Failures" in Election Integrity, Linking the No Kings Account Suspension and Brazil Meta | 1 | | reported |
| 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 | Russian Operation Storm-1516 Seeds AI Deepfake Videos on X Fabricating Abuse Claim Against Texas Senate Candidate Talarico James Talarico · Graphika · X | 3 | | confirmed |