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The Trump administration gave Our Rescue—the anti-trafficking organization formerly known as Operation Underground Railroad—a sole-source federal contract worth up to $244 million involving legal services
Sixteen-year-old Juliana Nzita was found hanged from a tree on church property after being missing for days. Within days, authorities ruled her death a suicide
The U.S. says mass immigration detention is about enforcement and public safety. But congressional appropriations, lobbying records, campaign money, federal audits and corporate filings reveal
Adelanto is a privately operated civil immigration detention center where most detainees in recent ICE data had no criminal record. State investigators documented serious failures,
Federal grand jury records do not automatically become public when a case ends. This explainer shows how Rule 6(e) limits disclosure and why secrecy can
Laura Loomer’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is protected speech. But Florida law separately criminalizes certain threats used to compel someone to act against their will. After Loomer
Congress ordered the FAA to establish minimum airline seat dimensions, but the rule never took effect. This explainer traces the legal and regulatory path that
Police may use some deception during interrogations, while knowingly lying to federal investigators can sometimes be a federal crime. This explainer separates the rules and
Civil asset forfeiture can allow the government to seize and keep property without charging its owner with a crime. This explainer shows how the civil
U.S. border agents can generally search a traveler’s phone without a warrant, even when the traveler is an American citizen. This explainer covers the border-search
