Trump’s Department of Labor claims without data that states defrauded government

Keith Sonderling, acting head of the agency, threatens to withhold administrative funds from states for first time in history Keith Sonderling sent letters to 53 states and US territories demanding action to “combat waste, fraud, and abuse” within the unemployment insurance program, threatening to withhold administrative funds from states for the first time history. “We … Read more

Oklahoma Democrats face runoff showdown in race for deep-red Senate seat

Two underdog candidates advanced to a runoff election in Oklahoma’s 2026 Democratic Senate primary after no candidate clinched a majority of the vote. N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a nurse and Chickasaw Nation citizen, and Jim Priest, a lawyer and ordained minister, will compete in an Aug. 25 runoff election, according to The Associated Press. Thomas won … Read more

January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal process

Federal Tort Claims Act, over which DoJ has total discretion, provides workaround to Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund January 6 defendants who assaulted police officers are pursuing legal claims for millions in compensation from the Trump administration using an obscure federal process with minimal oversight, but which offers the Trump administration a way to compensate those … Read more

Trump says Senate hearing on DNI nominee is cancelled until US attorney replacement confirmed

President Donald Trump declared in an early Wednesday morning Truth Social post that a scheduled Senate hearing on Jay Clayton’s nomination to serve as director of national intelligence would not move forward Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has a hearing on Clayton’s nomination for DNI scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. But the president … Read more

Trump-backed candidate wins primary to face Jon Ossoff in Georgia midterms – US politics live

Republican primary runoff voters chose US representative Mike Collins to face Ossoff in November January 6 defendants who assaulted police officers are pursuing legal claims for millions in compensation from the Trump administration using an obscure federal process with minimal oversight, but which offers the Trump administration a way to compensate those responsible for violence … Read more