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• Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee scheduled FBI oversight hearing with Kash Patel testimony — The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, announced it will hold an FBI oversight hearing on Wednesday morning where FBI Director Kash Patel will testify. The hearing follows Patel's erratic public statements during the investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination, including a false announcement that the suspect had been apprehended while the actual killer remained at large.

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• Rep. Jason Crow challenged Stephen Miller on targeting service members — Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) posted on X challenging Stephen Miller's framing, stating that "Hunting down and prosecuting service members for their individual political beliefs is dangerous and un-American." Crow called for condemning political violence while protecting peaceful speech. Miller responded by mischaracterizing Crow's statement as defending assassination, and Crow countered that Miller was using tragedy to target political opponents and incite more violence.

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• California judge rejects Menendez brothers' new trial petition — Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan denied a May 2023 petition by Erik and Lyle Menendez seeking a new trial based on new evidence of sexual abuse by their father. The judge ruled that allegations of abuse did not supersede the brothers' "premeditation and deliberation" in killing their parents in 1989. The ruling closes another avenue toward freedom for the pair, who have served nearly 30 years in prison and were recently denied parole.

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• Supreme Court allows Slaughter firing to proceed pending appeal — The US Supreme Court issued an order allowing Trump's firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter to take effect while the Court agreed to hear full arguments on the merits of the case. The order drew dissents from the three liberal justices, signaling deep disagreement over presidential removal power and independent agency protections.

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• Justice Department filed motion for summary judgment challenging Vermont's climate liability statute — The Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division filed a motion for summary judgment on September 16, 2025, challenging Vermont's "climate superfund" law, which imposes liability on energy companies for alleged past contributions to climate change. The DOJ characterized the statute as unconstitutional state overreach that violates federal authority over greenhouse gas emissions and threatens energy production. The motion was filed in support of an earlier complaint filed in May 2025, alongside a similar challenge to New York's statute, both framed as advancing President Trump's executive order to protect American energy from state regulation.
• Trump DOJ files motion to declare Vermont Climate Superfund Act unconstitutional — The Trump administration's Department of Justice filed a motion in federal court in Burlington, Vermont, seeking to shut down the state's Climate Superfund Act, which requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissions and climate damages. The DOJ argued the law was "unlawful on its face" and asked the court to declare it unconstitutional and permanently enjoin its enforcement. This follows a DOJ and EPA lawsuit filed four months earlier against Vermont and New York over similar climate accountability laws.

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• Justice Department secures denaturalization of Maryland man convicted of child sexual abuse — On September 15, 2025, a U.S. District Court in Maryland granted the Justice Department's motion to revoke the naturalization of Jorge Antonio Graciano Lara, a convicted sex offender. Graciano Lara had pleaded guilty in 2017 to second-degree rape of a minor under 14 years old, committing repeated sexual abuse over four years. The court found he lacked good moral character, had provided false testimony to obtain immigration benefits, and had procured naturalization through concealment and misrepresentation. The case was part of Operation Prison Lookout, a DOJ-ICE initiative targeting sex offenders who fraudulently obtained citizenship.

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• Supreme Court ruling permits warrantless immigration raids and racial profiling in California — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that invalidated a July temporary restraining order barring federal agents from racially profiling immigrants in southern and central California. The decision cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to conduct warrantless raids targeting people based on skin color, accent, or employment. Following the ruling, DHS announced plans to "flood the zone in Los Angeles" with enforcement operations, intensifying fear in immigrant communities already experiencing economic hardship and deportation risk.

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• Trump administration pressured Supreme Court on tariff ruling — The Trump administration ramped up public pressure on the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that his tariffs are illegal. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that delaying a ruling until June 2026 could result in $750 billion to $1 trillion in tariffs already collected, with unwinding causing significant disruption. The court was scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday.

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• Graham and Fitzpatrick launched bipartisan effort to bypass Trump on Russia sanctions — Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Republican Representative Brian Fitzpatrick launched a bipartisan effort in Congress to bypass Trump and impose sanctions on Russia. Their strategy was to attach the Sanctioning Russia Act to the continuing resolution funding the government to avoid a shutdown on October 1. The legislation had 100 cosponsors in the House and 85 in the Senate and would impose secondary sanctions on nations such as India and China propping up Russia's wartime economy.

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• Federal Housing Finance Director's criminal referral against Lisa Cook unraveling — A criminal referral from Federal Housing Finance Director Bill Pulte against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, which was being used to justify an attempt to fire her by Trump, appears to be falling apart. A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Cook shows she declared the property as a "vacation home," contradicting claims that she committed mortgage fraud by reporting two different homes as her primary residence. The loan documents also contained language stating the primary residence stipulation exists "unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing."

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• Missouri lawmakers approved mid-decade gerrymander to convert Democratic seat to Republican — Missouri lawmakers approved a mid-decade gerrymander designed to convert one of the state's two Democratic seats into a Republican seat, demonstrating Republican efforts to make the electoral system more rigged in response to Trump's low approval ratings and policy disapproval.

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• Illinois lawmakers demand investigation into ICE shooting and call for accountability — US Representative Delia Ramirez, Governor JB Pritzker, and other Chicago-area officials issued a joint statement demanding a full investigation into the ICE shooting death of Villegas-Gonzalez. The statement characterized the killing as an inevitable consequence of Trump's anti-immigrant deportation campaign and expressed outrage at the "violent spectacle" occurring near a school during school drop-off. Officials stated that "a traffic violation should never amount to a death sentence" and demanded "full, factual accounting" and transparency regarding the incident.

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• Georgia judge dismisses RICO conspiracy charges against 61 Cop City protesters — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer dismissed RICO conspiracy charges against 61 defendants arrested during protests against Atlanta's police training center ("Cop City") on March 5, 2023. The judge ruled that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr lacked authority to bring the case after local district attorneys declined prosecution, and that Carr had not obtained required permission from Governor Brian Kemp. The decision eliminates 100 pages of the state's 109-page indictment and exposes prosecutorial misconduct, including violation of attorney-client privilege by lead prosecutor John Fowler. The state announced its intention to appeal.