Brad Heath

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

The Trump appointee accusing the president’s political foes of mortgage fraud skipped over his agency’s inspector general when making criminal referrals,, bypassing rules meant to ensure that federal officials don’t abuse their power for partisan purposes.

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The DC Circuit is set to consider whether Trump violated the First Amendment by expelling the Associated Press from the White House press pool. @knightcolumbia.org's brief, just filed. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.

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The judge who granted this restraining order was appointed to the bench by Trump.

CONCLUSION For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants' September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply with the attached TRO. The Defendants' request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary Restraining Order, see Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time. /s/ Karin J. Immergut Karin J. Immergut United States District Judge

NEW: Judge Immergut BLOCKS Trump's federalization of the Oregon National Guard, writing that the govt has "made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The White House says crime has dropped in D.C. during Trump's deployment here. But the comparison they use is to last year, and the level of violent crime was already a lot lower this year before the federal government sent in troops.
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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

FBI Director Kash Patel × @FBIDirectorKash X.com BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon... MSNBC has no facts and no audience In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved. & Barb McQuade • @BarbMcQuade • 15h DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras. x.com/ jesserodriguez... 7:03 AM • 10/4/25 • 352K Views

As soon as I read the words “ass clown factory” I had to double check it was the real FBI director’s account and not some parody.

It’s real.

One resident of the apartment building ICE raided told Reuters that agents broke down her door, then "told them to go back to their country and made a sexualized remark about Venezuelan women, she said. One of the agents hit a man in front of her son."

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Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is said to have plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low, with many slots reserved for white South Africans.

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
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Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Reuters gathered an expansive set of arrest records in D.C. since Trump's show of force began. The number of arrests -- a key measure of law enforcement activity, not necessarily of crime -- barely changed.
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BREAKING:

A federal judge ORDERS an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been vindictively prosecuted.

Abrego’s lawyers carried their burden of demonstrating enough evidence to warrant it.

NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.

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There are definitely cocaine shipping routes that go out of Venezuela, and the U.S. has been interdicting some of those boats for years. (But the government used to do it by arresting the mariners before sinking the boat.)

The fact that the periodic strikes on suspected drug vessels have continued suggests that the U.S. has not stopped maritime smuggling.

JUST IN: DOJ suggests Judge Simon recuse from the Oregon National Guard case because he's married to @RepBonamici, who has vocally opposed the deployment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reuters travelled to northern Cameroon - where the U.S. had played a leading role in the malaria response for nearly a decade - to document how Trump's sudden cuts are contributing to delayed malaria diagnoses, inadequate treatment and a growing number of deaths.

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Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’ WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
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The judge ordered charges dismissed with prejudice against a man accused of assaulting a national guardsman. DOJ wanted to prosecute him in local court instead, but leave open the possibility of bringing him back to federal court later.
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A federal judge unloaded today on DOJ's handling of prosecutions in D.C. lately.

She says it has "been charging cases notwithstanding apparent constitutional violations" and has " have rushed to charge cases before properly investigating them," leaving people jailed in the meantime. And more.

'Highly relevant' | Judge will allow FBI agent's texts disparaging alleged assailant at trial A federal judge said defense attorneys for Sidney Lori Reid should have the opportunity to show jurors texts calling her a "libtard."

NEW: An FBI agent called the woman accused of assaulting her a "libtard" — and described her own injuries as "boo boos."

Today, a judge said jurors will get to see those texts in a trial that will test the viability of APO charges during the surge.
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The federal judiciary said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown.

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DOJ gave Trump’s handpicked US attorney little support to indict Comey. She did it anyway | CNN Politics Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. attorney in one of the country’s most important federal prosecutor shops, was effectively set up to fail last Thursday, sources said, when in...

“DOJ headquarters declined to provide lawyers to assist Halligan, and FBI agents and lawyers working to prepare her were denied their request for a para-legal professional to assist in the presentation, according to two people familiar with the matter.”

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Former D.C. police intel chief found guilty of tipping off Proud Boys leader ahead of Jan. 6 attack Shane Lamond was charged for tipping then-Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio off about the warrant out for his arrest in the leadup to the Capitol attack.

Shane Lamond set to report to federal prison today for an 18-month sentence. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

BREAKING: Supreme Court will hear the case of Lisa Cook and Trump's attempt to fire her from the Fed Board in January. She will remain in her post in the meantime. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx...

Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the slowest rate since at least the late 1990s.

The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of court dockets found. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...