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First Deportation Flight to Haiti Since TPS Ended Lands in Cap-Haïtien With 161 People; ICE Reports About 300 Haitian Arrests Across Ohio
A U.S. deportation flight arrived in northern Haiti on August 20, weeks after Temporary Protected Status for Haitians ended, as ICE enforcement expanded in Ohio, including Springfield.
Louisiana National Guard Ends New Orleans Deployment; Last Troops to Leave City by Aug. 31
About 120 soldiers stopped French Quarter patrols on Aug. 24 after eight months, ending a federally funded mission that state and city leaders describe in very different terms.
DOJ Unseals Nine-Count Indictment Charging Four Bronx Men in $12 Million Medicaid Ride-Billing Case
Prosecutors in Manhattan federal court allege a Bronx crew called the "War Room" logged rides to methadone clinics that were never given; three men were arrested and one remains at large.
10th Circuit Panel Votes 2-1 to Stay Injunction That Gave Class-of-2022 College Athletes a Fifth Season
The August 21 order pauses U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney's July 31 nationwide injunction in Wisne v. NCAA while the NCAA's appeal proceeds.
Sinlahekin, Little Giant and Ptarmigan Fires Have Burned About 318,500 Acres in Washington as of Aug. 21
Three lightning-caused fires in Okanogan and Chelan counties are partly contained, while a separate cluster of fires near Spokane destroyed an estimated 921 structures on Aug. 1.
Eighth Circuit Orders Preliminary Injunction Shielding Minnesota Voters Alliance From State Election-Falsehood Law
A three-judge federal appeals panel ruled on August 20, 2026 that Minnesota likely cannot enforce its 60-day ban on knowingly false voting-eligibility statements against the conservative group, while leaving the law in force for everyone else.
Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill 90-6 to Run Through Dec. 11; House-Passed Version Ends Dec. 4
Both chambers have now passed short-term funding bills ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, but the two versions differ on the end date and on a White House rule governing federal grants.
DOJ and FBI Assign Rotating Personnel to 11 Field Offices Under Operation Not Forgotten, Announced April 2; FBI Adds $25,000 Cold-Case Reward Floor on Aug. 18
The fourth annual surge of FBI investigators and victim-services staff into Indian Country was announced in April 2026, and a separate FBI cold-case rewards page for tribal lands launched this week.
San Diego County Supervisors Vote 3-2 to End ICE and CBP Firearms-Range Agreements; Sheriff Says CBP Can Keep Training There
The Aug. 18 vote directs the county to cancel license agreements at two firing ranges, but Sheriff Kelly Martinez says she will keep letting Customs and Border Protection use the Otay Mesa range, and it is unresolved who has the final say.
Disney and ABC Sue FCC in Federal Court, Seeking to Halt Early Review of Eight Station Licenses
The complaint, filed August 18 in Washington, D.C., asks a judge to stop an FCC proceeding the companies call retaliation; FCC Chairman Brendan Carr calls the suit meritless and says the review concerns hiring practices and broadcast conduct.
ICE Memo Bars Employees From Wearing Meta Smart Glasses in Federal Workspaces
Acting ICE Director David Venturella told all agency staff the Ray-Ban Meta glasses count as personally owned body cameras, while DHS says the rule is a restatement of existing policy.
CBP Pauses Border Barrier Construction in Big Bend National Park During Commissioner's Site Review
Commissioner Rodney Scott halted work in the park on Aug. 17 and later told local officials the pause would run about two weeks, as two federal lawsuits and an emergency injunction request over the project remain pending.