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Every case we track, and what a court has actually decided in each - filed, certified, settled or judged.
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Every report here starts from a primary record - the docket, the filing, the Federal Register notice, the agency release. Where a matter is contested we say who contests it. A complaint asserts and a court finds, and we do not blur the two.
The executive-order tracker lists what was signed and when. The second-term clock runs to noon on 20 January 2029, the moment fixed by the 20th Amendment. Our lawsuits desk follows the class actions and settlements tied to the administration, from the complaint through to the court's ruling.
On March 4, 2026, the House of Representatives voted 357–65 to bury a resolution that would have forced the public release of congressional sexual…
There are not enough votes in Congress to override a presidential veto on the Iran War Powers Resolution — and it is not even close.
Overriding a presidential veto on war powers legislation requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate —…
Yes, even if Congress musters enough votes to pass a war powers resolution demanding the president withdraw U.S.
The War Powers Act is, for all practical purposes, a dead letter. The failed congressional votes in early March 2026 to invoke the War Powers Resolution…
The United States has not issued a formal declaration of war since June 1942, when Congress declared war against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania during…
Yes, the United States has fought the vast majority of its major military conflicts without a formal declaration of war from Congress.
Yes, the United States Constitution explicitly grants Congress — and only Congress — the power to declare war under Article I, Section 8.
Yes, the Office of Legal Counsel within the Department of Justice did author a classified memo over the summer of 2025 that provides the legal framework…
Lawyers inside the Pentagon are actively stretching existing legal authorities to provide cover for the Trump administration’s military campaign against…
We cover the Trump administration because that is the beat, and we report what documents say rather than what either side says about them. Where a claim is contested we name who contests it and link both records.
Primary sources: court dockets and filings, the Federal Register, agency press releases and rulemaking notices, SEC filings, state Attorney General announcements and inspector-general reports. Each report links the document it is built on.
No. We report what a settlement covers and link the official claims administrator, which is the only place that can answer eligibility. We are not lawyers and nothing here is legal advice.
The executive-order tracker lists orders as signed, by date. The second-term clock counts to noon Eastern on 20 January 2029, the moment fixed by the 20th Amendment. Both run in your browser from published figures, with the sources set out on each page.
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