‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak

‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-record

 

Judge orders release of ‘voluminous’ records in Ghislaine Maxwell case - The Washington Post

A federal judge ordered the release of "voluminous" material gathered for the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of aiding Jeffrey Epstein…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/09/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-records-release/

 

Judge in Comey case scolds prosecutors as he orders them to produce records from probe : NPR

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce to defense lawyers a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned the Justice Department's position had been to "indict first" and investigate second...

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600580/judge-comey-probe-evidence 

 

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

Cold Nordic countries are being seared by "truly unprecedented" heat, as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to roast northern Europe. 

A weather station in the Norwegian part of the Arctic Circle recorded temperatures above 30C (86F) on 13 days in July, while Finland has had three straight weeks with 30C heat...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/nordic-countries-hit-by-truly-unprecedented-heatwave

 

China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power | China | The Guardian

Between January and May, China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind, enough to generate as much electricity as Indonesia or Turkey…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-more-records-with-massive-build-up-of-wind-and-solar-power 

 

Trump administration reinstates international student records - The Washington Post

Piston and other attorneys said that the government's lawyers couldn't describe the legal basis that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was using to remove people from SEVIS. "I think the government realizes now that their position is entirely legally untenable," Piston said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/25/international-students-records-visa-trump-dhs-sevis/

 

Judge orders Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations

The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge's activities should be halted…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/elon-musk-doge-court-ruling-records

Judge temporarily blocks Musk’s ‘Doge’ team from accessing treasury records

Injunction granted in response to lawsuit alleging the Trump administration allowed Musk's team access to sensitive data in violation of federal law…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/08/judge-temporarily-blocks-musks-doge-team-from-accessing-treasury-records

Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year

This is alarming because last year's extreme heat could be largely attributed to a combination of man-made global heating – caused by burning gas, oil, coal and trees – and a natural El Niño phenomenon, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean surface that is associated with higher temperatures in many parts of the world. The El Niño has been fading since February of this year, but this has brought little relief...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/unprecedented-number-of-heat-records-broken-around-world-this-year

Hunter Biden’s lawyer rebuffs House GOP request for records - The Washington Post

"As your Letter is a sweeping attempt to collect an expansive array of documents and communications from President Biden and his family, I write to explain that the Committee on Oversight and Accountability lacks a legitimate legislative purpose and oversight basis for requesting such records from Mr. Biden, who is a private citizen," Lowell wrote. He cited case law to say that Congress must have a legislative purpose to pursue records and cannot be a vehicle to undertake a criminal investigation. 

He also mocked Comer's claim to be examining ethics legislation. 

"It is more than ironic, perhaps hypocritical, for Republican members who now hold the gavel to declare such a legitimate purpose, when, while in the minority, they were vocal opponents of House Democrats seeking similar information from President Trump and his family, some of whom held official government positions," Lowell wrote, providing several comments from prominent House Republicans who criticized efforts to obtain records related to Trump and his family members…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/09/hunter-biden-comer-congress-committee/

Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says | Reuters

"Former President Trump and his senior staff have shown an utter disregard for the rule of law and our national security by failing to return presidential records as the law requires," Maloney, whose committee shared a copy of the letter with Reuters, said in a statement...

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-documents-idUSKBN2QX0EW

Trump backers inundate election offices with requests for 2020 records - The Washington Post

In Canton, outside Detroit, township clerk Michael Siegrist (D) has contended with a string of records requests from former state senator Patrick Colbeck (R), who spoke at Lindell's summit and has written a book contending the 2020 election was stolen. Siegrist rejected one request from Colbeck for computer log files that Siegrist said would have put future elections at risk...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/11/trump-election-deniers-voting/

Some records taken by Trump so sensitive they may not be described in public - The Washington Post

"I am deeply concerned that former president Trump may have violated the law through his intentional efforts to remove and destroy records that belong to the American people," Maloney wrote. "This Committee plans to get to the bottom of what happened and assess whether further action is needed to prevent the destruction of additional presidential records and recover those records that are still missing."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/25/trump-oversight-records/

Meet Abortion Bans’ New Best Friend—Your Phone – Mother Jones

… Latice Fisher, a Black woman, arrived at a Mississippi hospital after losing a pregnancy at home. Because she had admitted during an earlier gynecological exam that she was pregnant, but never returned for an ultrasound, suspicious medical officials handed her medical records to police, who launched an investigation. Since Fisher had voluntarily surrendered her phone, prosecutors were able to scrape her search history, which included searches for misoprostol, and used it as evidence that she had intentionally "killed" her fetus. She was charged with second-degree murder…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/meet-abortion-bans-new-best-friend-your-phone/

Cyber Ninjas CEO Refuses To Comply With Order To Turn Over Records From Arizona Audit | HuffPost Latest News

…Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah early this month found the Ninjas in contempt of a court order for failing to produce the audit records, and he imposed a $50,000-a-day fine until the company complied. Soon after, the Ninjas firm quickly shut down…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-logan-cyber-ninjas-records-refusal-deposition_n_61f4955be4b02de5f5192872

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to shield records from Jan. 6 committee - POLITICO

"The Supreme Court's action tonight is a victory for the rule of law and American democracy," they said. "The Select Committee has already begun to receive records that the former President had hoped to keep hidden and we look forward to additional productions regarding this important information."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/trump-supreme-court-records-527421

Trump White House records release upheld by U.S. appeals court - The Washington Post

… A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld a lower court's opinion, which said that in a dispute between a current and past president over whether to release White House records, the sitting president must prevail…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/09/judges-release-trump-jan-6-records/

Trump White House records temporarily blocked from release pending appeal - The Washington Post

"Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President," Chutkan wrote.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/appeals-court-temporarily-bars-release-of-trump-white-house-records-to-house-jan-6-committee/2021/11/11/0e71fd5e-423f-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html

Small Business Administration releases records on Paycheck Protection Program loans - The Washington Post

Almost 90,000 employers also appear to have received money despite not saying how many jobs they would save
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/sba-ppp-loans-data/

Erasing History: The National Archives is Destroying Records About Victims of Trump's ICE policies

Last month, the National Archives and Records Administration apologized for doctoring a photo of the 2017 Women’s March to remove criticisms of President Trump. The shocking revelation that the agency had altered the image was first reported in The Washington Post. In an exhibit called “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote,” the National Archives had displayed a large image of the first Women’s March. But signs referencing Trump had been blurred to remove his name — including a poster reading “God Hates Trump” and another reading “Trump & GOP — Hands Off Women.” Other signs in the photo referencing female anatomy were also blurred. The National Archives initially stood by its decision to edit the photo, telling The Washington Post that the changes were made “so as not to engage in current political controversy.” For more, we turn to a historian who says this was only the latest example of “a great and growing threat to our nation’s capacity to protect and learn from history.” The National Archives reportedly is allowing millions of documents, including many related to immigrants’ rights, to be expunged. We speak with Matthew Connelly, professor of history at Columbia University and principal investigator at History Lab. His recent piece for The New York Times is headlined “Why You May Never Learn the Truth About ICE.” ....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/csMc6DS54wU