“Explosive!” New Republican ballot scandal SURGES INTO NEWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-IoXVTYdE

 

GOP lawmakers denounce Trump’s threats to seize Greenland - POLITICO

"Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive," McConnell said in a statement. "And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America's most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/gop-lawmakers-denounce-trump-seize-greenland-00714611 

 

US seizes Russian-flagged tanker that broke its blockade of Venezuela - POLITICO

The ship's seizure comes more than a week after it maneuvered through a US Navy blockade of sanctioned tankers leaving from a port in the South American country...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/us-seizes-venezuela-oil-tanker-russia-00713656 

US Supreme Court leans toward Alabama in dispute over vehicles seized by police | Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic to Alabama officials who defended a law that allowed police to seize and impound cars after drug arrests despite the owners having no direct ties to the alleged crime...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-supreme-court-leans-toward-alabama-in-dispute-over-vehicles-seized-by-police/ar-AA1j6u3p

GOP rhetoric about border seizures takes another self-defeating turn

It's as if the political world is overdue for a conversation about the meaning of the word "seized."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-rhetoric-border-seizures-takes-another-self-defeating-turn-rcna59832

A beach town seized a Black couple’s land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back

"Learning that a hate crime was committed against my family, it was jarring," said Anthony Bruce, recalling his first visit to the site of their stolen land in the 80s when he was five. "It felt personal, like it was an attack against me." Today, the county estimates that Bruces' property is worth $75m...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/17/bruces-beach-willa-charles-manhattan-beach-la-county

Police handcuffed teenage boy after seizure in fast food restaurant in California, according to mom

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/2/2/1915956/-Police-handcuffed-teenage-boy-after-seizure-in-fast-food-restaurant-in-California-according-to-mom

Despite Supreme Court ruling, seized Land Rover not returned - ABC News

An Indiana man who had his $40,000 Land Rover seized after a small-time drug deal isn't getting it back yet, even though the U.S. Supreme Court sided with him for a key ruling on excessive criminal fines earlier this year.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-ruling-seized-land-rover-returned-66610283

California enacts nation's broadest rules for gun seizures - The Hill

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday signed into law a measure that goes further than any other state's when it comes to seizing firearms.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/465446-california-governor-signs-law-that-broadens-scope-for-gun-violence

A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on. U.S. Customs took it without charging him with a crime - The Washington Post: Analysis

It's not a crime to travel with large amounts of cash, but authorities often treat it that way. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/31/a-64-year-old-put-his-life-savings-in-his-carry-on-u-s-customs-took-it-without-charging-him-with-a-crime/

US returns $41,000 seized from Texas nurse who planned to open clinic - the guardian

Anthonia Nwaorie will still sue after US customs seized money she was carrying en route to Nigeria to open a medical facility ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/us-returns-41000-seized-from-texas-nurse-who-planned-to-open-clinic

Jeff Sessions’s War on Pot Goes to Court, Attorney General Will Fight 12-Year-Old With Epilepsy -- Newsweek

Alexis Bortell and the others involved in her lawsuit against the U.S. government will have their day in court soon, and her lawyer thinks they can win. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/jeff-sessions-war-pot-goes-court-attorney-general-will-fight-12-year-old-780749

Sessions Plans to Seize More Property From Suspects – Mother Jones

The move goes against a bipartisan consensus that asset forfeiture has been abused.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/sessions-plans-to-increase-seizure-of-property-from-suspects/

Cannabis drug cuts seizures in children with severe epilepsy in trial

Doctors say cannabidiol offers hope for thousands with rare condition who have several life-threatening convulsions a day ...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/24/cannabis-drug-cuts-seizures-in-children-with-severe-epilepsy-in-trial

The real losers from Trump’s border wall: ranchers, homeowners, and taxpayers

...(T)he Trump administration prepares to launch another major push to take private property: This time, the seizures will take place along the southern border to facilitate the construction of a border wall....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-border-wall-eminent-domain-4b6134e62910

Arizona Republicans Want To Prosecute Protesters The Same Way They Do Terrorists (The Huffington Post)

The Republican-led Arizona state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would permit the government to seize protesters' assets and prosecute them under a racketeering law designed to target organized crime. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arizona-bill-protesters-racketeering_us_58af3692e4b060480e05e81d?