Largest landlord in the US accused of civil rights violations

Greystar, the largest owner and manager of apartments in the US, systematically flouts local laws designed to make housing affordable to the poor, according to civil rights complaints filed with authorities in six states and the District of Columbia...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/greystar-landlord-civil-rights-violations 

Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of Sen. Jim Justice’s Southern Coal — ProPublica

EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.”…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-jim-justice-doj-southern-coal-investigation-west-virginia

 

Range USA Dogged by Accusations of Straw Sales of Guns — ProPublica

Federal regulators have repeatedly cited its employees for failing at basic protocols designed to help thwart illegal sales, and guns purchased at its stores keep getting recovered by police. 

Take the recent killing of Chicago police officer John Bartholomew, who was fatally shot on April 25. 

The suspect who used a 10-millimeter Glock 29 to shoot Bartholomew was not the original owner of the gun. It was first purchased in 2024, according to investigators, in an illegal transaction at a Range USA store in the northwest Indiana town of Merrillville, a short drive from Chicago…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/range-usa-guns-straw-sales-atf

 

Child labor violations rise in US – as Republicans still roll back protections

"If federal standards are eroded, then they have nothing in place to protect minors from hazardous work, exploitative conditions, being over-scheduled, all these types of violations that we're already seeing in across the country," said Mast...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/child-labor-protections-republicans

 

Judges, inundated with immigration cases, don’t mince words on ICE tactics - POLITICO

And in all but a handful of cases, those judges have ruled that the Trump administration violated the law, sometimes flagrantly. 

The judges, representing appointees of nearly every president since Ronald Reagan, have grown increasingly alarmed by what they see as a pattern of defiance by the administration, shocking behavior by ICE and rampant targeting of people with no criminal history, despite Trump's claim to be targeting "the worst of the worst."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/minnesota-immigration-cases-ice-00746275 

 

Law professor’s study finds courts’ growing concern with DOJ cases #shorts

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2RMqaMQIHKo

 

For-Profit Hospitals Continue to Violate EMTALA With Few Repercussions — ProPublica

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found...

https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit 

 

EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza

Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctions…

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/20/eu-israel-human-rights-obligations-gaza-document

 

‘It’s just crazy’: Republicans attack US child labor laws as violations rise

"In the Iowa legislation, one of the provisions is to exempt employers from civil liability due to the company's negligence. It is astounding that they would have the gall to knowingly acknowledge that more young people will be harmed, but focus on exempting businesses," said Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, co-executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations

George Santos accused of sweeping campaign finance violations - The Washington Post

…Instead, the complaint alleges, "unknown individuals or corporations may have illegally funneled money" to Santos's campaign through his firm — part of what Campaign Legal Center describes as a scheme for the candidate to act as a straw donor to his own congressional bid. While candidates are permitted to contribute or loan their campaigns unlimited sums, the complaint argues that the money Santos gave to his campaign was not his own but rather given to him "in the guise of salary and dividends" for the purpose of making undisclosed or prohibited contributions that exceeded lawful limits. 

The complaint also accuses Santos of misrepresenting his campaign's spending. It notes that his campaign reported "an astounding 40 disbursements between $199 and $200, including 37 disbursements of exactly $199.99," thereby eluding requirements to keep a receipt, invoice or canceled check for all spending above $200...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/george-santos-campaign-finance-complaint/

20 Examples of Johnson Amendment Violations, Experts Say — ProPublica

Under the law, pastors can endorse candidates in their personal capacities outside of church and weigh in on political issues from the pulpit as long as they don't veer into support or condemnation of a particular candidate. But the law prohibits pastors from endorsing candidates during official church functions such as sermons. Violations can lead to the revocation of a church's tax-exempt status…

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/07/churches-list-violations-johnson-amendment

Democratic group accuses Trump of violating law by not declaring himself a presidential candidate - The Washington Post

In its complaint, American Bridge cites the former president's own words, including last month when he said, 'We did it twice, and we will do it again'…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/14/american-bridge-complaint-trump/

Senate Democrats release report alleging Trump admin undermined fair housing policies | TheHill

Senate Democrats released a report Monday alleging that the Trump administration has undermined fair housing policies and exasperated racial inequities. The report showed the Trump administration has loosened enforcement of fair housing, “systematically undermining the progress that has been made over the past 50 years.” According to the National Fair Housing Alliance data cited in the report, annual complaints of fair housing violations went up by 3,000 between 2016 and 2018.....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/517676-senate-democrats-release-report-alleging-trump-admin-undermined-fair-housing

Washington Residents Receive Violent Threats After Submitting Complaints Against Businesses for Violating Lockdown

Washington state residents who complained about businesses violating lockdown measures received violent threats after stay-at-home protesters shared their personal information on Facebook. https://www.newsweek.com/washington-residents-receive-violent-threats-after-submitting-complaints-against-businesses-1503013

Company touted by Trump to build the wall has history of fines, violations - CNN Politics

President Donald Trump appears to have set his sights on a North Dakota construction firm with a checkered legal record to build portions of his signature border wall.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/31/politics/fisher-sand-and-gravel-legal-history-border-wall/index.html

Inspection finds ICE jail’s conditions endanger detainees’ health, safety - The Washington Post

A spot visit found ‘open packages of raw chicken leaking blood all over refrigeration units.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/01/inspection-finds-ice-detainee-conditions-endanger-health-safety/

Two pipelines in Pennsylvania, Ohio amass more than 800 violations: report - The Hill

Two pipelines being built across Pennsylvania and Ohio by Energy Transfer and its Sunoco subsidiary have amassed more than 800 state and federal permit violations, a Reuters analysis published Wednesday revealed. ....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/418686-two-pipelines-in-pennsylvania-ohio-amass-more-than-800-violations

Inspectors report nooses in cells, medical neglect in surprise visit to private immigration prison - Daily Kos

An unannounced inspection of a privately-run, pro-profit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prison in California uncovered "serious violations," according to a newly-released report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general, including "nooses in detainee cells," falsified medical exams, and prison officials placing a disabled man who asked for administrative segregation into disciplinary segregation. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1801141

Cuomo fact-checks Trump’s claim about Obama - YouTube

President Trump compared Michael Cohen's admitted campaign finance violations, in which Cohen implicated President Trump, to that of President Obama in 2008.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMV6Xqs7Ink

Scott Pruitt Made Aides Pay for His Fancy Hotel Stays - Vanity Fair

It's just one of several new revelations about the ethically bankrupt E.P.A. administrator. ...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/scott-pruitt-made-aides-pay-for-his-fancy-hotel-stays