Judicial Watch Sues Gov. Tim Walz over Refusal to Provide Security for Nonpublic Schools

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act against Governor Tim Walz for failing to provide records regarding his refusal to extend state-funded school security programs to nonpublic schools prior to the August 27, 2025, killing of two children at Annunciation Catholic Church and […]

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Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:48:11 +0000

Kash Crisis: What is the FBI Hiding?

FBI Director Kash Patel has repeatedly vowed to bring accountability and transparency to the agency, but his tenure at the top is increasingly looking like business as usual. Judicial Watch has been warning about trouble at the FBI for months. In June, we reported that conservative insiders were alarmed by signs that Patel and then-Deputy […]

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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:08:57 +0000

Public School District Pays $650k Settlement for Firing Teacher over Trans Students’ Preferred Pronouns

For the second time in less than two years a small public school district is paying over half a million dollars in damages to settle a case involving a teacher it fired for declining to use students’ preferred pronouns inconsistent with their biological sex. It is yet another troubling example of how publicly funded entities […]

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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:29:14 +0000

Reparations commission releases report on harms against black citizens, calls for lawmakers to act

From BizPac Review: As had been reported in February, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, which had officially begun its mission of reparations in 2019, had announced another 44 residents were expected to get taxpayer-funded handouts of $25,000 meant to go toward housing expenses. The monies were said to have been collected through the real […]

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:09:05 +0000

Reparations advocates push for payments to Black Americans despite budget and legal challenges

From Fox News: The future of reparations in California appears to be precarious as well after Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected several bills to avoid legal issues and none of his potential successors appear to champion reparations in the gubernatorial race. One of the candidates outright rejected the notion of direct cash payments, which is often associated […]

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:06:33 +0000

Legal watchdog Judicial Watch sues Department of Defense for gain-of-function records

Just the News: he legal watchdog organization, Judicial Watch, is suing the Defense Department seeking gain-of-function proposals that may have been active in the department’s pipeline before the Covid-19 pandemic reached the U.S. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Defense for records on funding proposals submitted to the Defense […]

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:01:55 +0000

Evanston Reparations Committee seeks new revenue streams as original funding dwindles

From Chicago Tribune: In May 2024, conservative activist group Judicial Watch filed a class action lawsuit against Evanston arguing the reparations program violated the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause by using race as an eligibility requirement. “The program’s use of a race-based eligibility requirement is presumptively unconstitutional, and remedying societal discrimination is not a compelling government interest,” […]

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:00:41 +0000

Judicial Watch Sues State Dept for Records on Grants to Left-Wing European NGOs

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for records on contracts, grants, and communications with several left-wing European non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:26-cv-00346)). Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District […]

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:16:41 +0000

Judicial Watch Sues for Gain-of-Function Records

Hearing Set in Judicial Watch Lawsuit on NIH Royalty Payments Judicial Watch Sues Defense Department for Gain-of-Function Records Judicial Watch Sues Treasury on Covering Larry Summers’ Portrait Public Schools Use Federal Violence Prevention Grants for Illegal Immigrants   Hearing Set in Judicial Watch Lawsuit on NIH Royalty Payments We have sued the government to expose […]

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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:18:33 +0000

Court Sets Evidentiary Hearing in Judicial Watch Lawsuit on NIH Royalty Payments to Government Scientists, Including Records on Dr. Anthony Fauci

Judicial Watch litigation previously forced disclosure of more than $1 billion in NIH royalty payments marked for inventors; court will now examine whether NIH can keep secret how much individual government scientists received (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court has scheduled an evidentiary hearing in a Freedom of Information Act […]

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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:04:31 +0000