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Pentagon Releases Fresh Set of Declassified UFO Files

Pentagon Releases Fresh Set of Declassified UFO Files

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Trump initially suggested the release in February through a post on Truth Social. The Pentagon, in conjunction with the White House, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the Energy Department, NASA, and the FBI, orchestrated the release. Numerous files in this fresh batch are already accessible to the public. Nevertheless, some iterations of these known documents feature more pages or fewer redactions compared to previous releases.

More than 60 percent of Americans think the government is concealing UAP information, as reported by YouGov, while 40 percent believe UAP might have extraterrestrial origins, according to Gallup. Congress has conducted hearings on a potential decades-long initiative to recover “non-human” technologies, but tangible evidence remains limited.

Adam Frank, an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, shared his thoughts on the new files: “If it’s merely more ambiguous photos or heavily censored documents, it’s the same old narrative. We require genuine scientific outcomes from investigations if the extraordinary assertions hold true.”

The document release comes after a significant week of discussions about aliens, including Stephen Colbert’s interview with former President Barack Obama, where Obama humorously remarked on the improbability of government cover-ups, stating, “some guy guarding the installation would have captured a selfie with the alien and shared it with his girlfriend.”

Crew members of Artemis II also interrogated the notion of an extensive government conspiracy surrounding extraterrestrial findings in a conversation with The Daily. Reid Weisman, the commander of Artemis II, remarked, “If we discovered alien life and communicated it, NASA would never encounter a budget issue again. So believe me.” Victor Glover, the pilot of the mission, added, “Why would we conceal that from you?”

The Justice Department Has Disbanded Its Voting Rights Division

The Justice Department Has Disbanded Its Voting Rights Division

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When a fresh administration arrives in Washington, DC, there are always shifts in policy focuses and staff. Alex, an attorney within the Department of Justice’s Voting Section, had managed to navigate Donald Trump’s initial term and believed he could endure the second.

Just hours after the president’s inauguration, he recognized his miscalculation.

“I was simply mistaken,” he states. “It was drastically different from the first Trump administration. There was an undeniable feeling that this would not be identical. And then within the Voting Section, the response was to start dismissing cases.”

The Voting Section was created in the agency’s Civil Rights Division after the groundbreaking Voting Rights Act of 1965 to guarantee that every American possesses an equal right to vote.

Alex, whose name has been altered to safeguard his identity, is among the numerous attorneys who have been removed since Trump returned to the White House.

Approximately 30 lawyers were present in the Voting Section when Trump was inaugurated in January 2025. Three months later, only two remained. The departing attorneys have been supplanted by half a dozen newcomers with minimal federal court experience, making numerous fundamental mistakes in court documents. They have also shown a readiness to adhere to Trump’s anti-voting orders, filing numerous lawsuits in an effort to compel states to submit unredacted voter rolls.

WIRED consulted a dozen experts and former Voting Section attorneys regarding the extensive dismantling of the Justice Department’s Voting Section under Trump. Many spoke anonymously due to concerns about backlash from the Trump administration.

As the November midterms approach, multiple sources inform WIRED that the harm inflicted on the DOJ’s Voting Section may be beyond repair. They express concern that the ultimate aim is to furnish Trump with what they term evidence to usurp control of elections from the states. “I believe in the long run, it’s about creating material to contest or subvert elections,” states Alex, who has worked in the Voting Section for many years.

“They’ve transformed what was once the centerpiece of the Civil Rights Division, the Voting Section, into a tool against voters,” Michelle Kanter Cohen, policy director and senior counsel at the Fair Elections Center, informs WIRED. “This was formerly a section that upheld individuals’ voting rights, fought against intimidation, and enforced federal voting regulations designed to shield individuals from discrimination and to make voting fair and accessible. It is being twisted into a political instrument to advance conspiracy theories of the Trump administration.”

Former attorneys from the Voting Section concur. “I dedicated eight years in the Voting Section as a trial attorney engaged in what was the core mission of the section since its inception, which was enforcing the Voting Rights Act and other federal laws that safeguard the right to vote,” Eileen O’Connor, who is now senior counsel at the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice, tells WIRED. “The activities they are pursuing now are the exact opposite.”

The White House did not respond to inquiries regarding the new Voting Section lawyers, but spokeswoman Abigail Jackson stated to WIRED that “the Civil Rights Act, National Voting Rights Act, and Help America Vote Act all grant the Department of Justice complete authority to ensure states align with federal election laws, which require accurate state voter rolls.”

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In the period following the 2020 presidential election, Trump attempted to weaponize the Justice Department by appointing special counsels to probe into election conspiracy theories. It failed. At every instance, officials and political appointees at the department resisted, even threatening mass resignations.

Currently, Trump is again looking to exploit the power of the Justice Department to erode confidence in the election process. This time, sources inform WIRED, no one is standing in opposition.