- Vadum on Republic discussing COVID-19 leak revelations
I was on Republic TV in India on June 19, 2026, discussing the revelations made by outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about Anthony Fauci, gain-of-function research, and the lab leak in China that led to the COVID-19 pandemic. The anchors were Abhishek Kapoor and Niranjan Narayanswami. After listening to what I characterized as an [...]
- Supreme Court sides with criminal defendant in forced medication case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 18 that a Texas man may challenge a compulsory medication order in his sentence even though he waived his right to appeal in a plea agreement with prosecutors. The new ruling gives criminal defendants who have signed appeal waivers during the plea bargaining process a limited opening to challenge sentencing conditions they believe are [...]
- Federal judge recuses herself in Georgia election records case
A federal judge in Georgia has formally recused herself from a federal election records case after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sought her voluntary ouster from the legal proceeding. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross signed the order June 15, but it became public on June 16. The DOJ had argued that Ross’s attendance at a political event in 2024 for Fulton County [...]
- Supreme Court rejects bid by appeals judge, 98, to be reinstated
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 declined to take up the case of a 98-year-old federal judge’s challenge to her ongoing suspension from an appeals court in the nation’s capital. The court’s new decision in Newman v. Moore took the form of an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. Judge Pauline Newman, who turns 99 on June 20, sits [...]
