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Legal scholar details 'extreme level of corruption' at Trump DOJ
After keeping a low profile during the first eight months of Donald Trump's second administration, former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith broke his silence and discussed his two criminal cases against the now-president: the Mar-a-Lago/classified documents case, and the Ja...
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'It’s captured on film': Trump official slammed for demanding reporters 'give him a break' on bribe
President Donald Trump’s border chief Tom Homan dismissed a reporter’s question about taking $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents last year in a sting operation.“Give me a break,” Homan told news agencies at the White House, according to CBS reporter Jennifer Jacobs.Critics dragged Homan’s non...
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Conservative justice slammed for ‘misguided approach’ during major hearing
In an article for MSNBC published Wednesday, legal analyst Jordan Rubin argued that conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of President Donald Trump, is driving a dangerous effort to limit voting rights, based on what Rubin calls an “unfounded insistence” that race-based re...
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Trump ripped for thinly veiled effort to 'intimidate' Supreme Court Justices
President Donald Trump, during a Wednesday afternoon, October 15 press conference, discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's tariffs case with reporters and said he may go to the High Court to watch the case.Trump told reporters, "If we don't have the use of tariffs, we have no national security. This coun...
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Trump's latest 'mad king presser' was more 'power crazed than usual': analysis
On an episode of The New Republic's "Daily Blast" podcast, host and journalist Greg Sargent speaks with fellow journalist Brian Beutler on how President Donald Trump seems "more crazed and power-mad than usual" in his Tuesday press conference.Referring to Trump's refusal to take a question from an A...
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MAGA lambasted for deceptive new spin on Republican shutdown
This Saturday, October 18, roughly 2500 No Kings Day protests will, according to organizers, be held in cities all over the United States. The demonstrations are expressing opposition to President Donald Trump's policies and are a follow-up to the No Kings Day protests held four months ago on Saturd...
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'Cannot be tolerated': Federal judge delivers massive blow to major Trump push
After half a month, the United States' federal government remains partially shut down as Republicans and Democrats continue to fight over a spending plan. The Trump Administration wants to lay off federal workers during the shutdown, but on Wednesday afternoon, October 15, U.S. District Judge Susan ...
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· 19h
'What a prosecutor does': Expert blasts CNN analyst’s claim Trump prosecutor 'rushed' charges
Although former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith kept a low profile during the first eight months of Donald Trump's second presidency, that changed in a big way in October. Smith, during a Wednesday, October 8 panel discussion at University College London in the U.K., argu...
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'Conservative Republican' in deep-red Idaho pleads with Trump as 3rd-gen farm flails
A conservative Republican farmer from Idaho is making an unlikely appeal to President Donald Trump: “Do the right thing.” His call comes as his family farm struggles to survive amid labor shortages he blames on Trump-era immigration policies.ABC News reported Wednesday that Shay Myers, general manag...
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Three judge panel rejects red state GOP’s push to change voting rules
In a split from earlier rulings, Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeals on Wednesday turned down a bid by Republicans to alter how county commissioners are elected in Alachua County — a move that would have significantly shifted the region’s political balance.PBS affiliate WUFT TV reported that the...
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House speaker waffles after agreeing to debate Jeffries 'anywhere anytime'
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have agreed to a joint debate, following Jeffries’ proposal nearly two weeks ago to address the federal government shutdown.“I write to challenge you to a debate on the Floor of the House of Representatives any day this week in pr...
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This Trump plan would overhaul US refugee system to 'prioritize Europeans' and German far-right
The Trump administration is moving to reconfigure the U.S. refugee system in a way that offers special relief to supporters of far‑right European parties while drastically restricting access for most other asylum seekers, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Under the draft proposals submitted to ...
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Financial services attorney details how Trump gave rival 'a lot to work with' against DOJ case
Legal experts question whether New York Attorney General Letitia James’s indictment is tainted by undue political influence, pointing out that President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded her prosecution, pressured Justice Department officials and replaced prosecutors who hesitated to charge her.Senio...
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'Republicans are doing nothing': Marjorie Taylor Greene turns fire on her own party
Once a die-hard MAGA foot soldier, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is continuing to break with her party, now attacking Republicans and specifically Speaker Mike Johnson over the high cost of living and keeping the House in recess during the federal government shutdown.“My big warning is, we have t...
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'Weaker': Trump-appointed Fed delivers stunning blow on president’s economy
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, appointed by President Donald Trump, said Wednesday the U.S. economy has lost momentum, challenging the administration’s repeated claims of strength.In an appearance at CNBC’s Invest in America Forum, Miran said the labor market has weakened. He pointed to unc...
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