3 d. ago Trump’s radical agenda will ultimately reach a supreme court stacked in favor of conservatives

Court has already dramatically limited ability of lower courts to issue injunctions to pause administration policies across the USUS politics live – latest updatesThis week’s dramatic court ruling that Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs, which he has used to upend global trade, were in fact illegal is the latest in a series of losses for the president’s radical agenda that are ultimately heading for a final showdown in the US supreme court.Trump has already asked the supreme court to overturn the lower court ruling in the tariffs case. Almost certain to follow are Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans, his hostile conflict with Harvard University and his deployment of the national guard and marines to Los Angeles. All have been deemed unlawful in lower courts. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago RFK Jr becomes an unlikely great uniter as Democrats and Republicans join forces to pounce on his pseudoscience

Republicans, including leadership, mounted a show of force against a Trump Cabinet secretary. But he still seemed to brush it off, writes John Bowden

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3 d. ago Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

The U.S. Justice Department is ramping up efforts to target human smuggling operations exploiting America’s northern border, citing growing concerns about sophisticated criminal networks transporting migrants for profit, expanding their focus beyond the southern border

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3 d. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

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3 d. ago A House of Dynamite review: The most exciting movie at Venice Film Festival could lead to Kathryn Bigelow's second Best Director Oscar, writes BRIAN VINER

How might the United States respond in the event of a nuclear attack, with less than 20 minutes before an incoming missile lands on Chicago? 

Culture

4 d. ago Helicopter crashes just 8 minutes after take off as seven people still missing

One person is confirmed to have died and seven people remain missing after a helicopter crash on the island of Borneo - three foreign nationals are among the victims

Events

4 d. ago The clues in the Epstein jail video's 'missing minute' that obliterated Pam Bondi's theory

The release of the infamous 'missing minute' from outside Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell appears to cast doubt over Attorney General Pam Bondi's bungled explanation.

Events

4 d. ago Release of ‘missing minute’ of Epstein video contradicts Bondi claim cameras stopped recording

Video taken outside Epstein’s cell on night he died is part of new materials released by House oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesA so-called “missing minute” of CCTV footage, a key ingredient of conspiracy theories surrounding the prison death of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found, contradicting the assertion of Pam Bondi, the attorney general, that it was recorded over.The video was in a cache of material, including 33,000 pages of records relating to the disgraced financier and former Donald Trump associate, released late on Tuesday by the US House oversight committee. The panel has been looking into Epstein’s August 2019 death at Manhattan’s Metropolitan correctional center. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Epstein files live updates: Victims set to break silence as pressure mounts for transparency from Trump admin

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein victims are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., following the release of 33,000 files on the disgraced financier

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5 d. ago Trump live updates: Epstein victims compiling own ‘client list’ as Democrats rage over latest document release

President Trump has also brushed aside rumors about his death, slamming the ‘fake’ media after his noticeable bout of absence

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5 d. ago Epstein document dump blows huge hole in Pam Bondi's 'missing minute' theory as pressure mounts for Trump to disclose the truth

A newly-released minute of surveillance footage from outside of Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell has blown a huge hole in Attorney General Pam Bondi's explanation of footage that was previously released.

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5 d. ago Epstein accusers urge Trump to release all case files after document dump reveals tens of thousands of pages already made public

The Department of Justice has released more than 30,000 files relating to the Epstein investigation but Democrats say most of the information is already public.

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5 d. ago Massive trove of Epstein files released by GOP includes infamous missing minute from jailhouse video

The House Oversight Committee has released a massive trove of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein, the same day lawmakers pushed a bill to force out the documents.

Events

9 d. ago Bondi fires justice department employee for making vulgar gesture at National Guard

Paralegal dismissed by US attorney general for ‘inappropriate conduct’ towards troops deployed on the streets of WashingtonThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, has fired a justice department official for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed in Washington DC on her way to work.The employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was a paralegal at the department’s environmental defense section, according to a memo to her published by the New York Post, which first reported Friday’s dismissal. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago DC Man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment

A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington has been charged with a misdemeanor after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday

Politics

1 week ago Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has inspired followers, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the man who allegedly killed the UnitedHealthcare chief executive last December has inspired followers, such as the man who killed four people at a the National Football League headquarters last month

Events

1 week ago Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to testify to Congress on handling of Epstein case and the fallout

The move comes one week after the Department of Justice released Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts

Politics

1 week ago Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to testify to Congress on handling Epstein case and the fallout

The move comes one week after the DOJ released the Ghislaine Maxwell transcripts

Politics

1 week ago Trump wants to hire ‘any attorney’ to replace dozens of immigration judges he fired — with picks at Bondi’s discretion

Justice Department says attorneys don’t need immigration law experience to preside over deportation and asylum cases

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1 week ago Trump’s history of praising Pam Bondi after awkward remark about attorney general’s appearance

President Trump says his political career would ‘end’ if he said his highly accomplished attorney general and long time supporter was ‘beautiful’

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