14 h. ago More Democratic lawmakers say Trump DoJ is investigating them over military video

Three House members claim they’re being targeted for saying that troops don’t need to comply with illegal ordersThree House Democrats confirmed on Wednesday they have been approached by federal prosecutors investigating their participation in a November video about military duty, widening the circle of legislators being targeted by the Trump administration.Representatives Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania disclosed that the US attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, led by Jeanine Pirro, had requested interviews about the 90-second video in which they said troops don’t need to comply with illegal orders. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Trump administration is investigating Democratic lawmakers over video message to military

The lawmakers say they have been contacted by the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia

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32 h. ago DOJ cracks down on Minnesota’s affirmative action program in latest escalation of Trump’s battle with state

Minnesota has sued the Trump administration for its sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis

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35 h. ago Democrats fear Trump will try to interfere with the midterm elections and are trying to find ways to stop him

Lawmakers and Democratic party lawyers are already prepping for ‘every way that Trump could try to screw things up,’ according to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

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37 h. ago Democratic lawmakers file articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem

Robin Kelly and other House Democrats move against homeland security secretary over ICE killing of Renee GoodThe Democratic representative Robin Kelly on Wednesday formally introduced articles of impeachment against Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, following the fatal shooting of a US citizen by an immigration agent in Minneapolis last week.“Secretary Noem has brought her reign of terror to the Chicagoland area, LA, New Orleans, Charlotte, Durham and communities east, north, to south to east to west” Kelly said in a press conference on Wednesday. “She needs to be held accountable for her actions”. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Democratic lawmakers to file articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem

Robin Kelly, Ilhan Omar and Maxine Dexter to move against homeland security secretary over ICE killing of Renee GoodDemocratic representative Robin Kelly on Wednesday plans to formally introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, following the fatal shooting of a US citizen by an immigration agent in Minneapolis last week.The new push comes amid mounting national outrage over the death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, at the wheel of her car on a residential street, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Ford factory heckler suspended but has 'no regrets' after Trump yells 'f*** you' and gives him middle finger

Trump remains under pressure to release the Epstein files as the DOJ has offered up only 1 percent of the archive after a legal deadline issued by Congress.

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55 h. ago Trump yells 'f*** you' and gives middle finger to heckler who hurled heinous slur

Trump remains under pressure to release the Epstein files as the DOJ has offered up only 1 percent of the archive after a legal deadline issued by Congress.

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59 h. ago Senior Minnesota US attorneys quit over DOJ demand they ‘investigate’ widow of motorist shot dead by ICE agent

Several career prosecutors including Trump-appointed former US attorney reportedly resign in face of DOJ demands

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60 h. ago House Speaker Mike Johnson dodges as Trump DOJ targets the Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell

Mike Johnson says ‘all of us need to reserve judgment’ on the investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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3 d. ago DoJ’s probe into Powell galvanises Fed leaders to repel Trump attacks

Central bank chair could stay on board beyond this year in effort to protect central bank’s independence

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3 d. ago Fed Chair Jerome Powell vows to ‘stand firm in face of threats’ after Trump’s DOJ launches probe

Jerome Powell has said that the US Federal Reserve is being threatened with criminal indictment by the Trump administration.

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3 d. ago Trump says he doesn’t ‘know anything about’ the DOJ’s investigation into the Federal Reserve

President Trump has long pressured Powell to cut the central bank’s interest rates

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1 week ago Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after warning about following illegal orders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he is issuing a letter of censure to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the lawmaker’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

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1 week ago Tim Walz calls Trump 'dangerous, depraved' for blaming Melissa Hortman's death on Minnesota fraud

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has hit out at President Donald Trump for spreading a claim that blames the murder of Democrat lawmaker Melissa Hortman to the Somali fraud scandal.

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2 w. ago Trump’s DOJ is seeking hundreds of lawyers to sift through more than 5 million Epstein files before release: report

Department of Justice reportedly looking to draft in as many as 400 more legal experts to help with review of files it was required by law to release in full on December 19

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2 w. ago US justice department reportedly reviewing more than 5m pages of Epstein files

Figure represents significant expansion on earlier estimates as effort draws resources away from other DoJ cases The US justice department is believed to be reviewing more than 5m pages of documents relating to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein – an effort that is drawing resources away from existing cases, according to the New York Times.The figure represents a significant expansion on earlier estimates, which drew on calculations based on 300 gigabytes of data, papers, videos, photographs and audio files held within FBI archives that relate to investigations in Florida and New York. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says

A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S. Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to charges of human smuggling

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2 w. ago GOP lawmaker begs MAGA to stop spreading conspiracies connecting Democrat’s murder to Minnesota fraud case

‘So are we just planning on pretending like her murder isn’t connected to the multi billion fraud scandal just uncovered? Mmmmkay,’ ‘Nobody Wants This’ producer Sara Foster tweeted this weekend

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2 w. ago Trump demands DOJ release all the names related to the Epstein investigation as he complains of a ‘witch hunt’ and Democrat ‘hoax’

Trump accused Democrats of having ‘worked with Epstein’ and called on the Justice Department to ‘release all of their names’

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