8 h. ago State Department official defends layoffs and the dismantling of foreign aid agency

A senior State Department official faced tough questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he defended sweeping layoffs and the dismantling of the U.S.'s lead foreign aid agency.

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9 h. ago Eric Adams hit with accusation of operating ‘criminal conspiracy’ at NYPD

Mayor Eric Adams is being sued by a former high-ranking New York Police Department official for allegedly operating a “criminal conspiracy" at the department to enrich top officials.

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19 h. ago 'It's sort of scary': Officials flag surprising revelations from deep State Department cuts

Senior officials eliminate 3,000 positions in the biggest State Department reorganization since the Cold War, citing waste while critics warn of damage to U.S. diplomacy.

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33 h. ago House Democrats Push for Hearing on Jeffrey Epstein Case Amid GOP Rift

Democrats urged the Republican majority to call Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and F.B.I. leaders, to Capitol Hill to discuss how they handled the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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33 h. ago Exclusive: State Department Reorienting Labor Policy Toward National Interest

A State Department senior official told Breitbart News that the State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) will participate in this week's Reindustrialize Summit in Detroit, Michigan, as part of its mission to advance the State Department's labor policy toward the "national interest." The post Exclusive: State Department Reorienting Labor Policy Toward National Interest appeared first on Breitbart.

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62 h. ago Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Visas for Cuba's President, Top Officials, and Their Families

Top Cuban Communist Party officials spent the weekend griping after the U.S. State Department limited visa access. The post Trump Admin Cuts U.S. Visas for Cuba’s President, Top Officials, and Their Families appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Trump Administration Is Forcing Prosecutors to Ignore Law, Whistle

In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.

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6 d. ago A look at presidential power amid reports of DOJ investigation into former officials

NPR asks legal scholar Kim Wehle about the limits of presidential power in light of multiple media reports of a Justice Department investigation into former intelligence officials.

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7 d. ago Steve Davis left DOGE in May, but officials say he’s still running the show

Though he officially left the U.S. government in May, Steve Davis -- Elon Musk's low-flying former top lieutenant at the Department of Government Efficiency -- continues wielding influence at DOGE, according to the WSJ. The outlet says Davis regularly gives directions to current DOGE officials and has privately dismissed his departure as "fake news."

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7 d. ago State Department investigating Rubio AI impersonator who contacted US, foreign officials

The State Department is investigating a Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposter who reportedly used AI software in an attempt to dupe officials.

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8 d. ago State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says

A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.

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8 d. ago GOP lawmakers rip Newsom, California officials for allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports

Republican California lawmakers took the state's education department and Gov. Gavin Newsom to task after officials refused to be in Title IX compliance.

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9 d. ago New Document Undermines Trump Administration’s Claims About Deported Venezuelans

The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials have taken time and again in front of a judge in Washington.

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1 week ago How the Justice Department carried out a $14.6B healthcare fraud takedown

Healthcare fraud takedowns have been a practice at the Department of Justice for more than a decade, but officials touted this one as the largest on record.

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2 w. ago Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials

Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.

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2 w. ago Justice Dept. Weighs Seeking Criminal Charges as It Presses States for Election Data

Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.

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2 w. ago Bob Vylan’s Chant Against Israel’s Military at Glastonbury Draws Criminal Inquiry

The band Bob Vylan led a chant of “Death, death to the I.D.F.” at Britain’s biggest music festival. A senior State Department official said the band’s U.S. visas had been revoked.

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3 w. ago Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.

The rapid dismantling of the global aid agency remains one of the most consequential outcomes of President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government, showing his willingness to tear down institutions in defiance of the courts.

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4 w. ago Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hospitalized after allergic reaction

An allergic reaction prompted the hospitalization of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday, though department officials confirm she is recovering.

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