Trump-appointed head of DOJ’s national security division to leave at end of June
John Demers, the Trump-appointed head of the Justice Department’s national security division, is leaving at the end of the month as planned, a…
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ICE terminates Trump-era office that focused on victims of immigrant crime
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has terminated the Trump-era office that focused on victims of crimes linked to undocumented immigrants, another…
Continue Reading McConnell says ‘highly unlikely’ he would let Biden fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if GOP wins back Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that if his party regains the majority in 2022 it’s “highly unlikely” he…
Continue ReadingJustice Department to ‘strengthen’ rules regarding seeking congressional records, Garland says
The Justice Department will “strengthen” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a…
Continue Reading Justice Department can keep the Barr memo on not charging Trump secret for now, judge rules
Judge Amy Berman Jackson is allowing the Justice Department to keep secret part of a key memo to then-Attorney General William Barr from his top…
Continue Reading Supreme Court declines to take up challenge to California electoral vote process
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging California’s electoral process in another instance of the high court shying away from…
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How Democrats are laying the groundwork now for a potential reconciliation bill
As the bipartisan group continues to educate their respective members on their $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal, Democratic leadership and key…
Continue ReadingTrump-era sentencing reform law doesn’t apply to low-level crack cocaine offenders, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act…
Continue ReadingSenate to vote on confirmation of key Biden judicial nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court effectively delays challenge to Harvard affirmative action policies for several months
The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off…
Continue ReadingExclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and…
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They say he once protected Biden. Now jailed American’s parents want President to stand up for their son
The parents of a former US Marine imprisoned in Russia are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to work out a deal to send him home.…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden arrives at NATO for first visit as President
President Joe Biden has arrived at his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’…
Continue Reading‘Her instinct is to dig in’: Kamala Harris’ struggles to answer border question seen as part of a pattern
Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically…
Continue Reading Education Secretary tells White House reopening schools is ‘challenging for all’
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings…
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President Biden set to make first NATO visit as President after meeting G7 allies
President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United…
Continue Reading Biden’s agenda hits roadblocks in Congress as he preaches democracy overseas
As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on…
Continue ReadingG7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an…
Continue Reading Pelosi says House leadership ‘did not rebuke’ Omar over comments about US, Israel, Hamas and Taliban
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said House leadership “did not rebuke” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar last week, after criticism from…
Continue ReadingApple informed former White House counsel Don McGahn and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the…
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