The Supreme Court revealed on Wednesday that Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to her sex trafficking conviction will be among the many cases the high court reviews at a closed-door conference in…
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Top GOP senator demands probe into whether Jack Smith ‘unlawfully’ tried to influence 2024 election
A Senate Republican wants the Justice Department to investigate, and potentially prosecute, former Special Counsel Jack Smith over whether he ‘unlawfully took political actions to influence the 2024 election’ against…
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The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it would be officially imposing sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the jurist leading a criminal investigation against former right-wing…
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Why I Signed the Economists’ Amicus Brief Challenging Trump’s Emergency Tariffs
Kyle Handley I signed the economists’ amicus brief in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump because it challenges something deeper than just one set of tariffs—it challenges the use of emergency…
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Trump says his Aug 1 tariff deadline ‘will not be extended’ – here are the countries that might not make it
President Donald Trump warned that his August 1 deadline for making a trade deal with the U.S. ‘stands strong’ on Wednesday, threatening several key nations with a big tariff hike.…
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Who is Steve Ricchetti, the longtime Biden confidante questioned in Comer’s cover-up probe?
Steve Ricchetti, a longtime Democratic operative and lobbyist, is sitting down with House Oversight Committee investigators Wednesday. He’s known as a member of former President Joe Biden’s inner circle who…
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President Donald Trump pressured the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to end a longstanding practice in the Senate to expedite his nominations to district courts and U.S. attorney’s…
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Agent’s alleged attempt to smuggle wife on Trump’s Scotland trip being probed in latest Secret Service fiasco
President Donald Trump dished on the ‘strange story’ stemming from reports that a Secret Service agent attempted to smuggle his wife onto a Secret Service cargo plane accompanying the president…
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Schumer says century-old law forces Trump DOJ, FBI to release Jeffrey Epstein files by August deadline
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats invoked a century-old law to force President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice and the FBI to release the Jeffrey Epstein…
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Neal McCluskey Since the widespread adoption of public schooling, private schools have had an existential problem: it is very difficult to compete with “free.” When COVID-19 brought the country to…