The Trump administration has removed a career Justice Department official from his role as the acting head of the DOJ’s National Security Division after the top prosecutor served in the position for less than a month, sources told ABC News. Devin DeBacker, who in that role was an acting assistant attorney general, served for only … Read more
Elon Musk plans to file a financial disclosure report to the White House, but it will remain confidential, a White House official said Tuesday. There has never been a White House staffer with the vast potential for conflicts like Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person and the head of leading companies in electric vehicles, space … Read more
As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump is literally pinching pennies, ordering his Treasury Secretary to stop the U.S. Mint from producing new 1-cent coins. In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country’s … Read more
Two weeks after the Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s reelection, moved to dismiss their appeal of Trump’s classified documents case, a circuit court formally dismissed the appeal of a case that once accused the president of mishandling some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets. The dismissal marks the end of … Read more
In one post, a rioter pardoned by President Trump after taking part in the storming of the Capitol expressed his “joy and happiness” at just how badly prosecutors who worked on cases like his own were “hurting right now” after some of them were fired. In a different post, another pardoned rioter taunted agents who … Read more
Steve Bannon, the confidante of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser for Trump’s signature project during his first term, in exchange for a sentence without prison time. “The parties have worked out a plea agreement. Mr. Bannon will plead guilty to … Read more
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday accused Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for F.B.I. director, of improperly directing a wave of firings at the bureau before being confirmed. In a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois cited “highly credible information from multiple sources” that … Read more
A federal judge in Washington will consider a legal challenge on Tuesday against the Education Department, which is seeking to bar Elon Musk and his team from gaining access to its data systems. The lawsuit, brought by two legal groups representing the University of California Student Association, sought to restrict Mr. Musk’s associates from combing … Read more
A terrified kayaker documented his ordeal as a great white shark stalked him in waters off the coast of New Zealand. He managed to escape unharmed. Source link
On a recent weekday afternoon, a group of Latino university students near the Southwestern border draped themselves in flags festooned with President Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan, carried pro-Trump signs and set out to recruit new voters — like Victor Ibarra. “This area is no longer just for Democrats,” Mr. Ibarra, an exuberant 20-year-old … Read more