Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor
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Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, stood stone-faced and alone at the prosecution table inside the federal courthouse in Manhattan last week to do a job his onetime colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York…

Trump Announces Dan Bongino, a Right-Wing Commentator, as FBI Deputy Director
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Trump Announces Dan Bongino, a Right-Wing Commentator, as FBI Deputy Director

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of the F.B.I., President Trump said on Sunday night. Mr. Trump, making the announcement on his social media site,…

Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
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Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the United States became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian propagandist. Yet that’s exactly what happened last…

Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election
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Trump Says He Would Have Had a ‘Very Nasty Life’ if He’d Lost the Election

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said Wednesday he would have had a “very nasty life” if he lost the presidential election, a surprisingly public acknowledgment that his legal challenges could have consumed his life and brought jail time. “If I lost, it would have been very…

New Leaders of Justice Dept. Move to Assert Control Over Agency
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New Leaders of Justice Dept. Move to Assert Control Over Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The new leadership of the Justice Department moved swiftly on multiple fronts Wednesday to assert control over the F.B.I. and marshal the power of federal law enforcement to investigate those who had investigated President Trump. Pam Bondi, who was sworn in as attorney…

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
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Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top agent at the F.B.I.’s New York field office vowed in a defiant email to his staff to “dig in” after the Trump administration targeted officials involved in the investigations into the Jan. 6 attack — and praised the bureau’s interim leaders…

Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge
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Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration plans to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents involved in Jan. 6 investigations, setting the stage for a possible purge that goes far beyond the bureau’s leaders to target rank-and-file agents, according to internal documents and people familiar with the matter….

Pentagon Removes General Milley’s Security Detail and Revokes His Clearance
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Pentagon Removes General Milley’s Security Detail and Revokes His Clearance

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Gen. Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is removing his security detail, revoking his security clearance, and ordering an inspector general inquiry into his record, the Pentagon said late…