As Trump Makes His Case, He Turns to the Oval Office Set Piece
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As Trump Makes His Case, He Turns to the Oval Office Set Piece

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was Monday in Washington, and the tension was palpable. Last week, the Supreme Court had ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to a maximum-security El Salvadoran prison. The…

Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
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Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on the Trump administration. As he finished lunch in the private dining room outside the Oval Office on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised…

Under Trump, Gun Agency Remains Rudderless and Leaderless
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Under Trump, Gun Agency Remains Rudderless and Leaderless

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — a small government agency tasked with the titanic challenge of stemming the spread of illegal guns — has long been regarded as the spurned stepchild of federal law enforcement. It is fast becoming an…

Luigi Mangione Death Penalty Bid May Pit Prosecutors Against Each Other
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Luigi Mangione Death Penalty Bid May Pit Prosecutors Against Each Other

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Luigi Mangione is being prosecuted for murder by two agencies: the Department of Justice, which answers to President Trump, and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is led by the only prosecutor to convict President Trump. Mr. Trump and the Manhattan district attorney,…

Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
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Justice Department Lawyers Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to enact major elements of its agenda have led to a series of courtroom clashes between increasingly skeptical judges and the beleaguered lawyers responsible for defending the government’s positions, which some have come to see as indefensible. The…

Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
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Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday after questioning the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador — one day after representing the government in court. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suspended Erez Reuveni,…

Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated
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Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled on Thursday that there was unlikely to be a criminal investigation into the sharing of military operation details in an unsecured text group, declaring that the specifics of when fighter jets would depart and when bombs would fall…

Mexico Sent Cartel Bosses to U.S. Knowing They Could Face Execution
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Mexico Sent Cartel Bosses to U.S. Knowing They Could Face Execution

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Foreign defendants brought to the United States almost never face capital punishment, no matter how grave the allegations against them. But when a notorious drug lord arrived from Mexico in Brooklyn federal court last month on charges that included killing a federal agent,…

Opinion | Pardons and Paybacks Are Trump’s Two Modes of Justice
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Opinion | Pardons and Paybacks Are Trump’s Two Modes of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Payback and projection have long been two of President Trump’s touchstones. He settles scores in return for every perceived slight and accuses his targets of what he has done himself. In his second term, that approach has bled into the law, with perilous…

‘Epstein Files’ Release, Hyped by Pam Bondi, Falls Short of Expectations
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‘Epstein Files’ Release, Hyped by Pam Bondi, Falls Short of Expectations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For days, Attorney General Pam Bondi had talked about releasing the “Epstein files,” supposedly secret documents the federal government has on some of the powerful men who were in the orbit of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. But the roughly 200 pages of…