Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.
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Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal judges have almost no ability under the law to refuse a government request to drop criminal charges. The corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York may be the exception. On Thursday, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned rather…

Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump
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Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge denied eight former inspectors general who were fired by President Trump immediate reinstatement to their jobs on Friday and excoriated their lawyers, saying that their emergency request had wasted the court’s limited time. The ruling by Judge Ana C. Reyes…

Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge
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Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration accelerated plans for widespread work force cuts across the government on Friday, as employees at multiple federal agencies learned they would be losing their jobs. Agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department were the latest to…

Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine
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Diplomats in Munich Fear Trump Is Giving Up Leverage to Putin Before Talks With Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top foreign policy official for the European Union had a blunt assessment on Friday of the Trump administration’s apparent willingness to give Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, much of what he wants in Ukraine, even before negotiations to end the three-year war…

Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
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Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One month out from a deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans in Congress are struggling to find the votes to extend federal funding, and Democrats are issuing a stark warning: Don’t look at us this time. After two years of coming to…

Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago
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Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump has been busy upending the federal government, reorienting U.S. foreign policy, threatening trade wars and winning confirmation for his Cabinet choices. But he has managed to find time for a project closer to home: He has told associates that he wants…

Why Investors Appear Unfazed by the Latest Trump Tariffs
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Why Investors Appear Unfazed by the Latest Trump Tariffs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Elon Musk’s growing power in government appears to be making some of his businesses more of a magnet for investors. Case in point: Banks have managed to sell off most of the $12.5 billion worth of debt owed by X, his social network,…

Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War
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Vance Mentions Sanctions, Military Action to Push Russia to End Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Vice President JD Vance told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that all military and economic options were on the table if Russia did not agree to negotiate in good faith to end the war in Ukraine. “There are economic tools of leverage,…

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Resume Foreign Aid Spending

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday night to unfreeze foreign aid spending President Trump halted during his first week in office, the latest of several legal roadblocks to Mr. Trump’s aggressive first-month agenda. The ruling by Judge Amir H. Ali…

Banks Sell .7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand
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Banks Sell $4.7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion in 2022, more than a quarter of that was financed by loans from banks including Morgan Stanley. Banks normally quickly sell off such loans, but in this case they kept much of that debt because…