The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Justice Department seeking to obtain a classified legal opinion it said the White House used to justify lethal strikes on suspected drug smugglers. The ACLU’s move comes as pressure intensifies on the Pentagon to reveal further details about the strikes, due to concerns […]
The prospect of ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seems increasingly unlikely as the question of land concessions splits Kyiv and Washington. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured the public on Tuesday that his negotiators “are ready to present [proposals] to our partners in the U.S.” The news comes after days of President Donald Trump claiming that […]
President Donald Trump, in an interview released Tuesday, said he has watched the footage of a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat and warned that more military action could be coming against drug traffickers soon. Trump sat down for a 45-minute conversation with Politico’s The Conversation, touching on topics ranging from Venezuela to the […]
War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s circle of support is shrinking as he battles unsubstantiated charges from congressional Democrats and liberal media that he ordered a double-tap strike on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat. In a first test of his support around the nation, likely voters narrowly said that they wanted him impeached over the attacks. In […]
The Justice Department’s efforts to revive its collapsed prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James confronted new legal hurdles over the weekend as judges scrutinized investigative tactics and restricted access to evidence prosecutors once relied on. The most consequential blow came Saturday, when U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly […]
One of President Donald Trump’s most trusted advisers says he will turn back the clock on his political strategy and “campaign like it’s 2024.” White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who played a key part in Trump’s election victory last year, said the president is hoping to avoid a congressional blue wave by going […]
Europe is “decaying” due to a group of “weak” leaders too focused on being “politically correct,” President Donald Trump said on Monday in his latest criticism of the leaders of traditional U.S. allies. “I think they’re weak, but I also think that they want to be so politically correct,” the president told Politico in an […]
Texas state Rep. James Talarico instructed those working on his campaign to “respect” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) as a “leader in our state” after she entered Texas’s Senate race Monday. “On behalf of all of us, I want to welcome Congresswoman Crockett into the Democratic primary race,” Talarico said in a video his campaign reported […]
The founders of ICEBlock, the iPhone app used to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, are suing Trump administration officials over the app’s removal from the Apple store. Apple removed ICEBlock from its app store in October after the Department of Justice requested the company do so, citing concerns for officer safety if the app […]
A federal judge in New York has authorized the Justice Department to release grand jury materials from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, a major advance in the government’s court-ordered effort to disclose long-hidden records tied to the deceased and disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer issued the order Tuesday, reversing his prior […]
