President Donald Trump is expected to name Dan Scavino, his longest-serving top aide, to lead the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, a critical role that oversees the vetting and hiring of the president’s political appointees. Scavino, confirmed to the Washington Examiner by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, will replace outgoing PPO Director Sergio […]

The Department of Justice requested to dismiss a complaint filed by Proud Boys organizers, who sued the government over their prosecution following the Jan. 6 attack. In June, five Proud Boys leaders — Enrique Tarrio, Zachary Rehl, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, and Dominic Pezzola — sued the DOJ, FBI Special Agent Nicole Miller, and several […]

Former special counsel Jack Smith made his first public statement in months amid a Hatch Act investigation, rebutting accusations of wrongdoing. Smith was prompted to respond after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) persuaded the Office of Special Counsel to launch a Hatch Act violation investigation into Smith. Smith and his lawyers, Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski, rejected […]

Tuesday marked four years since the Abbey Gate attack, a suicide bombing that took the lives of 13 service members during the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end of the Afghanistan War.  In 2021, then-President Joe Biden removed U.S. troops from Afghanistan following the first Trump administration’s negotiated plan with Taliban leaders to end […]