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Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transformation.
Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Reflecting Pool vandalism case against a former Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding criticism that the administration is weaponizing the Justice Department. The Justice Department on Friday moved to dismiss its felony destruction of property charge against Hearn after finding that...
President Trump’s announcement of a “historic” deal reached with negotiators this week that includes disarming Hamas still faces hurdles, as skeptics wonder if it can move from paper to reality. The agreement is part of Trump’s 20-point plan to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and bring an end to the war between Israel...
The president vowed to push for the payout fund if Senate Republicans fail to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, reigniting a dispute over the settlement.
Republican political commentator Scott Jennings said the Olympian David Hearn “ought to sue” the Trump administration for attempting to prosecute him in connection with damage found at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. In an interview on CNN’s “The Source” with host Erica Hill, Jennings was asked if he had concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
President Trump called out U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Saturday for agreeing to dismiss the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn. The Justice Department moved to drop the case on Friday, finding that the damage to the tidal basin resulted from a "rushed and botched installation," not alleged vandalism. Trump...
Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances of winning the House and Senate majorities as they head into August, despite conflicts within the party over its direction. President Trump's dismal poll numbers are feeding confidence that Democrats can win back the House and possibly the Senate, even as the party worries members could be making...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly asked President Trump to help him persuade Elon Musk to allow the country to use Starlink in drone strikes against Russia. During his trip to the U.S. to attend Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) memorial service, Zelensky made the request to Trump in a closed-door meeting in the Oval Office, the...
President Trump on Saturday renewed his criticism of the delayed confirmation for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the role full-time, warning he could keep Blanche in the interim spot and revive the controversial $1.776 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund. He also called out Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who have been...
The U.S. military is weighing renewed strikes against Iran as early as this weekend, as officials warn Tehran could attempt to rebuild its nuclear capabilities. Israel, according to reports, is in on the plan to launch “one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date." The nation is also facing pressure over the recent U.S.-Hamas disarmament...
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President Trump’s announcement Thursday of a “historic” deal to disarm Hamas is drawing more skepticism than fanfare. Hamas said it was prepared to abide by the terms, but only with the buy-in of Israel, which remains skeptical about the deal, according to a U.S official invited into the discussions. The agreement would see Hamas hand...
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.
Ukraine and its supporters have invested years in trying to undo the skepticism of the country’s war effort harbored by President Trump’s MAGA movement and the president himself.
A bipartisan pair of senators pressed the Trump administration to release family planning funding and supplies to aid women affected by an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) requested to lift the...
Amazon said this week that it received hundreds of millions of dollars in refunds from President Trump’s tariffs and pledged to return some of the profits to its customers. This follows a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that many of the Trump administration’s tariffs were illegal, prompting the U.S. government to start a process...
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
The president of Ukraine had warned that the country was running out of Patriot interceptors, the most reliable weapon it has to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles.
President Trump’s announcement came at a difficult point in his relationship with the Israeli leader over their war against Iran.
President Trump’s announcement came at a difficult point in his relationship with the Israeli leader over their war against Iran.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) pointed to weaknesses in President Trump’s influence in Congress amid opposition from three outgoing Republican senators to the president’s nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to a permanent role overseeing the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.), Bill Cassidy (La.) and John Cornyn (Texas) have all expressed skepticism...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle with the Commodity Futures Trading commission (CFTC) over wagers he placed on the State of the Union earlier this year on Kalshi, the agency announced Friday. Santos placed bets on whether he would attend President Trump's address in February, while also posting on...