James B. Comey’s lawyers will ask a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., to dismiss charges that he lied to and obstructed Congress, arguing the Justice Department bowed to President Trump’s push for political revenge. Led by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, they plan to recount how Mr. Trump, in an angry social...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday rejected U.S. military strikes on cartels, a day after President Donald Trump said he would do whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Her remarks followed a flap at Playa Bagdad, where men arrived by boat and posted Defense Department restricted area signs...
Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana cast the only no vote on a House bill to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, defying Speaker Mike Johnson’s expectation of unanimous Republican support. A senior Oversight Committee member and chair of its federal law enforcement panel, Higgins has backed the...
President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House with grand ceremony, brushing aside human rights questions and insulting a reporter. Trump formalized approval to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia, said broader security and a civilian nuclear deal would proceed, and announced Saudi Arabia would...
Donald Trump called Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey “piggy” during an Air Force One gaggle Friday, after she pressed him on the Jeffrey Epstein files and a likely House vote to release them. The slur drew fresh backlash Tuesday: CNN’s Jake Tapper and former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson called...
Ten state election chiefs sent a letter Tuesday pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for clarity on federal use of private voter data. Citing reports that the Justice Department shared voter files with Homeland Security, they asked whether the agencies misled officials and demanded answers...
Federal immigration enforcement in North Carolina is poised to expand to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, Mayor Janet Cowell said, while Border Patrol operations continue in Charlotte after more than 130 arrests. DHS declined to discuss plans; Cowell stressed Raleigh’s lower crime rate and said city police are not involved....
Mahmood Mamdani revisits the sting of his 1972 expulsion from Uganda and, in his book Slow Poison, reexamines Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni through memoir, history and political theory. He argues Western portrayals obscured Amin’s complexities and the roles of the UK and Israel, while Museveni’s rule fragments Ugandans through...
On Capitol Hill, a raw and emotional press conference closed with Epstein survivors embracing as lawmakers urged the immediate release of Epstein files. Marjorie Taylor Greene said the controversy has “ripped Maga apart” and called out President Trump for calling her a traitor, while Thomas Massie pressed the Senate to...
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed asked the Justice and Treasury departments to investigate World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm tied to President Donald Trump’s family, citing national security risks. In a letter obtained by CNBC, they point to watchdog findings that WLF sold $WLFI governance tokens to entities...
