Author: Kaelan Deese
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Judge who released Charlotte light rail killer has history of addiction activism
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A North Carolina magistrate judge is under fire for allowing a schizophrenic, repeat offender to walk free without bond, seven months before he fatally stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte light rail train in…
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Trump administration drops legal defense of Biden-era noncompete ban
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Trump administration dropped its legal defense of an aggressive Biden-era ban on employee noncompete agreements, marking a return to the status quo for federal policy on labor competition. In court filings submitted Friday, the Justice Department asked…
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Trump’s agenda corners Democratic leaders to embrace states’ rights
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda are not shy when it comes to bending conservative norms. In his second term, states’ rights, once a rallying cry for conservatives, are under pressure. Trump has strong-armed…
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Ex-Biden spokesman Andrew Bates arrives for interview in autopen investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andrew Bates, one of former President Joe Biden’s top communications aides, arrived on Capitol Hill Friday morning for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee related to whether senior White House staff shielded the then-president’s mental…
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Barrett says thinking about Supreme Court as ‘Left and Right’ is wrong
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK, NY — Justice Amy Coney Barrett pushed back on partisan portrayals of the Supreme Court during a conversation in Manhattan on Thursday, saying it’s a “mistake” to view the justices as aligned with the political Left…
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FBI seized hard drives and ‘Trump’-labeled binders from John Bolton’s home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal agents collected a trove of electronic devices and other materials during an FBI raid at former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s residence last month, newly unsealed court records show, confirming for the first time an…
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DC sues Trump over National Guard deployment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration on Thursday over its deployment of National Guard troops in the capital, calling it an illegal and dangerous use of military force that violates the city’s autonomy and multiple federal statutes.…
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Pirro faces grand jury problem as DC residents refuse to indict anti-Trump suspects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal grand juries in the nation’s capital have refused to indict suspects in at least seven cases tied to President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown, including individuals accused of threatening to assassinate the president and assaulting law enforcement officers. The…
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DOJ backs bill extending statute of limitations for detransitioner lawsuits by 25 years
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Justice Department on Wednesday endorsed legislation that would dramatically expand the window for filing lawsuits related to transgender procedures performed on minors, marking the Trump administration‘s most aggressive step yet to curb what it calls the…
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Trump’s attack on ‘blue slips’ looms over Senate Judiciary hearings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Senate Judiciary Committee will reconvene after the August recess this week for two days of hearings on judicial and United States attorney nominations amid tensions spurred by President Donald Trump and his growing frustrations with a tradition that…




