Author: Wire Services
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Habba resigns as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey
Kaelan Deese Washington Examiner Alina Habba resigned Monday as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey after a federal appeals court ruled she had been serving unlawfully, ending months of uncertainty inside one of the Trump administration’s most legally vulnerable U.S. attorneys’ offices. Habba, formerly one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers and a fierce public defender of the president, said she…
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Jasmine Crockett jumps into Texas Senate race
Lauren Green Washington Examiner Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) launched a Senate bid Monday after she was drawn out of her House district during the Lone Star State’s redistricting push that became set in stone last week. Crockett’s bid comes just hours after former Rep. Colin Allred dropped out of the Democratic primary, saying that a “bruising” Democratic primary and runoff would hurt the party’s chances…
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Twelve ex-FBI agents sue Patel over terminations
Molly Parks Washington Examiner A dozen former FBI special agents have filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Kash Patel over the bureau’s decision to terminate their employment after the agents knelt during a George Floyd protest in 2020. The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, concerns an incident in which the former special agents said…
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Bessent: Omar ‘gaslighting’ public as Treasury investigates alleged welfare fraud
Molly Parks Washington Examiner Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for “gaslighting the American people” about allegations of widespread fraud from the Minnesota Somali community. After reports surfaced of a widespread fraud scheme in Minnesota allegedly largely orchestrated by Somali asylum-seekers, President Donald Trump terminated temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Bessent followed Trump’s announcement with an announcement of…
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Defense forum: Hegseth hails Trump as ‘true and rightful heir’ of Reagan
David Zimmermann Washington Examiner Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called President Donald Trump the “true and rightful heir” of Ronald Reagan at a defense forum named after the former president in Southern California on Saturday. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Hegseth based the comparison on Trump and Reagan’s shared “peace through strength” foreign policy doctrine. “Like President Reagan, President Trump is…
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Trump launches investigation into whether anti-competition affects food affordability
Jenny Goldsberry Washington Examiner President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday to establish a task force to “remedy any anti-competitive behavior” in the U.S. food supply. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson will create the Food Supply Chain Security Task Force. Trump instructed the force to “take all necessary and appropriate actions to…
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Judge deals setback to DOJ effort to seek new indictment against Comey
The Denver Gazette wire services WASHINGTON — A federal judge has dealt a setback to Justice Department efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they had relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. The ruling Saturday night from U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly…
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Trump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as ‘disloyal’ for not switching parties
The Denver Gazette wire services Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar is running again as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. Trump blasted Cuellar for “Such a lack of LOYALTY,” suggesting the Republican president might have…
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Sources: Suspect in D.C. pipe bomb case said to have confessed
WASHINGTON — The man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election lost by President Donald Trump, the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s…
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Patel signals Comey case is far from over: ‘Stay tuned’
Zach LaChance Washington Examiner FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that the case into former FBI Director James Comey is not over after a federal judge tossed his criminal indictment earlier this week. In a wide-ranging interview with the Epoch Times that was released on Saturday, Patel said the FBI and Department of Justice are weighing “numerous options” to keep the case, which centers…