Move diverges from July memo negating need for further inquiries, and comes amid intense Trump campaign to block files Pam Bondi announced on Friday afternoon that she had assigned Jay Clayton, the interim US attorney for the southern district of New York, to lead the investigation into Donald Trump’s political adversaries and their ties to … Read more
Shawan Jabarin says US colleagues and funders have distanced themselves from West Bank-based Al-Haq over the sanctions Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human rights organization based in the West Bank, is not new to adversity. But since the group was sanctioned by the Trump administration in September, its world has shrunk. Today, staff work without pay … Read more
Pete Skandalakis appointed himself to take over 2020 election interference case from district attorney Fani Willis The only remaining criminal case against Donald Trump has been revived after the head of Georgia’s prosecutor’s council appointed himself to replace Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, who was removed from the election interference case in September. … Read more
German far-right party urges Berlin and other European nations to also designate ‘antifa’ groups as terrorist organisations Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party has welcomed the US government’s decision to classify a prominent German anti-fascist group and three other European networks as terrorist organisations, calling on Berlin and other European governments to follow the example. … Read more
The child sex offender and the former US treasury secretary shared personal views about politics and relationships A series of exchanges between child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Summers, the former US treasury secretary, showing a relationship as confidants emerged among the emails released by Republican legislators this week in the continuing political turmoil … Read more
The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including these defendants — for any potential federal crimes related to the 2020 election. A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday revived the criminal case against six prominent allies of President Donald Trump who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors amid … Read more
GOP candidates are wagering the tax deduction will be a winner with working-class voters, while their Democratic opponents try to flip the script. Democrats are trying to blunt the Republican advantage on the widely popular no-tax-on-tips policy as both parties look to strengthen their appeal to the working class ahead of the midterms. The most … Read more
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has succeeded in the rarest of feats: uniting a dysfunctional Washington against him. Some of President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters are accusing him of icing them out of the Pentagon’s most … Read more
A large-scale military exercise on Europe’s eastern flank aimed to deter Russian aggression. CINCU, Romania — Move over, Dracula. Transylvania has a new villain. In the rugged, forested mountains of central Romania, 5,000 NATO troops gathered to fight off a make-believe enemy. In what the alliance billed as a “show of force,” two French Puma … Read more
The election conspiracy case has been languishing for months after an appeals court disqualified Fani Willis from prosecuting Trump. The head of an association representing state prosecutors in Georgia announced Friday that he will take over a criminal case charging President Donald Trump with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The … Read more