The Justice Department’s insider trading unit has lost most of its lawyers as Attorney General Todd Blanche prioritizes a fraud crackdown that grew out of a Minnesota daycare scandal.The team, known as the market integrity unit, has shrunk from more than 40 attorneys at the start of President Donald…
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin rushed to correct himself Friday during a press conference after appearing to mistakenly admit that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer “escalated” ahead of Thursday’s shooting incident in New York City.On Thursday, an ICE officer shot 28-year-…
A Republican Senate hopeful absorbed a debate-stage takedown that political observers are calling one of the harshest they’ve ever seen.Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) faced off against Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) Thursday night during their first debate in Georgia’s closely watched Senate race, telling the Rep…
A quiet change to President Donald Trump’s namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economics columnist Catherine Rampell said the Trump administration now allows wealthy donors to stock Trum…
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said Kimberly Guilfoyle ignored a lesson from first lady Melania Trump, and now she’s paying for it.In Thursday’s episode of “Politics War Room,” Carville said Guilfoyle, Trump’s ambassador to Greece, should have gotten her money up front the way the firs…
President Donald Trump has become the single most important gift to congressional Democrats going into the midterms, Democratic strategist Paul Begala told CNN’s Kasie Hunt on Thursday afternoon.The president has been jetting around the country trying to prop up GOP candidates as polls continue to s…
President Trump declared Thursday that anyone who says “artificial intelligence” instead of “super intelligence” is “THE ENEMY,” even though his own White House hasn’t stopped using the older term, Axios reported.Trump posted the declaration on Truth Social, calling “Super Intelligence” the “highly …
The Justice Department is moving toward a possible indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson, the former White House aide whose testimony became a centerpiece of the January 6 hearings, according to Punchbowl News.Sources told the outlet that prosecutors from the department’s Civil Rights Division laid out e…
A federal judge overseeing the legal battle between President Donald Trump and the three major news outlets he banned from the White House couldn’t help but be amused by an unusual sight inside his packed courtroom.CNN correspondent Evan Perez, who attended the hearing Thursday, described the moment…
The State Department’s Office of Inspector General has opened a formal investigation into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s conduct as U.S. ambassador to Greece, according to a new report.The Daily Mail reported that five officials confirmed a formal probe by the inspector general’s office, and three of those so…