House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is weighing disciplinary action against two of his own members after they blindsided the entire Democratic caucus by helping Republicans revive a stalled legislative agenda.Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and Jared Golden (D-ME) broke with leadership…
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Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey argued that federal prosecutors charged him under the wrong law, dooming their case.In a Tuesday court filing, Comey’s attorneys contended that the Trump administration’s case against him cannot survive its own legal theory. The Department of Justice is …
The Justice Department is invoking a landmark civil rights law as it walks back a lawsuit seeking to dismantle a state’s affirmative action hiring policy.In a memorandum filed on Tuesday, the DOJ asked a three-judge panel for leave to amend its complaint in a lawsuit it first brought against the sta…
Department of Homeland Security expert and whistleblower Miles Taylor warned that the Trump administration plans to use “woefully unequipped” agents for elections.During a Tuesday appearance on CNN, Taylor responded to reports that DHS plans to launch voter fraud investigations into nine states, mos…
Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt laid out the slow, gradual transformation of MAGA into what he sees as an overtly fascist movement in his latest episode of “The Warning” on YouTube, published Tuesday.He opened by noting that today is the 87th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland. “It took …
The House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) after an ethics investigation found that he engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers,” according to an NBC News report. The resolution passed 413-2, with Edwards and R…
President Donald Trump’s aides are quietly preparing untested legal tactics to blunt a wave of Democratic investigations they expect after the midterms.According to an article by Politico, new preparations have started since Will Scharf took over as the White House counsel on Tuesday. An August 10 J…
GOP candidates in competitive House races told a columnist they don’t know whether they’ll appear at President Donald Trump’s midterm convention because of scheduling conflicts.In a Tuesday column, political commentator Joe Perticone noted a “conveniently timed epidemic of GOP scheduling conflicts” …
Two judges appointed by President Donald Trump have overturned a fellow Trump appointee and revived a whistleblower’s Medicare fraud lawsuit.On Tuesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2024 decision by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida. A…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin handed opponents of President Donald Trump a document that threatens to undermine his entire scheme to seize control of the midterm elections. A complaint filed this week in federal court hinges on an internal memorandum dated June 8 that Mullin signed to…