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The Trump administration has moved to block the Venezuelan government from covering the legal expenses of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as he fights federal drug trafficking and weapons charges in New York, according to a court filing from his attorney. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty in federal court in New … Read more

Dismissals follow revelations that FBI subpoenaed records of Patel and Susie Wiles before Trump returned to office At least 10 FBI employees connected to an investigation of Donald Trump have reportedly been dismissed following revelations that the agency subpoenaed personal records of current FBI director Kash Patel and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles … Read more

Omar said Capitol Police “aggressively handled” her guest, Aliyah Rahman of Minneapolis, forcing her to seek medical care at a hospital.

President Trump said Iran is working to build missiles that could “soon” strike America. U.S. intelligence reports have offered a more cautious view.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin were involved in a heated back and forth during a Senate hearing Tuesday that sparked immediate reactions across social media. “Everybody we bring up here, you guys chastised for trying to make changes,” Mullin said during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing … Read more

The crackdown on fraud in Minnesota will serve as a blueprint for a new Department of Justice office focused on protecting taxpayer funds from scams, President Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as the nation’s “fraud czar” explained in his nomination hearing Wednesday.  “The work in Minnesota has been pivotal. The work of the U.S. Attorney’s … Read more

The dismissals come as the FBI director said his phone records were obtained by authorities during the Biden administration in connection with Trump probes.

Prominent figures from across the media, business and political landscapes showed up as guests to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. Notable attendees included Erika Kirk, the widowed wife of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, David Ellison, the media mogul and CEO of Paramount, and Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank media … Read more

US president faced more scathing criticism, a day after his address. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 25 February at a glance Donald Trump continued to face scathing criticism for his State of the Union on Wednesday, with senior Democrats accusing him of failing to protect Americans. The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, said Democrats … Read more

Proposed settlement would pay users of glyphosate-based weedkiller who have non-Hodgkin lymphoma $10,000 to $165,000 A group of 14 law firms representing nearly 20,000 plaintiffs is seeking to intervene in Bayer’s proposed class action settlement of Roundup litigation, citing concerns that the deal will not be fair to cancer sufferers. The group filed both a … Read more