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9 former FBI agents sue, saying they were wrongly fired over Mar-a-Lago case

Nine former FBI agents sued the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging they were wrongly fired solely because of their work investigating President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Attorneys for the agents write that their “fate was sealed by virtue of simply having worked on an investigation into Trump’s wrongdoing,” noting Attorney General…

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The Hill· Oct 15, 9:45 PM9 former FBI agents sue, saying they were wrongly fired over Mar-a-Lago case

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DOJ Sues California After State Refuses to Act on Suspected Noncitizen VotersThe Department of Justice is suing California after state officials failed to comply with a 48-hour ultimatum to review a list of suspected noncitizen voters and set aside their ballots pending citizenship verification. The Justice Department, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, determined that more than 20,000 people are likely…

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Trump says 'if Ken Paxton loses' Texas Senate race, blame Cornyn and Karl RovePolls show GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton trailing Democratic Rep. James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.

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Eleventh Circuit Rejects Netchoice's Challenge to Georgia Law Restricting Under-16-Year-Old Social Media AccessFrom today's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Netchoice v. Attorney General, by Judge Kevin Newsom, joined by Judges Robert Luck and… The post Eleventh Circuit Rejects Netchoice's Challenge to Georgia Law Restricting Under-16-Year-Old Social Media Access appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Trump sues California to prevent counting 20,000 voters' ballotsThe Trump administration is suing California and two election officials over claims that there are suspected ineligible voters who received mail-in ballots for this November's election . Why it matters: The lawsuit is asking the court to prevent about 20,000 voters from having their ballots counted until their citizenship status is confirmed. What…

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‘Jealousy!’ White-hot Trump turns on Fox News regular trying to take down Ken PaxtonPresident Donald Trump unleashed an angry tirade Thursday against longtime Republican strategist and Fox News regular Karl Rove, accusing him of undermining Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign. “Sadly, and very stupidly, John Cornyn, and his Liddle’ Buddy, Super RINO, Karl Rove, are doing everything possible to make it hard for Ken…

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Trump 'squandered' GOP’s decades-long master plan as key voters exit: Dan RatherVeteran newsman Dan Rather believes President Donald Trump has blown up something Republicans spent generations building, and the bill is coming due right before the midterms . In a Thursday post on his Substack newsletter, Steady, Rather wrote with his team that Trump has wasted the extraordinary advantages his party held when he returned to power and…

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Newsom is OUTRAGED over Justice Department lawsuit to block votes from 20,000 'likely noncitizens'The U.S. Dept. of Justice is seeking an emergency injunction against California over 20,000 "likely noncitizen" people on the state's voter rolls. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Dept. requested that California segregate any ballots from those registered voters in order to preserve election integrity. 'We filed an emergency court…

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Supreme Court of Canada debates constitutionality of Ontario redevelopment projectA controversial act was implemented by the Ontario government to fast-track the project, but many claim it gives too much immunity to the province.

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Can cooking for terrorists bar asylum? Supreme Court takes up unusual case with broader immigration stakesA Nigerian man forced to cook for the Unknown Gunmen terrorist group is now at the center of a Supreme Court battle over asylum and material support.

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How Trump DOJ Flagged 20K California Voters Feds Suspect Are NoncitizensA new court filing details the federal matching process behind a disputed list of California voters.

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