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Cutting the number of federal employees wasn't the disaster that many critics fretted about, but that wasn't the metric for success.

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Secret DOJ answer on Trump’s torn-up records finally comes out: reportThe Justice Department twice declined to open a criminal investigation into allegations that Donald Trump destroyed presidential records, according to emails Bloomberg obtained . The emails, released through Leopold’s long-running Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, show that in February 2022, weeks after Archives officials recovered 15 boxes from…

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Frantic White House Scramble to Undo Pentagon Pete Disaster RevealedA mix of “universal revulsion” within the White House and incessant calls from panicked lawmakers forced the president to act.

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Mayor Parker’s administration told Congress it doesn’t endorse Krasner and Bilal’s anti-ICE statementsIn its report, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee portrayed Philadelphia as obstructive to ICE, saying that officials ignored 162 detainer requests between January 2024 and June 2026.

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LDS leader Dallin Oaks, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox address global interfaith forum“Faith-informed perspectives have a meaningful place in global policymaking,” LDS Church President Dallin Oaks says in opening remarks at the G20 Interfaith Forum.

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U.S. embargo, sanctions on Cuba impacting power, access to medicineSecretary of State Marco Rubio says the campaign is engineered to make the government feel like there are no escape valves, which is how people in Cuba describe feeling.

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Enforcement ‘surge’ from DOJ, IRS uncovers $490M in suspected tax fraudJustice and IRS officials said this won’t be the last tax fraud enforcement surge of its kind. But it's not yet clear how much money they'll claw back from suspected fraudsters.

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Trump Admin Puts Migrant Kids on 'Deportation Assembly Line,' Attorneys SayA DOJ official said that all cases were decided in accordance with applicable law.

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Capehart and Continetti on the White House press secretary's quick exitJonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist Matthew Continetti join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, the White House press secretary's exit after five days on the job, President Trump's renewed feud with Ukraine's president and new reporting on who is paying for the White House ballroom project.

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ICE pursuit takes bizarre turn as agency’s explanation faces 'jaw-dropping' challengeAn immigration enforcement operation that left a Houston man seriously injured has taken a stunning turn after a family recognized the photograph of the person federal agents claimed they were pursuing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents were attempting to arrest Jose Mendoza Cervantes on Oct. 10 when Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, fled from a…

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Judge rips Trump DOJ lawyer to his face over ‘sad’ push for White House records: NYTA federal appeals panel appeared deeply doubtful Friday of the Justice Department’s argument that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional, with one judge calling the government’s position “sad,” The New York Times reported on Friday. The 1978 law, a post-Watergate measure, treats White House records as government property that must be saved and…

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