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Kash Patel dragged into court as his 'beer-chugging' comes back to haunt him

FBI Director Kash Patel’s beer-chugging celebration with Olympic hockey players is resurfacing in a new lawsuit accusing him of firing employees to salvage his standing with President Donald Trump. Nine former FBI employees sued Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche and their agencies Thursday, alleging unconstitutional retaliation for their assigned work…

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Trump’s Move to Rename Artificial Intelligence to ‘Super Intelligence’ is About Much More Than It SeemsThis article is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. President Trump has in recent days doubled down...

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Judge tosses Brennan suit demanding preservation of records in 'grand conspiracy' probeA federal judge on Thursday agreed to toss a lawsuit from former CIA Director John Brennan, arguing he did not yet have standing to sue over an investigation targeting him for his role in reviewing the 2016 election. Brennan brought the suit in July, seeking to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to preserve records...

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Trump narrowly avoids judge's wrath in 'certainly troubling' case against ex-CIA bossPresident Donald Trump appears to have narrowly avoided a judge's wrath in a lawsuit that he filed against a former CIA boss who investigated the president's ties to Russia. Former CIA Director John Brennan sued Trump and several high-ranking administration officials in July, arguing that the administration has vindictively prosecuted him for allegedly…

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9 fired FBI employees who worked on Trump documents case sueNine former FBI employees sued the bureau, saying they were unlawfully terminated for working on the investigation into President Trump's classified documents case.

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Fired FBI agents on Trump classified documents case sue DOJAccording to the agents, FBI Director Kash Patel invoked Article II of the Constitution to terminate them without cause, simply claiming they had exercised poor judgment leading to the weaponization of government.

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Treasuries Soar as Tech Slump Threatens GrowthTreasuries led a global bond rally as a selloff in artificial-intelligence shares deepened, spurring demand for havens from a growth slowdown. A measure of CoreWeave’s credit risk climbed to an all-time high Thursday as its high-yield bonds extended declines. We get reaction from Bloomberg Tech host Ed Ludlow. Steve Kaplan of JPMorgan Asset Management…

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Ukrainian officials blame Pentagon for withholding life-saving intel from KyivThe U.S. appears to have stopped sharing some forms of key intelligence with Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.

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Rep. Amo Says Trump Should Enforce Russia SanctionsRep. Gabe Amo (D-RI), Vice Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, says the Trump administration should act against Russia and argues it has repeatedly failed to clearly stand with Ukraine. Rep. Amo says Congress needs to determine whether changes to Starshield capabilities or intelligence sharing impeded Ukraine's defense and says lawmakers should…

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Conley Says Putin Is Testing NATO UnityHeather Conley, senior fellow at AEI, a senior advisor at Evenflow Macro LLC and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, says Russian President Vladimir Putin sees an opportunity to intensify pressure on Ukraine as questions grow over US intelligence sharing, Starshield access and Washington's commitment…

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