DOJ Begs Judge to Ignore Hegseth as She Considers Making Him TestifyA federal judge is considering forcing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to testify in court about his anti-transgender statements for a lawsuit challenging the U.S. military’s ban on transgender people. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said in court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday that she might compel Hegseth to sit for a one-hour deposition and answer…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →SecurityJusticetransgender military ban lawsuit
Vivek Ramaswamy Features Sex Offender in Campaign AdIn September, Ohio GOP gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy posted (and quickly deleted) a video on social media featuring himself shaking hands with a registered sex offender. He again featured that same man in a television campaign ad a month later, according to reporting from The Bulwark . In 2006, Amherst, Ohio, resident Vernon Edwards pleaded…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentohio gubernatorial campaign
Kash Patel’s FBI Statistics Are All WrongKash Patel has been boosting the FBI’s crime stats for his own gain. Despite Patel’s claims, the bureau has not arrested 54,000 “violent criminals,” according to FBI insiders who spoke with MS NOW . Instead, the enormous federal head count—which Patel himself has claimed represents a 90 percent increase—was inflated by inclusions from local and state law…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →Justicefbi crime stats controversy
Family of Man Mauled by Tiger Begs Trump to Stop Mocking HimThe family of William Chapman is publicly pleading for people to stop circulating the video of him being mauled to death by a tiger—after President Trump himself posted it mockingly to Truth Social. “The family are utterly devastated by their loss and are struggling to come to terms with what has happened,” they said in a statement. “The publication and…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmenttrump social media post
As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst YetThere’s an unsurpassed ugliness in watching the full might of the federal government bear down on a young woman whose offense was bravely telling the nation the truth about the president. Even by the standards of this administration’s long campaign of reprisal, the pursuit of Cassidy Hutchinson may be its nastiest and most repulsive move yet. In June…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentjanuary 6 committee hearings
DOJ Demands California Purge Voter Rolls—or ElseThe Trump administration is giving California 48 hours to purge its voter rolls of people it thinks are noncitizens, or else. A letter first obtained by Reuters details the administration’s demand for “immediate action to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in the upcoming federal election.” The Department of Justice wants California to scroll through a…The New Republic3d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentvoter roll purge demand
