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Criminal charges against John Bolton expected as early as next week

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MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: Criminal charges against Bolton expected as early as next week.

Federal prosecutors could charge Trump’s former national security adviser as early as next week, sources told MSNBC exclusively.

Criminal charges against John Bolton expected as early as next week

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A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters without authorization.
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Federal prosecutors could charge Trump’s former national security adviser as early as next week, sources told MSNBC exclusively.

Trump's war on 'antifa' is both buffoonish and sinister

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MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case.

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BREAKING: A munitions plant explosion in Tennessee kills an unknown number of people and leaves multiple missing.

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BREAKING: Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought says reductions of federal workers have begun

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OPINION by @paulwaldman.bsky.social:

“Because this imagined antifa is a phantom, the term becomes infinitely flexible.”

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As easy as it is to mock the president and his staff, they are attempting something quite serious.

María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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New York AG Letitia James indicted on bank fraud charges. @carolleonnig.bsky.social breaks it down.

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BREAKING: Israeli military confirms ceasefire in effect. David Noriega has the latest.

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BREAKING: María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan politician, has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the award’s committee announced Friday.
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At a time when authoritarians are on the rise, the Venezuelan opposition leader 'embodies the hope of a different future,' the prize committee wrote.

Grand jury indicts New York Attorney General Letitia James

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New York Attorney General Letitia James' first court appearance is set for October 24. @nicollewallace.bsky.social reports.

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BREAKING: NY AG Letitia James responds to indictment

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MSNBC exclusively reported that U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan had presented evidence to bring criminal charges against James, and that the grand jury’s decision was imminent.

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Newly installed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Thursday presented evidence to grand jurors to charge the New York attorney general with mortgage fraud.

LIVE: Trump holds a bilateral meeting with the president of Finland

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BREAKING: A Virginia grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on at least one count of bank fraud following intense pressure from Trump to bring the case, according to three people familiar with the matter.

@carolleonnig.bsky.social reports.

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MSNBC EXCLUSIVE BREAKING: U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Thursday presented evidence to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to two people familiar with the proceedings.

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WATCH LIVE: Trump holds a bilateral meeting with the president of Finland
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LIVE: Trump holds Cabinet meeting amid Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and gov't shutdown

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“They should be released on Monday or Tuesday.”

BREAKING: President Trump comments on Israeli hostages as Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace deal.

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Watch live: Trump holds Cabinet meeting amid Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and gov't shutdown

‘No backsies’: The REAL reason Mike Johnson won’t swear in new Dem rep

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‘No backsies’: The REAL reason Mike Johnson won’t swear in new Dem rep

@chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote.

Yikes! Trump may have DOOMED Comey case with 'vindictive' confession on Truth Social

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Trump may have DOOMED Comey case with 'vindictive' confession on Truth Social

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to charges of lying to Congress in 2020. @arimelber.bsky.social reports and is joined by former FBI general Counsel @weissmann.substack.com.

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part loud

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OPINION by MSNBC Political Contributor Steve Benen:

“None of this made any sense. At least in this country, the president doesn’t have the power to make legal speech illegal, and he can’t decide on his own what kind of sentences will be imposed on Americans.”

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A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.

Lawrence: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side

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OPINION:

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com explains during James Comey’s arraignment, the judge knew he was “watching a legal Trump clown show” while the “humiliated inexperienced lawyer” Lindsey Halligan sat by silently.

Opinion | Trump's White House is struggling to pretend it hates the shutdown

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OPINION by @hayesbrown.bsky.social:

“The White House's strongest efforts to end the shutdown clash heavily with the long-standing goals of the MAGA agenda.”

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Any threats the administration can muster to force Democrats to back down wind up sounding like long-standing MAGA goals.