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DOJ reverses course on nixing Halligan’s name from cases as lawyers grow 'tired of losing' (AlterNet)
Despite a judge's ruling Monday that Lindsey Halliganwas unlawfully appointed to her post as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, pros...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Christian singers caught in Trump's deportation net falsely branded 'worst of worst' (AlterNet)
On the night of Oct. 8, a man named Delmar Gomez drove to pick up his younger brother from a mechanic’s shop on Lamar Avenue. He never came home. On the retu...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Supreme Court Bombshell. DOJ Move Could Destroy Gun Laws in 5 States (Baller Alert)
The DOJ Supreme Court Hawaii gun lawfiling has sparked national attention. The Department of Justice argues that Hawaii’s strict rules on carrying firearms i...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Um … Is Donald Trump Seriously Going to Start a War with Venezuela? (The New Republic)
President Trump is constantly ignoring democratic norms and the rule of law here at home, from sending the National Guard to U.S cities to having prosecutors...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues a second state agency over rules he says discriminate on religious grounds (The Texas Tribune)
Attorney General Ken Paxtonis suing the Texas Department of Housing and Community Development, his second lawsuit in as many weeks that targets a state agenc...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Trump Enemy Rips Pentagon Pete's ‘Almost Comical' Court Martial Threat (The Daily Beast)
A senator Donald Trump claims should be hanged has blasted a bizarre new plot by the defense secretaryto have him returned to active duty so that he can be c...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Explosive Testimony Exposes How Far Border Patrol Chief Will Go to Lie (The New Republic)
Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino made several wild attempts to dodge questions while testifying about his excessive use of force against protesters...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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'Venezuela, for the American Oil Companies, Will Be a Field Day,' Says US Lawmaker Pushing Invasion (Common Dreams)
"Going to war for oil, the sequel." That's how one film and television producer respondedto a Monday clip of US Rep. María Salazar (R-Fla.) discussing Presid...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly (The New Republic)
This weekend, President Trump raged over a video from Democrats that warned against carrying out “illegal orders.” That led him to get his defense secretary ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Soros Warns Trump’s Comey, Letitia James Prosecutions Will Continue, “Simple Political Retribution” (2paragraphs)
Open Society Chair Alex Soros, son of billionaire philanthropist — and MAGA bogeyman — George Soros, called out the DOJ indictments of former FBI Director Ja...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Damning Leaked Figures Show ICE Barbie Is Failing to Arrest the ‘Worst of the Worst' (The Daily Beast)
Leaked Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show that nearly three-quarters of detainees have no criminal conviction, underminin...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Missing high school football coach wanted for child sexual abuse material: Police (ABC News)
A high school football coach who went missing last week is wanted for possession of child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor, auth...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Trump’s 'unusual government intervention' is putting American taxpayers 'at risk': experts (AlterNet)
The Trump administration is trading over $10 billion dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies in what Ana Swanson in The New York Times ca...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Laura Loomer Drops So Many Whoppers in New Interview That Magazine Issues a Disclaimer Warning Readers (Mediaite)
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP ImagesA Florida political magazine scored an interview with Laura Loomer, and prefaced it with a disclaimer warning readers ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Trump Suffers Humiliating Third Legal Loss in as Many Hours (The New Republic)
Donald Trump is on a legal losing streak. The president’s defamation lawsuit against The Guardian fell apart Monday when a Florida judge granted motions to d...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Republicans may regret Trump's NC immigration crackdown in 2026 | Opinion (The Charlotte Observer)
Charlotte and Raleigh may be blue cities, but North Carolina is not a blue state. So it seems like a dubious decision on the part of President Donald Trump's...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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House Democrats Sound Alarm About Number Of Deaths In ICE Detention (HuffPost)
Dozens of House Democrats are pressing the Department of Homeland Security about deaths that have occurred in immigrant detention as the number of fatalities...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Lindsey Halligan is disqualified — but there are major questions about what comes next flip.it/yIAaLb
Lindsey Halligan is disqualified — but there are major questions about what comes next
Here’s a look at the most pertinent questions following the dismissal of the cases against James Comey and Letitia James — and what might come next.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Texas Senate race heats up as Republicans brace for a runoff

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'Only begun to fight': Texas Senate race heats up as Republicans brace for a runoff
GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt is officially filing to run for the Senate on Tuesday, ending speculation that he might drop out and increasing the odds of a primary runoff.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Kristi Noem-tied firm threatened with probe of $220M in secret government contracts (AlterNet)
In recent days, five U.S. senators and two representatives requested documents from the Department of Homeland Security and a formal investigation into how a...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Four more suspects arrested in brazen Louvre heist, officials say (USA Today)
Four more suspects have been arrested in connection with the brazen daytime heist of Paris’ Louvre Museum, French prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Nov. 25. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Republican Senator Agrees To Pay $5.1 Million in Back Taxes After DOJ Sues (Mediaite)
AP Photo/Chris JacksonSen. Jim Justice (R-WV) and his wife agreed to pay the tax liabilities they owe dating back to 2009, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Senate Democrats seek Bondi legal opinion on Qatari jet (The Hill)
Senate Democrats said they were forced to file a public records request after the Trump administration rebuffed their questions about the White House’s accep...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Supreme Court blamed for 'ethically vacant' Trump's likely escape from criminal prosecution (AlterNet)
Although he says President Donald Trump is "well on his way to becoming the most corrupt president in American history, Thomas B. Edsall writes in the New Yo...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM