Author: Ashley Oliver

President Donald Trump is leaning into the recent shake-ups at the Department of Justice by making a rare appearance at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi to deliver a speech late Friday afternoon. A month into Bondi’s tenure, Trump’s visit signals he is firmly united with the attorney general, a vocal…

An appeals court decided the Trump administration could fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, granting a small victory to President Donald Trump as he takes aggressive measures to bring independent agencies in the executive branch under his purview. The order by the three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

House Republicans who investigated former President Joe Biden invited two IRS criminal investigators who were pivotal to their inquiry to attend President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joseph Ziegler thanked Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the invitation and for…

James Dennehy, who leads the FBI New York Field Office, revealed to his staff on Monday that he was forced to step down, a move that comes after he resisted directives from President Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice. Dennehy wrote in a message to his staff, which was reviewed by the Washington Examiner, that he was…

A court called into question on Tuesday a $1.7 trillion federal omnibus bill passed in 2022 after more than half of the House’s members voted remotely on the bill in accordance with then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) proxy voting rules. A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, comprising two Obama appointees and…

Ed Martin came barreling into the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., sending warning letters to Democratic lawmakers, terminating prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases, and deeming himself President Donald Trump’s lawyer. As interim head of the office, Martin is now aiming to assume the U.S. attorney role permanently. But the reactions to Martin’s…

A judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive information housed in the Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s spending advisory unit. Judge Deborah Boardman said the extraordinary measure to grant a restraining order against DOGE was necessary after a…

President Donald Trump took another step in his mission to assert control over the executive branch by signing an order that curbs the ability of independent agencies to operate outside the bounds of the president’s agenda, a move that could upend decades-old federal law. Independent agencies that have significant authority, such as the Federal Election…

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday in favor of moving Kash Patel‘s nomination to the Senate floor for a final vote, bringing President Donald Trump‘s choice to lead the FBI one step closer to confirmation. No committee Democrats supported Patel, a 44-year-old lawyer and MAGA firebrand who has vowed to end what he says are…

FBI employees and outside groups are raising alarm over recent job terminations at the bureau and the prospect of many more as personnel wait to find out how the Justice Department plans to address thousands in the FBI who worked on Jan. 6 cases. Nine anonymous FBI employees resorted to litigation on Tuesday, filing a class action…