Author: David Zimmermann
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Fired DOJ employees tied to Jan. 6 cases sue Trump administration
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Three lawyers recently fired by the Department of Justice after working on Jan. 6 cases sued the Trump administration on Thursday over their “unlawful and unconstitutional” terminations. The lawsuit, filed in a District of Columbia federal court, alleges the employees were wrongfully fired because Attorney General Pam Bondi did not give specific reasons for their…
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Arizona woman sentenced to eight years in prison for remote worker scheme that benefited North Korea
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An Arizona woman has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison for participating in a fraud scheme that helped give remote jobs to North Korean information technology specialists at over 300 companies in the United States, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The alleged scheme generated more than $17 million in revenue for the…
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DNC to target online right-wing audiences with new Epstein ad
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The Democratic National Committee, starting Friday, is launching a new digital ad campaign targeting online right-wing audiences with the demand that Congress release the Epstein files. Two ads will run before videos on right-wing YouTube and Meta accounts such as those belonging to Fox News and conservative commentators, Axios first reported. The ads will run…
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Cruz equates day of Obama Russia NSC meeting with Pearl Harbor: ‘Will live in infamy’
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) compared the December 2016 date of former President Barack Obama’s meeting with National Security Council officials to Pearl Harbor, saying that day “will live in infamy” because of the Democratic administration’s alleged subversion of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory over Russian election interference. “FDR famously said Dec. 7 is a…
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Court annuls $5 million Mike Lindell payment in election data case
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday unanimously decided to nullify Mike Lindell‘s $5 million payment to a software developer who sought to disprove the MyPillow CEO’s claims of foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election. A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled that an arbitration panel exceeded…
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Tesla quarterly revenue down 12% after Musk breakup with Trump
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Tesla reported a 12% drop in revenue for the year’s second quarter on Wednesday evening after CEO Elon Musk publicly feuded with President Donald Trump. The latest earnings report shows Musk’s electric vehicle company made $22.5 billion in total revenue for the quarter, representing Tesla’s sharpest revenue decline in at least a decade. Its net…
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WATCH LIVE: Trump hosts Philippine president at White House
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President Donald Trump is meeting with Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the president of the Philippines, Tuesday morning at the White House to discuss tariffs ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline. “The Aug. 1 deadline is just the, really the start date for when the United States of America will begin collecting this revenue from all of…
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State Department pulls UNESCO membership
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The State Department announced on Tuesday that the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, citing the international body’s anti-Israel bias in its recognition of Palestinian statehood. UNESCO membership “is not in the national interest” of the Trump administration, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement. “UNESCO…
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Judge extends pause on Trump’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood
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A federal judge in Massachusetts on Monday granted Planned Parenthood’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts the Trump administration from defunding the nation’s largest abortion provider through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found that the law passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump violates Planned…
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Here’s where possible 2028 presidential contenders are going as they visit early primary states
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Several possible 2028 presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle are visiting early primary states, signaling their eventual intent to run for the White House. While the next presidential election is more than three years out, both Republicans and Democrats have made high-profile visits to states such as South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire…