House Republicans coming to former President Trump's defense in the Mar-a-Lago documents care are turning their attention to the possibility of using congressional funding and oversight authority against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called to defund special counsel Jack Smith and his office — which is handling the Trump documents case — through the appropriations process. |
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Former President Trump and his allies have been throwing up defenses over the Mar-a-Lago documents since an indictment leveling 37 criminal charges against him was unsealed June 9. Trump is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, several offenses related to concealment, and 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. He pled not guilty to all charges at his Tuesday arraignment in Miami. |
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The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be shared with his legal team during his prosecution for the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago, noting that some are still being used in the course of their investigation. The documents "include information pertaining to ongoing investigations" which could be used to further cases against uncharged individuals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) wrote. |
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The Justice Department (DOJ) has responded to demands from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for information on the documents investigation into former President Trump. Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte sent letters — obtained by The Hill — to Jordan on Friday in response to requests he made for information about the August FBI search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago property for classified and sensitive documents taken there after his presidency ended and the staffing and scope of the probes that Special Counsel Jack Smith is leading. |
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Attorney Jim Trusty withdrew from representing former President Trump in his defamation suit against CNN, days after Trusty stopped representing Trump in his criminal classified documents case. In court documents filed Friday, Trusty cited "irreconcilable differences" between him and the former president, who is seeking $475 million in punitive damages from the cable network over accusations it engaged in a smear campaign to defeat Trump politically. |
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President Biden faces the uphill battle of convincing voters that the U.S. economy is not only strong but slowly improving as Republicans aggressively reject the idea. The White House has spent the last year digging itself out of a host of economic setbacks— from sky high interest rates that have kept people from buying homes and cars to gas prices that hit historic highs— that has left many voters feeling worse off financially. |
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Republicans are warning the Biden administration against pursuing any agreement with Iran that would provide sanctions relief without approval from Congress, amid signs of progress in negotiations to contain Iran's nuclear weapons program. While President Biden's top aides are keeping quiet on any progress with Tehran, reports that U.S. and Iranian officials are looking to carry out deescalating actions as part of an informal agreement are infuriating GOP members. |
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Republicans are taking advantage of a perceived opening on student loans, proposing legislation to tackle the issue in both the House and Senate this week ahead of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision on the legality of President Biden's relief plan. Experts are skeptical the conservative-majority justices will uphold Biden's forgiveness proposal, but his administration has been mum on alternative plans. |
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Parts of the U.S. are likely to see a resurgence of the wildfire smoke that blanketed the East Coast last week, with New York projected to see further haze Friday and parts of the upper Midwest already having major issues with air quality. New York is not expected to see a full resurgence of the sepia-toned cloud of smoke that rendered it barely visible last week; the National Weather Service says the smoke is likely to remain far above the ground. Meteorologists say a smoky smell may be noticeable as well. |
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OPINION | Investors are asking where interest rates are headed in the wake of the Federal Reserve's decision to leave rates unchanged at this week's FOMC meeting. It marks the first "skip" after 10 consecutive rate hikes since March of 2022. This outcome was widely anticipated by investors, considering the uncertainty about the economic outlook in the wake of previous rate hikes and problems with regional banks. However, the latest forecasts of Fed officials indicate that most believe rates will need to be raised by 50 basis points, and the median expectation is the terminal rate will be about 5.6 percent. |
BY MONICA SCHOCH-SPANA AND SANJANA RAVI |
OPINION | Unlike pandemics, catastrophic hurricanes, earthquakes and other environmental disasters leave obvious traces of devastation: flattened neighborhoods, power outages and collapsed highways. Recovering from a natural disaster is also readily discernible. Debris is removed. Electricity is restored. Infrastructure and home repairs proceed. Equally complex and painful, recovery from a calamitous epidemic happens mostly out of sight. What epidemics and disasters do share are invisible wounds that neither hammer and nail, nor vaccines and antivirals, can close. |
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More than three years after the murder of George Floyd focused the nation's attention on racism in law enforcement, Minneapolis's Third Precinct police station, which was set ablaze and looted during the tumultuous days after Mr. Floyd's death, remains abandoned. |
BY JENNIFER HABERKORN AND ADAM CANCRYN |
With the threat of economic calamity hovering over the nation last month, President Joe Biden offered an olive branch to liberals demanding he take swift executive action. After the current fight was over, he said, it was his "hope and intention" to push for permanently getting rid of the nation's debt ceiling. |
Anticipation in Beijing about Secretary of State Antony Blinken's imminent arrival has been, at best, lackluster. |
Wall Street has been salivating over imagined riches in China for a long time. Now it finally has its chance—but things aren't exactly going to plan. |
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