Sep 03 Survivors of Maine mass shooting and victims’ relatives sue US government alleging negligence By Patrick Whittle, Holly Ramer, Associated Press Shooting survivors allege the U.S. Army could have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out the attack that killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in October 2023. Continue reading
Sep 03 Missouri lawmakers join Trump’s redistricting effort in GOP push to win more U.S. House seats By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Missouri is the third state to pursue the unusual task of mid-decade redistricting for partisan advantage. Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: Epstein survivors stand with Reps. Massie and Khanna to push for Epstein Files Transparency Act By Associated Press Democrats lined up in the House chamber Tuesday evening to sign a petition from Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, to force a vote. Continue reading
Sep 03 Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday agreed with immigrant rights groups that Trump improperly invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua in March. Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: Reform UK Party leader Farage testifies on censorship before House Judiciary Committee By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The supposed threat to free speech in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe has been taken up by allies of President Donald Trump including Vice President JD Vance, who claimed in February that “basic liberties” in Britain are under threat. Continue reading
Sep 03 WATCH: Trump meets with Poland’s Nawrocki to discuss U.S. military presence to deter Russia By Aamer Madhani, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump affirmed that the United States will keep a robust military presence in Poland as he had a warm meeting Wednesday with the country's new president, Karol Nawrocki. Continue reading
Sep 02 Many of the Epstein case files that were just released by a House committee were already public By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 4:50 What’s in the batch of Epstein files just released by a House committee By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Jonah Anderson Congress is back in Washington and the clock is already ticking. Lawmakers have less than one month to avoid a government shutdown. Also on the table is a fierce fight over billions in spending cuts and the release of thousands… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 4:53 Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn The Trump administration will temporarily assign military lawyers to act as judges in immigration cases. Geoff Bennett discussed questions surrounding the move with James McPherson. He was the undersecretary of the Army during the first Trump administration, and also had… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 7:01 How Jeanine Pirro became a central figure in Trump’s D.C. takeover By William Brangham, Doug Adams In President Trump’s continued push for greater control over Washington, D.C., he’s relying more on his close friend and former Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro. She’s the new U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and as William Brangham reports,… Continue watching