Sep 16 WATCH: Patel declines to offer legal justification for Trump administration strikes on Venezuelan boats By Associated Press Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is a close ally of Trump, asked FBI Director Kash Patel Tuesday what legal justification the administration is using for military strikes on Venezuelan boats that the president has said are carrying… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Noem, Bondi discuss plans for ICE detention facility in notorious Louisiana prison By Sara Cline, Associated Press Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Bondi heralds former Sinaloa cartel leader’s guilty plea as ‘landmark victory’ By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges and saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and… Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks out before being detained by ICE in Baltimore By Brian Witte, Ben Finley, Associated Press "This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we… Continue reading
Aug 22 Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Since taking office in February, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against 19 people, including nine defendants in cases in which the Biden administration had sought lesser sentences. But judges have blocked those reversal attempts for… Continue reading
Aug 15 Trump administration partially retreats, agrees to leave DC police chief in charge By Lindsay Whitehurst, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Bondi's new order Friday came after officials in the nation's capital sued to block President Donald Trump's takeover of the Washington police. Continue reading
Aug 15 Bondi names DEA head as D.C.’s ’emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back By Ashraf Khalil, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press It was not immediately clear where the move left Pamela Smith, the city's current police chief, who works for the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. Continue reading
Aug 15 New lawsuit challenges Trump’s federal takeover of DC police department as crackdown intensifies By Lindsay Whitehurst, Ashraf Khalil, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law. Continue reading
Aug 14 Bondi fires DOJ employee facing felony charge over throwing sandwich at federal agent By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: White House suggests DC police takeover may last longer than 30 days By Associated Press During a news briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the administration would “reevaluate and reassess and make further decisions” after the 30-day period is over. Continue reading