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Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON ― Jack Smith has no regrets about pushing criminal charges against President Donald Trump, the former special counsel will tell lawmakers on Thursday. "President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the very laws that he took an oath to uphold," Smith will say in his opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee, according to a copy of the remarks ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
The Supreme Court appeared likely to reject President Donald Trump's bid to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook during oral arguments on Wednesday, finally marking an outer limit of what the court's conservative members would stomach from Trump's authoritarian second term. There did not appear to be five votes among the justices to embrace Trump's radical assertion of executive power over the nation's central ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Majority of 213-strong House caucus expected to reject funding bill but party has no plans to enforce whip Congressional Democrats are expected to overwhelmingly reject a bill to fund ICE, the agency spearheading Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere. Party leaders told a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
News / Pixabay Joshua Villanueva is JURIST's Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School. The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday, centering on whether Hawaii may effectively "flip the default" on public carry by licensed gun owners on private property open to the public, or ...
Source: jurist.org
Thursday, Jan 22nd, 2026 -
Former special counsel Jack Smith has been itching to talk about his investigations into President Trump. He'll get that chance on Thursday on Capitol Hill, with one big caveat: A part of Smith's report that focused on the president's mishandling of classified materials remains under wraps. Smith's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee marks the first open testimony about his work. He presided over two ...
Source: npr.org
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
On Tuesday night, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer whom President Donald Trump tried to install as the chief federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, will no longer serve in that role. That may sound like old news, since it has been two months since U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie concluded that Halligan's appointment was illegal. But instead of slinking away ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Hannah Natanson said seizure of her devices has upended her work and potentially exposed personal information not connected to her reporting The Washington Post is demanding the immediate return of computers, phones and other devices seized by federal agents during a search of a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
U.S. forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to take control of the South American country's oil . U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta "without incident" and that the tanker was operating in defiance of President ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are trained to enter suspects' homes when possessing an administrative warrant, whistleblowers say. Two anonymous whistleblowers have provided evidence to U.S. senators that shows the Department of Homeland Security has altered its policy on administrative warrants to encourage officers to use them to gain access to suspects while they are inside their ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
This moment demands a press that cannot be bullied, bought, or silenced. It demands journalism backed by people who believe the truth is worth defending. Join HuffPost and support our mission of holding power to account. Already a member? WASHINGTON – The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to hold former President Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
Move follows withdrawal of Kurdish forces from al-Hawl, where 24,000 people are being held over alleged IS links Syrian government forces have taken control of al-Hawl detention camp, which houses tens of thousands of suspected Islamic State members, after Kurdish forces withdrew . Soldiers entered the heavily fortified camp on Wednesday, part of a handover from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! In an interview with Fox News, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said officers had identified more than 1,000 targets in ...
Source: pressherald.com
Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 -
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional seat in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw the district because its current composition unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents. Republicans are expected to appeal the decision, as a new front opens in a national gerrymandering battle that has both ...
Source: pbs.org
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Questions about data governance and privacy safeguards at the U.S. Social Security Administration have resurfaced following new court filings that allege employees tied to the Department of Government Efficiency accessed sensitive agency systems. Accusations that DOGE employees may have illegally accessed or copied SSA data first emerged in August when a senior official filed a whistleblower complaint. DOGE was ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
NEW YORK and his wife, , are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post Tuesday. The couple said they were excited to share the news of their fourth child, who will join their other three young kids: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel. Vance, 41, and his wife, 40, said in the post that both mother and baby were doing well. "During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Attorney General Keith Ellison among at least five officials ordered to testify before federal grand jury The Department of Justice has issued criminal grand jury subpoenas to at least five top Democratic officials in Minnesota who are accused of ...
Source: independent.co.uk