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Trump signs memo ordering the enforcement of the death penalty in D.C.

D.C. Trump signs memo ordering the enforcement of the death penalty in D.C. The president Thursday directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro to use federal law to pursue capital punishment cases in the city. September 25, 2025 at 11:22 p.m. EDT Yesterday at 11:22 p.m. EDT 3 min President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By Michael Laris and Jenny Gathright President Donald Trump instructed top prosecutor ...

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Swalwell says 'I fully expect' to be prosecuted over criticism of Trump administration

09/25/25 7:07 PM ET Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a vocal critic of President Trump, said Thursday he “fully” expects to be prosecuted by the Trump administration over his criticism but said he refuses to shy away from exercising his right to free speech. “I’m ready for it. I fully expect it,” Swalwell said on “CNN News Central,” when asked if he’s concerned that “down the road you may be prosecuted for your criticisms of this White House.” Swalwell noted that FBI Director Kash Patel previ ...

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Epstein estate turns over new documents

09/25/2025 08:23 PM EDT The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received new materials from the estate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The delivery of documents comes in response to a recent letter from congressional investigators to the estate, requesting cash ledgers, message logs, calendars and flight logs in the estate’s possession. “[T]he Epstein estate has produced unredacted calendars, call logs, and cash ledgers to the Oversight Committee,” said an Oversight ...

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Soros' foundation says reported Justice Department push for probe is politically motivated

Thu, September 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) -George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations on Thursday slammed a reported push by the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the philanthropic organization for supporting terrorism and other crimes as "politically motivated attacks" to silence President Donald Trump's adversaries. The New York Times reported earlier on Thursday that a senior Justice Department official had instructed several U.S. attorneys' offices to dr ...

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'Lying buffoon': Ilhan Omar hits back after Trump claims he tried to send her to Somalia

September 25, 2025 6:44PM ET Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) clapped back at President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president said in the Oval Office that he asked the president of Somalia to take her back. Trump made the claim in the Oval Office after he signed an executive order approving a deal to make the popular social media app TikTok an American-owned company. "I suggested maybe he'd like to take her back," Trump said of his conversation with Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh ...

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Former FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemies

September 25, 2025, 7:06 PM Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, just days after President Donald Trump issued a public demand for his Justice Department to act "now" to bring prosecutions against Comey and other political foes. The charges follow Trump's ousting of the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, who accord ...

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Justice Department sues 6 states for failing to turn over voter registration rolls

Updated on: September 25, 2025 / 2:51 PM EDT Washington — The Justice Department on Thursday sued six states for what it said was their refusal to turn over statewide voter registration lists sought by the attorney general. The suits were filed against the top election officials in California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and allege the moves not to provide the voter registration rolls violate federal law. "Clean voter rolls are the foundation of free an ...

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'That's F**king Crazy': Trump Torched In New Ad Aimed At The 'Manosphere'

Sep 25, 2025, 12:54 PM EDT A new ad from a conservative-led group is taking the fight against President Donald Trump to a corner of the internet often credited with helping secure his 2024 election win, the so-called online “manosphere.” The 57-second spot from the nonprofit Home of the Brave strings together clips of podcast heavyweights Joe Rogan, Akaash Singh and Tim Dillon slamming the president’s recent attacks on free speech amid the Jimmy Kimmel suspension controversy. Podcast giant R ...

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Lawmakers seek answers from major US firms over H-1B visa use amid layoffs

September 25, 2025 12:37 PM EDT Updated 4 hours ago WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers asked major U.S. companies including Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, Amazon (AMZN.O) and JPMorgan (JPM.N) on Thursday to explain why they are hiring thousands of foreign workers on H-1B visas while cutting other jobs. The letter comes after the Trump administration announced last week that it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas, which allow businesses to employ foreign wor ...

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Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Have Become Virtually Untraceable

(Political Wire) Across federal agencies, the Trump administration’s aggressive slash-and-burn approach to federal programs, grants and contracts has repeatedly challenged Congress’ power of the purse. The administration has claimed it has the discretion to redirect funds to programs aligned with Trump’s agenda — and Republican congressional leaders have largely let them do it. The outcome: Billions in taxpayer dollars have become virtually untraceable — a level of opaqueness in government funds that’s raising questions around the legality of the administration’s actions.

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Trump told Zelensky he was open to providing new long-range weapons in potentially huge policy change, report says

7 min ago - Friday 26 September 2025 16:39 EDT President Donald Trump reportedly told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he was open to lifting certain restrictions on the use of certain U.S.-made weapons, signaling a potentially huge change in policy. ... (The Independent)

U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say

16 min ago - WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials are drawing up options to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela, and strikes within that country’s borders could potentially begin in a matter of weeks, four sources told NBC News. Those sources are t ... (NBC News)

Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship

35 min ago - Updated Sep 26, 2025, 6:15 PM ET PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2025, 6:11 PM ET The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pus ... (CNN Politics)

LA car wash owner sues for $50m after being slammed and detained in Ice raid

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Netanyahu vows to 'finish job' in Gaza during UN speech as delegates walk out

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Trump's newly appointed U.S. attorney presented Comey case to grand jury on her own, source says

1 hr ago - Sept. 26, 2025, 3:21 PM EDT Newly appointed acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan presented the case to secure the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on her own, according to a source familiar with the grand jury proceedings in Alexandria, ... (NBC News)

Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention

1 hr ago - Immigrants with no criminal record are now the largest group in US immigration detention, according to data released by the government. The number of people with no criminal history arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and detained b ... (The Guardian)

Ice detains superintendent of Iowa's largest school district

1 hr ago - US Immigration Customs Enforcement (Ice) have detained the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS), was detained on Friday morning, according to the district’s bo ... (The Guardian)

DOGE put Social Security numbers on cloud server at risk of hacking: Senate Democrat

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Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95

1 hr ago - By TRAVIS LOLLER Updated 2:12 PM PDT, September 26, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sara Jane Moore, who was imprisoned for more than 30 years after she made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, has died. She was 95. M ... (Associated Press)

RFK Jr. 'rejects' a U.N. declaration on non-communicable diseases

1 hr ago - September 26, 2025 1:03 PM ET Alison Cox was in the room on Thursday when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the mic — and proceeded to throw a monkeywrench into the path of a highly-anticipated United Nations po ... (NPR)

Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress

2 hrs ago - The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid payments, handing the White House a significant victory in its months-long quest to claw back spending that was approved by Congress last year. At issue is ... (CNN)

Trump Golf Course Displays Gold Presidential Seal--Here's Why That Could Violate Federal Law

2 hrs ago - Trump Golf Course Displays Gold Presidential Seal—Here’s Why That Could Violate Federal Law By Zach Everson, Forbes Staff. Zach Everson is a staff writer at Forbes covering money in politics. Sep 26, 2025 at 11:03am EDT TOPLINE The presiden ... (Forbes)

Nexstar and Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel's show back on local TV stations, ending boycotts

2 hrs ago - By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Updated 2:04 PM PDT, September 26, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) -- Nexstar Media Group joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in bringing Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show back to its local TV stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong ... (Associated Press)

ByteDance expected to maintain big role in new US TikTok, sources say

2 hrs ago - September 26, 2025 1:48 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago Sept 26 (Reuters) - TikTok's China-based owner ByteDance will maintain ownership of TikTok's U.S. business operations and will cede control of the app’s data, content and algorithm to the newly ... (Reuters)

Exclusive: Trump mulls tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips, sources say

2 hrs ago - The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each device, according to three people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to drive companies to shift their manufacturing to the ... (Reuters)

Atlanta airport forfeits $37M in FAA grants over DEI rules

2 hrs ago - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has reportedly forfeited more than $37 million in federal grant funding this summer after refusing to accept new terms tied to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, according to The Atlanta J ... (Fox 5 Atlanta)

Tulsi Gabbard blames staff after ditching years-long reporting on 'future threats'

3 hrs ago - September 26, 2025 1:37PM ET United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is revising a long-standing report aimed at gathering estimates of future threats to the United States. The reason, she said, is that those responsible for it ... (Raw Story)

New Epstein Docs Include Scheduled 'Trip' By Elon Musk To Island, Meetings with Steve Bannon and Others

3 hrs ago - Sep 26th, 2025, 12:46 pm Democrats released new documents from the estate of child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, and they include evidence the billionaire was set to meet with Elon Musk and others. “It should be clear to every America ... (MEDIAite)

New details emerge on Hegseth's unusual mass gathering of top brass

4 hrs ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos,” multiple people familiar with the event told The Wash ... (Washington Post)