Federal Agencies
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Eight days of fury: Paper trail exposes FBI bid to probe Trump as Russian asset for firing Comey
When is lawfare disguised as justice? Newly declassified documents show the FBI opened a full investigtion over a sitting president after a firing that the Justice Department had itself recommended on non-Russia grounds. The question of what evidence should be required to be made clear before the Bureau investigates the president isn't a settled matter of history but an unresolved one about the standards still in place today.
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Senate committee advances Blanche's bid to become permanent attorney general, setting up final vote
A Senate committee on Tuesday advanced Todd Blanche's bid to become permanent AG, setting up a final vote.
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Trump blasts Pirro's handling of Reflecting Pool controversy: 'Really disappointed'
Pirro's office moved last week to drop charges against a former Olympian they accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool outside the Lincoln Memorial, claiming new information has since indicated that damage to the pool was the result of a rushed job.
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Rubio calls pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai's 20-year prison sentence in China 'unjust and tragic'
"The United States urges the authorities to grant Mr. Lai humanitarian parole," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
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FBI concludes Epstein did not run sex-trafficking ring for powerful people: report
In Jeffrey Epstein's bank records, investigators found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models, but did not find evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, according to prosecutors
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F-22s removed from Super Bowl flyover, official says
The revised flyover lineup will include Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighters, joined by Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning II jets.
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DHS dismisses senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive information: report
The official was not publicly identified
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Trump signs proclamation to 'unleash commercial fishing in the Atlantic,' ending Obama-era rules
The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.
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Justice Department says Congress can view unredacted Epstein files next week: Report
The review process will need to take place in person and is only open to members of Congress for the time being. The files will need to remain at the DOJ and can only be viewed on computers at the DOJ offices.
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State Department tells Americans to 'leave Iran now'
"Have a plan for departing Iran that does not rely on U.S. government help," the virtual U.S. embassy to Iran said
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Terrorist in 2012 Benghazi attack captured by FBI, brought to US to face charges
"After more than a decade of American pursuit, Al-Bakoush landed in Virginia earlier this morning and is in custody," FBI Director Kash Patel said
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Trump administration cuts $1.5 billion in health, transportation funding for 4 blue states
The cuts are targeting “states fraught with waste and mismanagement,” an OMB spokesperson said
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US military strikes alleged drug-smuggling boat in Eastern Pacific, killing two 'narco-terrorists'
"On Feb. 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," SOUTHCOM said