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Donald Trump
Donald Trump

The two attorneys for Donald Trump who “wrote” the letter last month requesting a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland, James Trusty and John Rowley, were at the Department of Justice yesterday morning to try to convince prosecutors not to charge their client in the stolen classified documents case. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday morning that they met with Special Counsel Jack Smith is in charge of that, and other, Trump investigations for the DOJ.

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Freedom Caucus Still Whining About Speaker McCarthy's 'Broken Promises'
Reps. Chip Roy

Members of the House Freedom Caucus are still seething at Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for coming to an agreement with President Joe Biden that avoided a catastrophic default. They insist he broke promises made in order to secure that final, 15th round of balloting that put him in the speaker’s chair—promises McCarthy and his team insist didn’t happen.

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Raskin Blasts Oversight Committee Chair's 'Recycled' Smear Of Biden

Rep. Jamie Raskin

It is an internal FBI document used to record an informant’s unverified statement, and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Comer (R-KY) wants it.

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Villages Evacuate After Ukraine Dam 'Partially Destroyed' By Russia

The Kakhova dam in southern Ukraine, damaged by Russian bombing

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine was damaged on Tuesday, with Kyiv and Moscow accusing each other of blowing it up while locals were forced to flee rising waters.

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Jack Smith
Jack Smith

Attorneys for Donald Trump on Monday morning entered the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, as expectations grow the ex-president could soon be charged in his unlawful removal, retention, and refusal to return hundreds of classified and top secret documents.

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Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon

Ex-White House chief strategist and twice-convicted felon Steve Bannon's trial in New York for allegedly running a fraudulent scheme to bilk supporters of former President Donald Trump is less than a year away. And although Trump pardoned him before leaving office, that act of clemency offers the disgraced conspiracy theorist no legal protection,The Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery reported on Sunday.

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Timothy Parlatore

Timothy Parlatore

Timothy Parlatore, an attorney who resigned resigned from representing former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, compared his former clients' classified documents to Hillary Clinton's emails Sunday.

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The Children's Hour: Why So Many Proto-Fascists Are Also Pedophiles

Ali Alexander

Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me to a corner of the American Freakshow tent where a group of tubby white guys who got into politics as family values Republicans hang their heads in shame. Faith-based to a thinning hair, while sipping Diet Cokes at local Trump campaign strategy meetings, or representing conservatives in Congress and state legislatures, they were apparently lining up sex with teens and children or -- eek -- flicking through child porn.

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What 'Crisis'? Border Agent Encounters With Migrants Drop By 70 Percent

National Guard troops reinforce barbed-wire fence along Rio Grande as migrants seek entry into United States

The Department of Homeland Security reports hat there has been a sharp drop in the numbers of encounters between border agents and migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border since May 11, when border policies implemented by the administration of former President Donald Trump expired.

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