Standing at a podium to tout the Trump administration’s “fraud task force” achievements on Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a reporter that it would be a “waste of our time” to investigate ICE’s recent purchase of a prison from a private company for hundreds of millions of dollars over a prior asking price. Bessent responded sternly when a reporter suggested at a press conference…
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A coalition of civil rights groups and union organizations Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling locations during November’s midterm elections. The suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the second this month, following comments from top Trump officials citing a federal policy to…
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A voting rights organization in Ohio is accusing the federal government of waging a large-scale intimidation campaign after the group was raided by the FBI on Thursday. MS NOW reported on late Thursday that FBI agents searched the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, an organization that helps register voters. In addition to raiding the group’s offices…
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The FBI has reportedly established a team of agents, informally known as a “payback squad,” that is tasked with pursuing investigations (and eventually charges) against individuals perceived to be the political enemies of President Donald Trump. NOTUS reported on the details of the so-called payback squad, citing four individuals with knowledge of its existence…
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The FBI has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into sources that provided information regarding the agency’s director, Kash Patel, and his alcohol drinking habits to The Atlantic, which published details about them last month. The article in question, produced by staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick, relied on dozens of sources, including former and current FBI officials…
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The Trump administration raided the home of and jailed a scientist this week over alleged violations of record-keeping protocols, with FBI Director Kash Patel saying officials will not tolerate such abuses — all while the administration is being sued over a recent policy declaring that Donald Trump is immune from record-keeping law. On Monday, federal law enforcement agents pounded on the…
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