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Ex-Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Resigns as US Attorney for New Jersey

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned Monday as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully. In a statement posted on social media, Habba assailed the court's ruling as political, but said...

Walz Whines About ‘R-Word’ Taunts After Trump Calls Him Out

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz complained Thursday that residents had begun taunting him with the word “retarded” after President Donald Trump used the term to criticize him in a Thanksgiving message.  “This creates danger,” Walz said during a press conference. “And I'll tell you what, in my time on this, I’d never...

Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Bid to Toss Lawsuit Challenging Guantánamo Migrant Detentions

(Headline USA)  A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan denied the federal government's motion to dismiss the case...

Report: Hegseth Ousted Head of US Southern Command Who Raised Concerns About Boat Strikes

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who abruptly announced he was stepping down in October, was pushed out by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The report said that Hegseth and Holsey were at odds during the...

US Opens $800 Million Consulate Compound in Erbil, Iraq

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US on Wednesday officially opened a new consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, that is said to be the largest US consulate building in the world. The compound sits on 206,000 square meters, or about 50 acres, and cost about $800 million...

Costco Joins Growing Line of Companies Seeking Tariff Refunds

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Warehouse retailer Costco filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking a full refund of the tariffs it has paid to the federal government if the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates President Donald Trump's import taxes. Costco operates 918 membership warehouses, including 632 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico....

Sen. Kaine Says He’ll Reintroduce Venezuela War Powers Resolution

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said on Sunday that he plans to reintroduce a War Powers Resolution that would block President Donald Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization. Kaine’s previous bill to block an attack on Venezuela failed in a vote of 49-51, with...

Doctor Says Trump Had Preventative Screening MRI on Heart, Abdomen with ‘Perfectly Normal’ Results

(Headline USA)  Donald Trump's doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age, according to a memo from the physician released by the White House on Monday. Sean Barbabella said in a statement that Trump’s...

Rubio Says US-Ukraine Talks on Russia War were Productive but Much Work Remains in Search of a Deal

(Headline USA) U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine, just days before a U.S. envoy is due in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters afterward...

Socialist Zohran Mamdani May Give Himself a $50K Pay Raise

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Zohran Mamdani may have run for New York City mayor on a socialist platform, but one of the first bills he could sign would distribute wealth not to ordinary New Yorkers, but to the political elite. The City Council is quietly preparing a 16 percent pay hike...

Attorneys General Sue to Keep SNAP for Legal Immigrants

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) Democratic attorneys general from 22 jurisdictions sued the Trump administration Wednesday over ending food assistance for noncitizens who are legal permanent residents. The lawsuit, which names the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins as defendants, was filed in the Eugene division...

When Was the First Thanksgiving? It’s Actually Up for Debate

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year, many believe the first thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. However, the first Thanksgiving celebration was held two decades earlier in an area south of El Paso in 1598, historians in Texas argue. The first national Thanksgiving...
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