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Watch Live: Garland condemns attacks, threats against DOJ employees

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Attorney General Merrick Garland is condemning “an escalation of attacks” against the Justice Department and pushing back against what he says are the “conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods … and threats of actual violence” that endanger the department’s employees.  Garland’s defense of the federal employees who work for the Justice Department is part of a speech

Garland condemns “escalation of attacks” against DOJ employees

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Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned “an escalation of attacks” against the Justice Department in a speech to employees on Thursday, pushing back against “conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods” and “threats of actual violence” that he said endanger the department’s workforce heading into the election. Billed as an address about the department’s norms, the attorney general praised

Texas City Shuts Down Hotel Occupied by Venezuelan Gang After 693 Police Calls

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Residents have until 10 a.m. on Sept. 12 to vacate the hotel. Texas authorities say they are shutting down a crime-ridden hotel housing Tren de Aragua gang members and investigating the gang’s criminal involvement in other cities. El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez filed a lawsuit on Aug. 27 to close the Gateway Hotel on

Democrat Will Rollins Has Long History of Going Easy on Meth Dealers—Including a Violent Gang Member—But He’s Running for Congress as a Tough-on-Crime Prosecutor

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When Democratic California congressional candidate Will Rollins boasts of having taken on “the Sinaloa cartel to stop drug trafficking” during his time as a federal prosecutor, it may be instructive to consider the case of one central California drug dealer named Rodney Michael Haskins. In 2010, Haskins threw a wooden desk at a woman, knocking

Top DEI Officials at Biden-Harris State Department Rake In Nearly $200k a Year, Records Show

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The Biden-Harris State Department’s top DEI officials pull in nearly $200,000 annually in taxpayer-funded salaries, according to financial disclosures, putting them among the highest-paid American diplomats. Constance Mayer, who served as the acting chief Diversity and Inclusion officer until April of this year, raked in $194,510 annually, according to financial disclosures published by the U.S.

Columbia Distances Itself From New Faculty Group That Hosted Pro-Terrorist Surgeon

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Columbia University is distancing itself from a new faculty group that hosted an anti-Israel doctor who has praised terrorists, including a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) cofounder who helped plan an Israeli airplane hijacking and a Hamas leader suspected of masterminding a rabbi’s murder. The doctor, British-Palestinian surgeon and University of Glasgow