Three fired Justice Department officials filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, after they were part of a wave of terminations from the agency earlier this summer. The plaintiffs in Thursday’s suit include Michael Gordon, a longtime federal prosecutor who also handled January 6 cases. He was fired last month while handling
CIA Director John Ratcliffe “strongly supports the public release” this week of highly sensitive documents by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a CIA spokesperson, who said Ratcliffe “initiated” the declassification process after he took the helm at the agency this year. Gabbard’s office publicly released a report drafted in 2017 by Republicans
Tijuana, Mexico — Just three miles across the U.S.-Mexico border from San Diego, deportees in Tijuana are starting a new life. Among them is Juan Carlos, an immigrant from Mexico who had lived in the U.S. for 19 years. On June 24, his construction crew stopped at a Home Depot in the City of Industry,
The Washington, D.C., city council chairman announced Thursday that a deal has been reached between the city and the Washington Commanders on an amended stadium agreement, despite threats earlier this week from President Trump to block any deal. The NFL team is in negotiations with the district over their plans to build a new stadium
Washington — George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza were all federal immigration judges fired this month by email. The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston. “It was arbitrary, unfair,” Pappas told CBS News of his firing. “And it’s an attack on the rule of law. It’s an attack on
President Trump on Thursday introduced new rules for the name, image and likeness and revenue-sharing deals that have shaken up college sports in recent years, seeking to rein in what the White House called an “out-of-control, rudderless system.” The executive order seeks to ban “third-party, pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes,” while still allowing athletes to
Washington — Todd Blanche, the second highest-ranking Justice Department official, met with Ghislaine Maxwell at the U.S. attorney’s office in Tallahassee on Thursday to discuss convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s lawyer, declined to comment “on the substance” of the meeting, but told reporters outside the office that “there were a lot