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The House Oversight Committee subpoenas the Justice Department for Epstein files
Elena Moore, NPR
The committee asked the DOJ for files related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. It is also looking to question Bill and Hillary Clinton, among several other former government officials.
Aug 5, 2025, 10:19 PM
Clintons subpoenaed in congressional Epstein investigation
BBC News
Former top officials from the justice department during the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were sent subpoenas
Aug 5, 2025, 4:27 PM
Bill & Hillary Clinton Subpoenaed by Congressional Committee in Epstein Probe
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Bill and Hillary Clinton -- and nearly a dozen other former feds and politicians -- have been subpoenaed for depositions by a Congressional committee ... all in connection to Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. James Comer, Chair of the House Oversight…
Aug 5, 2025, 4:12 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell offers to testify before Congress on Epstein if she is pardoned
Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Maxwell's overt pitch for clemency came in a letter to the House Oversight Committee which subpoenaed Maxwell for testimony and records.
Jul 29, 2025, 7:09 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell Subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Ghislaine Maxwell has been subpoenaed by the United States Congress amid questions about the so-called Epstein Files. Republican Congressman James Comer -- the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair -- announced the news Wednesday…
Jul 23, 2025, 8:01 PM
Senate Report on Trump Assassination Attempt Lists ‘Preventable Failures’ by Secret Service
Peter Wade, Rolling Stone
A Senate report said that the Secret Service's "multiple, unacceptable failures" allowed a man to fire bullets at President Donald Trump in July 2024.
Jul 13, 2025, 9:50 PM
Senate committee details failures by Secret Service in preventing Trump shooting
Joe Hernandez, NPR
The Senate Homeland Security Committee said the Secret Service's "lack of structured communication was likely the greatest contributor to the failures" at the Pennsylvania rally last summer.
Jul 13, 2025, 9:47 PM
Senate Trump assassination report details Secret Service failures
Allison Pecorin, ABC News
The report outlines “stunning failures" by Secret Service that allowed the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump.
Jul 13, 2025, 5:38 PM
1 year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at U.S. Secret Service but questions remain
CBC News
The assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop on July 13, 2024, was a perfect storm of failings coming together and became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the U.S. presid…
Jul 13, 2025, 2:20 PM
A year after Butler: Remembering a fallen hero, reckoning with security breakdown
Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, marked a pivotal and deeply troubling moment for the nation.
Jul 13, 2025, 10:05 AM
'Inexcusable' failures led to Trump assassination attempt
RTE.ie
A congressional inquiry into the attempt to assassinate US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally a year ago on lamented "inexcusable" failures in the Secret Service's operations and response, and called for more serious disciplinary action
Jul 12, 2025, 11:00 PM
Years later, key figures in Russia investigation face new scrutiny
ERIC TUCKER Associated Press, ABC News
The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan
Jul 10, 2025, 10:06 PM
Bombshell Claim About Hegseth's Excuse for Slashing Aid...
The Daily Beast, Dnyuz.com
Bombshell Claim About Hegseth's Excuse for Slashing Aid... (Third column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Putin pounds Ukraine with record war blitz moments after Trump call... Plots Summer of Relentless Attacks... KGB-linked oil tyco…
Jul 4, 2025, 2:04 PM
Justice Department ousts three Jan. 6 prosecutors
CK Smith, Salon
Three prosecutors dismissed in sudden move that may signal a new direction in Jan. 6 cases
Jun 28, 2025, 2:50 PM
The woman who could bust Trump's 'big beautiful bill'
BBC News
The Senate parliamentarian, often called a referee, has thrown a spanner in Trump's tax bill.
Jun 26, 2025, 8:53 PM
Judge Shreds DOJ’s Manufactured Case Against Abrego Garcia: Evidence ‘Defies Common Sense’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia (who we now find out, via his lawyer, prefers to be called Kilmar Abrego) keeps getting more and more bizarre. After being “accidentally” shipped to El Salvador — despite a judge’s order directly barring such a move — the Trum…
Jun 23, 2025, 4:27 PM
Man Arrested After Ohio Rep. Max Miller Reports He Was ‘Run Off the Road’
Solcyré Burga, Time
The suspect allegedly threatened the Congressmen with antisemitic slurs and called for the death of Israel and the lawmaker's family.
Jun 20, 2025, 6:18 PM
Transcript: MAGA Dope Pete Hegseth Implodes at Hearing, Exposing Trump
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent, The New Republic
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 19 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Defense S…
Jun 19, 2025, 10:55 AM
The U.S. Elected Officials Who Have Been Arrested or Approached by Authorities While Protesting Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Rebecca Schneid, Time
What to know about the local officials and members of Congress who have been handcuffed, slammed to the ground, and detained by authorities.
Jun 18, 2025, 9:11 PM
Democratic senators hammer Hegseth as he trades barbs with them during testy hearing
Ivan Pereira, ABC News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth snapped back at female Democratic senators, at one point telling one that her "time was up," as he was grilled at a congressional hearing.
Jun 18, 2025, 7:54 PM
Exclusive: Congressman Tim Moore failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal stock purchases made around Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ in a potential STOCK Act violation
Dave Levinthal, Yahoo Entertainment
Moore did not publicly disclose a dozen stock trades that he made throughout April until Friday, which is well after a federal deadline for doing so.
Jun 16, 2025, 8:44 PM
The lawmaker shootings in Minnesota are a disturbing trend: Analysis
Donald J. Mihalek, Richard Frankel, ABC News
The recent shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota are part of a disturbing trend toward politically linked violence, ABC News analysts say.
Jun 16, 2025, 9:13 AM
Dems demand audit of CVE program as Federal funding remains uncertain
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
PLUS: Discord invite links may not be safe; Miscreants find new way to hide malicious JavaScript; and more! Infosec In Brief A pair of Congressional Democrats have demanded a review of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program amid uncertainties …
Jun 15, 2025, 10:01 PM
Forcible Removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla Signals a Dangerous Shift in American Democracy
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Trump's war against the Constitution, Congressional oversight powers, and legislation escalates with the man-handling of Senator Padilla
Jun 14, 2025, 7:39 AM