But his indictment represents just a fraction of the weaponization that has been unfolding at the Justice Department, increasingly under Trump’s direct bidding, for months. The attorney handled sensitive political cases during the first Trump administration and President Joe Biden’s administration, and resigned just before Trump was inaugurated again. A special Republican-led committee investigating Trump’s version of Jan. 6 was formed just weeks ago. The DOJ abruptly closed a Biden-era probe of Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, for allegedly accepting $50,000 from FBI agents posing as business executives. “I don’t know how we rebuild this level of devastation at the Justice Department.

Immigration agents have arrested the superintendent of Des Moines public schools. This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. State Patrol assisted in locating the subject and he was taken into ICE custody.”Des Moines, Iowa, school's administrative offices are shown Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge) via Associated Press“This suspect was arrested in possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle provided by Des Moines Public Schools after fleeing federal law enforcement,” ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations St. Paul Field Office Director Sam Olson is quoted as saying. ICE also alleged Roberts had $3,000 in cash and a fixed-blade hunting knife when he was arrested.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGOn Tuesday, an hour before Kimmel’s show aired live on most ABC stations, Trump slammed the network on Truth Social, saying, “I can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”AdvertisementHe later claimed in his post that the host is “another arm of the DNC,” before he lobbed a legal threat at ABC. Let’s see how we do,” he wrote, before he referenced ABC’s agreement in 2024 to settle a defamation case brought by Trump. Heidi Kitrosser, professor of law at Northwestern University, told HuffPost of her concerns about Trump’s recent threat to take legal action against ABC. “ABC falls in the media exception and cannot remotely be construed as an arm of [the] DNC,” he said.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s administration is threatening mass firings of federal employees, putting maximum pressure on Senate Democrats in the hopes that they’ll drop the health care concessions they’re demanding in order to avoid a government shutdown. But many Democratic candidates running to join the Senate are urging their party’s leadership not to back down, further squeezing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who faced widespread intraparty criticism after allowing a Republican-drafted spending bill to pass in March. AdvertisementHuffPost contacted a dozen campaigns of major Senate Democratic candidates running in next year’s midterm elections. Her progressive rivals in the contested primary, Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed, both agreed. Care more about democracy than decorum over in the Senate,” Craig told The Bulwark this week, referring to the decision by 10 Senate Democrats to allow a GOP funding bill to pass in March.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump did not let up on his attacks on the United Nations on Wednesday, citing “three very sinister events” that took place during a speech he gave at the body’s General Assembly the prior morning. The trio of concerns he raised included an escalator stopping while he was on it, his teleprompter malfunctioning while he spoke and the sound system allegedly glitching throughout his remarks. And while Trump claimed that attendees could not hear his speech unless they were wearing interpreters’ earpieces, a U.N. official noted that this may have been due to the system’s design. “The sound system was designed to allow people at their seats to hear speeches being translated into six different languages through earpieces,” the official told the BBC. Trump’s digs this week follow years of broadsides he’s levied against the U.N. and have only been used to justify his dissatisfaction with the body.

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A third law firm, Skadden Arps, is also reportedly working for the Commerce Department, but it’s unclear whether this firm is being paid or is working for free. AdvertisementHere’s a copy of their letter to Karp:Democrats have been demanding details on these law firms’ deals with Trump for months, with limited success. Raskin could and almost certainly will bring in leaders of these law firms, in addition to members of the Trump administration. “I hope these law firms realize there is no safety in appeasement,” Raskin said at the time. and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are laying the groundwork for future investigations into the free services that law firms may be providing Trump in exchange for him not coming after them.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation. AdvertisementThe eight plaintiffs were among 17 inspectors general who were fired by Trump on Jan. 24. Inspectors general are responsible for rooting out waste and fraud in federal agencies. Their attorneys say work by inspectors general in 2023 alone saved more than $90 billion in taxpayer dollars. AdvertisementNeither the White House nor the attorney representing the inspectors general immediately responded to requests for comment.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. OMB noted that it held its first planning call with other federal agencies earlier this week to plan for a shutdown. The budget office plays point in managing federal government shutdowns, particularly planning for them ahead of time. Truth Saves Lives Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Dangerous myths about medicine spread fastest when watchdogs are silenced. Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGJimmy Fallon on Tuesday gladly ceded the spotlight to a talk show host rival ― at least for one joke. “Welcome welcome welcome to ‘The Tonight Show’!” Fallon began. “And if you’re tuning in to see what I’ll say about my suspension the last couple of days — again, you’re watching the wrong Jimmy. Dad, the other Jimmy, Dad!”Advertisement“Trump talked for an hour and at one point he said that the European countries were going to hell. Disney, facing a public outcry over censorship and subscription cancellations on some of its channels, brought the show back just days later.

AdvertisementThe statue that depicted President Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was destroyed by the National Park Service, according to the group that erected it on the National Mall. The Secret HandshakeA statue of President Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands lies broken after it was installed on the National Mall by a group known as The Secret Handshake. The permit issued to Secret Handshake describes the statue as 6′ by 3.5′. The group described the statue as 12 feet tall when it first went up. As the statue is being removed in the video, onlookers can be heard giggling as the statue crashes into the gravel below it.