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The top federal prosecutor in South Florida resigned Friday, marking another leadership departure from the Justice Department investigation into whether former intelligence and law enforcement officials conspired against President Donald Trump. U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quinones, whose office oversaw the investigation into the origins and handling of Trump-Russia collusion allegations, submitted his resignation, Attorney General […]

WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump appointee who headed the office running a so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation looking into federal law enforcement officials who were involved in prior investigations of Trump has resigned.

Top aides to Paraguayan President Santiago Peña have resigned as the Senate resumed an impeachment trial Friday that could remove him from office

Republicans’ midterm elections wipeout puts President Donald Trump in a new situation from what he’s faced over his cumulative nearly six years in office — negotiate with a combined Democratic Congress or further test the constitutional limits of executive power. Trump and Republicans actually on the ballot this year were on the business end of […]

The prosecutor whose South Florida office oversaw President Trump’s so-called grand conspiracy probe has resigned from the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday. “United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones submitted his resignation from the Department of Justice,” Blanche wrote on the social platform X. “We are grateful…

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday, declaring the Oval Office a “national monument” to prevent future presidents from making substantial changes to the space. The White House proclamation designates the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office, and the Cabinet Room as a nationally recognized monument. “The White House and its grounds are Federal […]

Despite Iranian efforts to delay negotiations until a Democratic Congress takes office in January, the current administration faces mounting pressure to resolve the conflict due to domestic economic concerns and ongoing maritime tensions.

Harmeet Dhillon, the outspoken and sometimes controversial head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, submitted her resignation after the GOP midterms loss. NBC News’ Gary Grumbach details her time in office. 

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) confirmed Thursday that he's "not looking to be the next Democratic leader" — because he has his sights set on higher office.

Yes, the Republicans suffered humiliating defeat. But the fact that a Trump presidency was even possible means something like it could happen again He’s down, but not quite out. Barring divine or other intervention, Donald Trump will remain in the Oval Office for a further two years and 10 weeks. Or, as the White House put it in a plaintive social media post brimming with neediness: “PSA [Public Service Announcement]: Trump is still your president.” But that’s not the only reason why the global celebrations that greeted the Democratic tidal wave that swept Republicans out of even their deepest heartlands should be tempered, if only a tad. Don’t get me wrong, the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections are cause for genuine international jubilation. The defeats of Trump allies in Serbia and Brazil were delicious appetisers, but this was the feast. No mere electoral setback in line with midterm tradition, this was a thorough repudiation of the second Trump presidency and of Trumpism. The 16% swing to Democrats in the popular vote for the House of Representatives was greater even than the 11.2% swing recorded in the Watergate midterms of November 1974, following the resignation in disgrace of Richard Nixon. Trump had worked hard for many months to undermine these elections , either by gerrymandering districts in his favour or preparing the ground for a later claim the vote was rigged, but to no avail: the democratic system proved too resilient, and the American public too determined to have their say. And have it they did, in a voice loud and clear. Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he says will prevent future administrations from changing his design of the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, spaces he declared to be national monuments that should be preserved. Since returning to office, the US president has transformed the Oval Office with gold accents and statuettes, portraits of famous Americans pulled from storage and a copy of the Declaration of Independence that hangs on the wall. The redesign has drawn criticism, including from the former president Barack Obama, who recently joked that 'he’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. Just gold everywhere.' Trump signs proclamation to try to prevent changes to gold-covered Oval Office Continue reading...

Newly released surveillance footage shows a heroic security officer taking out a deranged gunman who opened fire at a Florida Citibank campus on Wednesday.  Footage released Thursday by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows 38-year-old Citibank security officer and Marine Corps veteran John Fraley fatally shooting 35-year-old Jacob Pearson during an attack on the Tampa-area ...

Following election losses, the signing marks Trump's third event of the week focused on signature renovation projects.

Anthony Albanese’s government has taken a blow due to Iran war but voter anxiety around cost of living and datacentres may hit harder Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The Democrats’ stunning midterm victory should broaden Australia’s alliance with the US, observers say, even as a new power base emerges in Washington, affecting Aukus, datacentre development and relations with China. Cabinet ministers, diplomats and Australia’s defence industrial sector closely watched the results this week, with control of the US Congress flipping to the Democrats and the outlook for Donald Trump’s final two years in office badly dinted. Continue reading...

The action does not prevent future presidents from restyling the iconic office that President Trump has filled to the brim with gold flourishes, nor does it prevent a successor from rolling back the proclamation itself.

James Talarico and Texas Democrats won every statewide office and will wield immense power.

Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) vowed to protect Texans from data center projects after she is sworn into office in January. “Well, we have always been a pro-business state in Texas, but what changes now with me as governor is it has to be a partnership that benefits Texans,” Hinojosa said during an appearance on…

Two House Democrats are already floating the impeachment of Attorney General Todd Blanche after the GOP’s sweeping midterm election defeats, suggesting Democrats could win enough Republican support in the Senate to remove him from office. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Deborah Ross (D-N.C.) voiced their support for impeaching Blanche on Thursday, just two days after…

The president signed a proclamation that he said would prevent major changes to the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room by future presidents without congressional approval.

The order comes after Trump made a series of big changes the Oval Office decor and launched landmark construction projects across Washington.

California Gov.-elect Xavier Becerra said “everything should be on the table” to make the state more affordable in his first public statement since election night — before bristling over questions about what he’ll actually do. “I’m no longer a candidate; I’m now the governor-elect. So I will take this very seriously,” Becerra said.  Gov.-elect Xavier...

President seeks to make Oval Office a national monument to ensure designs are not ‘ripped down by stupid people’ Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he says will prevent future administrations from changing his design of the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, spaces which he declared as national monuments that should be preserved. In the days since his party suffered historic defeats in the midterm elections, the president has seemingly turned his attention to the many renovation projects he has begun across the nation’s capital. Sitting behind the Resolute Desk on Thursday, Trump declared the Oval Office a “national monument”. Continue reading...

The president’s announcement reinforced his post-midterm elections preoccupation on White House renovation projects.

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Trump makes Oval Office a national monument President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday seeking to designate two iconic White House spaces, the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, as national monuments.  © Alex Brandon, Associated Press Trump said Congress would have to ratify the proclamation,…

President Trump said after meeting with his national security advisers Thursday that he'll soon decide whether to resume all-out war in Iran now that the midterms are over. Why it matters: The election was seen as an inflection point for Trump on whether to unleash a new wave of bombing to try to bring the war to an end. The president, at least for now, is considering three options: launch new strikes, continue to strangle Iran's regime economically or cut a deal that includes significant concessions to the Iranians. On Thursday, Trump and his top national security advisers met on Iran for the first time since the election, as part of his weekly intelligence briefing, two U.S. officials said. What he's saying: "Now we will make a decision," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Do we want to go further" with strikes to ensure Iran's nuclear program is dead and that "it will never happen again?" he added. "I would rather not destroy the rest of the country if possible, but maybe I will have to. You'll know soon enough." State of play: As Trump weighs his next move, there was a flurry of diplomatic activity on Thursday, including multiple phone calls between Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and regional mediators from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman and Egypt. The Qatari mediators continued discussions with the Iranians and the White House about a draft proposal calling for the two sides to take a series of steps over two days to build mutual confidence toward a broader deal. On the first day, the U.S. would lift its naval blockade and release some Iran's frozen funds. In return, Iran would issue an official invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency to send inspectors to bombed nuclear sites, based on an agreement reached in Cairo a year ago, regional sources say. On the second day, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen, after which nuclear talks would resume, focusing on Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The big picture: The sec

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Trump signed a proclamation designating the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as a national monument to prevent future presidents from altering them.

Trump signed a proclamation designating the Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument to prevent future presidents from altering them.

As one of his final acts in office, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of all 548 people sentenced to death in California to life without the possibility of parole—a quarter of the death row prisoners in the United States—he announced in a November 5 letter. California has not executed anyone since 2006, […]

Paraguay President Santiago Peña will defend himself in the Senate against a vote to forcibly remove him from office instead of accepting his resignation, a legal distinction that could determine whether he retains immunity from criminal prosecution.

The president signed a proclamation that he said would designate the White House’s Oval Office and Cabinet Room as landmarks.

President Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday making the Oval Office and Cabinet Room in the White House a national monument.  Trump noted Congress would have to ratify the proclamation, and that “no major modifications” would be able to be made to the rooms without approval from Congress.  “It’s a symbol of our country, and…

Sports were on the ballot, both directly and indirectly with so many former athlete politicians running for office.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is overseeing a criminal investigation into the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a source familiar with the investigation confirmed. The inquiry is being handled primarily by career prosecutors, according to the source, opening a new chapter in the effort to identify who disclosed one of […]

Vogue asked on Instagram whether followers knew the Iowa governor-elect once modeled for Prada. A verified account for Sand, who was previously elected to the Iowa state auditor's office, replied affirmatively in the comments.

With his new order, the two rooms “won’t be able to be taken down, destroyed, touched, or anything else.”

Since returning to the White House, Trump has overseen numerous design changes to various rooms, including the Oval Office, where he has filled the wall space with portraits, a copy of the Declaration of Independence and numerous golden accents.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is set to make two appearances in South Carolina this month as speculation grows surrounding his interest in running for president again in 2028. Booker’s office announced Thursday he will be making two trips to the Palmetto State in November. His first visit will be to the Sumter County NAACP Freedom…

Larry Hogan may not have aspirations for another stint in public office, but that doesn’t mean the former two-term centrist Republican governor of Maryland is done with politics. In fact, Hogan is looking to expand his sway in the party after lying relatively low from the political headlines since losing his 2024 Senate bid. His […]

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) renewed her call for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from office Wednesday, more than a year after she joined fellow Democrats in demanding his ouster over his handling of the nation’s public health agencies. “The time is now. RFK Jr. must resign or be…

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said he would commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life in prison without parole, marking a major step away from capital punishment as he prepares to leave office after eight years.

Voters threw Republicans out of office on Tuesday by astounding margins, in large part due to disgust with Donald Trump’s extensively documented corruption. And Democrats have vowed to follow that mandate to crank up oversight and “hold those who are enriching themselves through corruption at taxpayers’ expense accountable,” as Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), who is […]

Democrat Matt Dunlap conceded in the open race to succeed retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) in Maine, a statement that came around the time that the Maine Secretary of State’s office had announced the race had entered ranked-choice voting. “This isn’t the result we were hoping for, and I’m disappointed that we came short,” Dunlap…

Democrat Matt Dunlap conceded in the open race to succeed retiring Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) in Maine, a statement that came around the time that the Maine Secretary of State’s office had announced the race had entered ranked choice voting. “This isn’t the result we were hoping for, and I’m disappointed that we came short,”…

Israel’s many fractious parties are still struggling to cobble together a coalition strong enough to claim the prime minister’s office, more than a week after a tumultuous election that reshuffled the deck of Israeli politics. The post Israeli Parties Fight Complex Battle to Build a Government After Heated Election appeared first on Breitbart .

The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, is out after 18 tumultuous months in charge.

The race for the Maine House seat represented by outgoing Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) is headed to ranked-choice voting, the Maine Secretary of State’s office announced on Thursday.  In the first round of votes, Republican Paul LePage edged out Democrat Matt Dunlap with nearly 50 percent the initial vote to the Democrat’s 48 percent. But…

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