Epstein Secrets

continues to suffer legal setbacks. In a case involving his push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a district court judge rejected the Justice Department's request to change out its team of lawyers. Separately, an appellate court in New York upheld a EFTA00043082 lower court's decision that it is unc

ourtroom for US. Engelhardt was grilling attorneys representing Democratic attorneys general and the Democratic House. Normally it would have been Justice Department lawyers defending a federal law, but the Trump administration is refusing to do so and told the 5th Circuit this spring that the administration agr

opposes EFTA00043084 Trump's decision not to defend the health-care law in court. "The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land, and it is the Department of Justice's duty to defend it," Collins said. 3) "Democrats are savoring the moment," Paige Winfield Cunningham reports in the Health 202. "They're spending th

ren traumatized, in acute distress after parental separations wgxa.tv After a federal judge ordered the children reunified with their parents, .... the Trump Justice Department, which oversees the Federal Bureau of Prisons. ... Southeastern US residents brace for Hurricane Dorian as Bahamians survey damage wgxa.tv South

mation hearing in 2017. Acosta's critics said he was not fit to lead an agency that has oversight over human trafficking offenses," John Wagner and Lisa Rein report. "Some attorneys for victims questioned Acosta's tweet saying the evidence was new." -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is p

continues to suffer legal setbacks. In a case involving his push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a district court judge rejected the Justice Department's request to change out its team of lawyers. Separately, an appellate court in New York upheld a lower court's decision that it is unconstitutional f

nt saying she opposes Trump's decision not to defend the health-care law in court. "The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land, and it is the Department of Justice's duty to defend it," Collins said. 3) "Democrats are savoring the moment," Paige Winfield Cunningham reports in the Health 202. "They're spending

mation hearing in 2017. Acosta's critics said he was not fit to lead an agency that has oversight over human trafficking offenses," John Wagner and Lisa Rein report. "Some attorneys for victims questioned Acosta's tweet saying the evidence was new." -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is

CIA had delivered bags of cash to his office for years, calling it 'nothing unusual.' ... According to the interviews, the CIA, the U.S. military, the State Department and other agencies used cash and lucrative contracts to win the allegiance of Afghan warlords in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. "In 2

staffer raised the issue with Biden. And other stories have said that staffers were intimidated to broach the issue with the then-vice president. — The Justice Department's inspector general is set to release his report today concluding the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into the Trump campaign's relatio

re is a push underway to raise money to help cover the legal bills of the career government witnesses who have gotten caught up in this donnybrook. Lisa Rein reports: "With the House hurtling toward a full chamber vote before Christmas, the diplomatic community is gearing up for Phase Two of potential te

in Mexico and Mexico's financial sector, if more comprehensive anti- money laundering policies are applied. ... In a news release about the meeting, the Justice Department did not mention the terrorism designation. ... Still, many in Mexico EFTA00047432 worry about a further emboldening of security forces in the figh

formation that leads to Yakubets's capture and that it's the largest such money offering yet for a cyber criminal. Brian Benczkowski, who heads the Justice Department's criminal division, said Yakubets was the 'leader of a criminal cyber gang' and had been involved in cyber crime for the past decade on an 'unimagina

last month. (= Lamarque/Reuters) PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as acting White House chief of staff. Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein, Josh Dawsey and Erica Werner interviewed 32 White House aides, current and former administration officials, lawmakers, and legislative staffers f

employees to do things lik= help recipients replace their benefit cards or schedule new hearings for disability cases.<=span> Visas and passports: The State Department says it will keep most passport agencies and consular operations open so long as it has the funds to do so, although som= activities might be interr

d=list can be found in the agency contingency plans prepared here. Do "non-ess=ntial employees" who get sent home ever get paid? That's unclear, as Lisa Rein has =eported. On the first day of the shutdown, these employees had to come to their offices to secure their files, set up auto-reply messages, and

ry to lock people up. On Sunday, perhaps emboldened by the standing ovation, Warren sent an email to her fundraising list that said she will direct the Justice Department to "hold perpetrators accountable" for "the Trump administration's criminal abuses at the border." The resonance of Warren's push for criminal char

Lamarque Reuters) EFTA00047495 PERSONNEL IS POLICY: -- Mick Mulvaney is building a fiefdom as acting White House chief of staff. Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein, Josh Dawsey and Erica Werner interviewed 32 White House aides, current and former administration officials, lawmakers, and legislative staffers fo

id Trump should use his meeting with Xi to intervene on behalf of his father, whose ordeal has gone largely unnoticed for nearly three years while the State Department and Li's supporters worked quietly, but unsuccessfully, to secure his release." -- Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said the U.S.-China trade deal

fter he released a report that said White House counselor Kellyanne Conway should be fired for blatantly violating the Hatch Act. Rachael Bade and Lisa Rein report: "Henry Kerner, head of the Office of Special Counsel, is scheduled to testify Wednesday about EFTA00021229 --- PAGE BREAK --- his report