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

e Care Act when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who choose not to buy insurance. (Gerald Herbert/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Joanie Greve and Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Oral arguments in New Orleans on Tuesday over the future of the Affordable Care Act foreshadowed the massive impact that President T

equiring people who try to influence American policy or opinion at the direction of foreign governments or entities to disclose their activities to the Justice Department, people familiar with the case said. The inquiry had proceeded far enough last month that Mr. Barrack, who played an influential role in the campai

onfronting career professionals and political appointees in the Department's history,' wrote Chang, who had no diplomatic experience before joining the State Department. ...Chang, in her rebuttal document, argued that her 'background was fully investigated by the FBI and State Department's Diplomatic Security. No q

a protest and not as surrender,' closing by saying that stepping down was 'the only acceptable moral and ethical option for me at this time.' ... 'The Department of State is experiencing what I and many believe is the worst and most profound moral crisis confronting career professionals and political appointees in th

Capitol earlier this year with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's House members endorsed launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump on Frida

ol. (Susan Walsh/AP) Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) gives an interview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) ITEM. BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq as one of the American government's foremost ex

ther-in-law: Mr. Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. ... [Kushner] sees no reason to involve himself as extensively in international issues now that the State Department is run by [Mike] Pompeo, whom he sees as far more competent than his predecessor, Rex W. Tillerson." -- Mike Bloomberg won't release the women who