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Judge dismisses Trump's federal election interference charges

President-elect Trump’s criminal indictment accusing him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results is no more. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday swiftly granted special counsel ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Special counsel dropping federal charges against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith told federal courts he is dropping the federal election interference and classified documents cases against President-elect Donald Trump, citing a Justice Department ...

Politics - NBC News - Yesterday

Judge agrees to dismiss Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case

Special counsel Jack Smith filed to drop all charges against Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Trump doubles down on tariff promise after federal election interference charges dismissed

President-elect Donald Trump has taken to social media to threaten new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on day one of his new presidency. Those comments come amid the dismissal of the federal ...

NYC mayor to stand trial in April 2025 on federal corruption charges

New York City Mayor Eric Adams will stand trial on federal corruption charges starting on April 21, 2025, a judge said Friday.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Is Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges

The mayor and two other local officials pleaded not guilty on Thursday after being accused of taking part in a scheme in which F.B.I. agents posing as real estate developers offered bribes.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 7

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years on federal charges

Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."

Teen Behind Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Alan Filion, believed to have operated under the handle “Torswats,” admitted to making more than 375 fake threats against schools, places of worship, and government buildings around the United States.

Tech - Wired - November 14

Trump warned against meddling with Federal Reserve’s independence

Any effort by president-elect to interfere in interest rate policy could destabilise markets

Business - Financial Times - November 9

Federal workers brace for Trump overhaul of civil service

President-elect Trump’s plans to reshape the federal workforce would allow him to fire wide swaths of career employees and replace them with political appointees — a move that comes as he has ...

Politics - The Hill - November 18

Judge dismisses special counsel's election case against Trump

The case was dismissed "without prejudice", meaning charges could be refiled when Trump leaves office.

Could Trump's federal cases be revived in 2029?

A judge dismissed the federal election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion to end the proceedings. Smith also filed a ...

Owner of Bronx day care where toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleads guilty to federal charges

A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday.

Brazil's federal police indict 20 in connection with salt mine catastrophe in country's northeast

World - Yahoo News - November 1

Smith weighs how to wind down Trump's federal cases

Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against President-elect Trump following his Election Day victory, a move that would align with Justice Department ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

US prosecutors weigh closing federal criminal cases against Trump

Department of Justice special counsel’s investigations dealt potentially fatal blow due to election outcome

World - Financial Times - November 6

Trump's victory paves way for end of federal criminal cases

The election of Donald Trump to a second term will pave the way for the end of federal cases involving election interference and classified documents. Trump's lawyers will also try to do away with ...

What Trump’s Win Means for the Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell

Donald J. Trump spent his first presidency on a collision course with America’s central bank. Will it intensify?

Business - The New York Times - November 7

How California has been ‘Trump-proofing’ itself against federal reprisal

Newsom also announces special session of legislature to ensure state agencies’ funding and says: ‘We won’t sit idle’. US elections 2024 – live updates California prided itself on its ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Inside the Federal Work Force That Trump Has Promised to Eviscerate

President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have pledged to strike fear in the heart of what they term “the deep state.” They have already succeeded.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 9

Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education, vowing to use federal money as leverage

President-elect Donald Trump has a vision for education that revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “wokeness” and “left-wing indoctrination.”

How Trump's plan to expand drilling, logging on federal land could be thwarted

President-elect Donald Trump has ambitious goals for utilizing U.S. federal lands for extraction of oil and other resources.

Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he selected Project 2025 chapter author Brendan Carr to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Federal workers brace for Trump with morale ‘as low as it’s ever been’

President-elect has expressed desire for mass firings of civil service workers to be replaced with political appointees. Donald Trump’s return to office sets the stage for harassment, intimidation ...

World - The Guardian - November 18

‘This is not his first rodeo’: will federal courts be able to rein in Trump?

Hope that federal judiciary can provide guardrails as Trump plans for largest domestic deportation effort in US history. A week after Donald Trump entered the White House for the first time in ...

World - The Guardian - November 19

Can he do that? How Trump could try to break the federal government

A look at how Trump can upend the federal government, including "deleting" agencies and ousting workers he sees as unloyal.

Automakers Want Trump to Keep Federal E.V. Regulations in Place

Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants to keep them.

Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Warren warns Trump Treasury pick not to interfere with Federal Reserve

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged President-elect Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, billionaire investor Scott Bessent, to not interfere with the Federal Reserve. “I have been a fierce ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

China and Canada respond to Trump’s tariff threats and border comments – live

China’s embassy in Washington has responded to Trump’s announcement, saying that no one will win a trade war or tariff war’. Prosecutors drop federal cases against Trump Corey Lewandowski , ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Top federal prosecutor in New York announces resignation before Trump takes office

The federal prosecutor who has overseen the convictions of Sen.

Special Counsel Moves to Dismiss Federal Cases Against Trump

Also, Israel is nearing a decision on a Lebanon cease-fire. Here's the latest at the end of Monday.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Judge dismisses Trump's federal 2020 election case after Smith filing

Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was overseeing President-elect Donald Trump's federal 2020 election interference case, has agreed to dismiss the case after special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion Monday ...

Trump's imminent return has 'demoralized' DOJ, former federal prosecutor says

Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman said Monday that employees at the Justice Department are "really afraid" of what a second Trump term will mean for the department. "We have a really ...

Politics - The Hill - 22 hours ago

Trump Team Signs Transition Agreement but Shuns F.B.I. Clearances

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members.

Top stories - The New York Times - 13 hours ago

How Trump’s Win Helps Him Fight Off His Legal Charges

By triumphing at the ballot box, Donald Trump can dispense with federal charges against him while postponing or derailing other pending cases that have dogged him.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Suspect charged in Iran-linked plot to assassinate Donald Trump: DOJ

Three people have been charged in an alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate President-elect Trump and several Iranian dissidents, according to a criminal complaint.

Military officials reportedly discuss how to handle illegal orders from Trump – live

Pentagon officials discuss what to do if Trump were to attempt to deploy the military domestically, CNN reports. Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s delay in exiting race blew Democrats’ chances ...

World - The Guardian - November 9

Iranian Agents Plotted to Kill Trump, U.S. Says in Unsealed Charges

The allegation came in a complaint that said Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn activist, had been the target of a second assassination attempt.