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Top Trump Advisers Nearly Come To Blows At Georgetown Soirée: 'I'm Gonna Punch You' Top Trump Advisers Nearly Come To Blows At Georgetown Soirée: 'I'm Gonna Punch You'
Top Trump Advisers Nearly Come To Blows At Georgetown Soirée: 'I'm Gonna Punch You' A swanky Georgetown soirée meant to celebrate Trump-world’s power players devolved into chaos when two of President Donald Trump’s most senior economic officials nearly came to blows.  The confrontation included a threat to punch a colleague “in the (expletive deleted) face,” according to a new Politico report. The explosive exchange erupted during a private dinner attended by dozens of top officials, including Cabinet members, at Executive Branch, the new ultra-exclusive club for Trump insiders.  The gathering, held on Wednesday, Sept. 3, was meant to mark the club’s inaugural e…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Trump-Linked Prosecutor Has Been Illegally Running NJ’s Top Law Office, Federal Judge Says Trump-Linked Prosecutor Has Been Illegally Running NJ’s Top Law Office, Federal Judge Says
Trump-Linked Prosecutor Has Been Illegally Running NJ’s Top Law Office, Federal Judge Says A federal judge has ruled that Alina Habba, a Trump ally serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, has been doing the job without legal authority since July 1, 2025. The 77-page opinion issued Thursday, Aug. 21 by Judge Matthew W. Brann comes after months of political drama over who should lead the state’s top federal prosecutor’s office. The ruling removes Habba from ongoing cases, including those involving defendants Cesar Humberto Pina, Julien Giraud Jr., and Julien Giraud III. The fight for the post began long before the judge’s decision.  Philip R. Sellinger, nominated…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department
Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump Plan To Gut Education Department The Supreme Court has just swept aside a lower-court injunction and handed President Donald Trump permission to restart mass layoffs at the US Department of Education, reviving his promise to dismantle the agency created nearly half a century ago. In an unsigned, 6-3 order divided along ideological lines that was released late Monday afternoon, July 14, the justices lifted a spring ruling by US District Judge Myong Joun of Massachusetts that had forced the administration to rehire hundreds of Education Department employees terminated during a March reduction-in-force.  Earlier report…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda
DOJ Accuses Maryland Court Of Undermining Trump Immigration Agenda The US Department of Justice is suing the District Court of Maryland over a controversial standing order that blocks immigration enforcement actions — automatically. Federal officials filed the complaint on Wednesday, June 25, accusing the court of overstepping its authority by issuing injunctions against federal immigration enforcement without proper judicial review. According to the DOJ, the Maryland court has implemented a "standing order" that requires clerks to automatically enter an injunction against removing or challenging the legal status of any non-citizen detained in Maryland who…

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by Zak Failla