[ad_1] Alina Habba is appointed as New Jersey’s acting US attorney, a day before her tenure as interim US attorney was set to expire on Friday.Habba made the announcement via social media that she would remain at the helm. The announcement follows the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw her nomination for the permanent role, a […]
[ad_1] Alina Habba (File photo) vs Desiree Leigh Grace (Image credit: LinkedIn) The New Jersey US attorney’s office was in embroiled in confusion and chaos on Tuesday when top Justice Department officials contested federal judges’ appointment of a new US attorney.The federal judges dismissed Alina Habba’s request to maintain her position and exercised their unusual […]
[ad_1] Epstein with Maxwell (File photo) US justice department plans to question Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, amid growing political pressure on the Trump administration over its handling of the case. Maxwell, a former British socialite, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking minors for Epstein. Epstein died […]
[ad_1] The US justice department on Wednesday fired Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, as reported by the news agency AP.Comey was a veteran lawyer in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She had worked on several high-profile cases, including […]
[ad_1] Image via Mark Wilson/Getty Images TL;DR Trump slashes Ed Department: Supreme Court lets Trump fire 1,300+ employees, gutting the federal education agency. Civil rights hit hard: Office for Civil Rights loses over half its branches. Congress bypassed: Critics say only lawmakers can shut down departments — Trump’s doing it by pink slip. Court gives […]
[ad_1] The US Supreme Court has given the green light to President Donald Trump‘s plan to dismantle the federal education department, allowing the administration to move forward with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the justices paused a lower court ruling that had temporarily blocked the layoffs. The order, issued by […]
[ad_1] The US government on Monday announced a 17% import duty on most fresh tomatoes from Mexico, aiming to protect and revive its own domestic tomato industry. The move comes after talks with Mexican officials collapsed without reaching a new agreement to avoid the tariff.Mexico currently supplies about 70% of the US tomato market, up […]
[ad_1] The headquarters of the Department of State (AP image) The US State Department on Friday (local time) laid off more than 1,300 employees as part of the Trump administration’s latest move to cut its American workforce by about 15%. This is part of a broader effort to reorganize the department.According to a notice sent […]
[ad_1] James Ryan (Image credit: University of Virginia) A senior United States justice department (DOJ) official said “it’s time for a new leadership” at the University of Virginia (UVA), after the Ivy League school’s chairman James Ryan resigned amid pressure from the Trump administration to dismantle the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.“Jim Ryan […]
[ad_1] State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said US is the greatest country, next to Israel. A comment of Tammy Bruce, the spokesperson of the US State Department, resurfaced after the US attacked Iran’s nuclear sites — a move that the majority of the MAGA activists and supporters disapprove of. In an interview with Israel’s i24 […]
