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Man who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh wanted to kill 3 justices, feds say Man who tried to assassinate Kavanaugh wanted to kill 3 justices, feds say 09/22/2025 04:54am • Washington — The California man who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 aimed to kill three members of the high court in an effort to "single-handedly alter the constitutional order for ideological ends," according to federal prosecutors. Th New York Times: Justice Department closed probe into Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, for accepting bag of cash New York Times: Justice Department closed probe into Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, for accepting bag of cash 09/21/2025 07:40am • (CNN) — Tom Homan, now the president’s border czar, was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash by undercover FBI agents in an investigation the Trump Justice Department later closed, The New York Times reported Saturday. The September 2024 payment arose from a probe that was California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations 09/20/2025 06:15pm • California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials. The ban is a Kansas deputy charged with murder in the death of a man in custody Kansas deputy charged with murder in the death of a man in custody 09/19/2025 01:53pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas sheriff’s deputy was charged Thursday with murder in the death of a jail inmate who sustained broken ribs after his back was kneeled on after he was wheeled from the infirmary to his cell, according to an autopsy report. Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupre A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway 09/19/2025 07:07am • MANSFIELD, La. (AP) — The strip search lasted just six minutes, but when it ended, Jarius Brown had a broken nose, fractured eye socket and a badly swollen face. Never-before-published footage shows why: Two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies pummeled the naked 25-year-old, flinging him around the DeS Kentucky's highest court strikes down a city's ban on no-knock warrants 09/18/2025 06:48pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city's ban on no-knock warrants was struck down Thursday by the state's highest court, which said it conflicted with a state law that limits but doesn't prohibit such warrants during police raids. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruling against the ordinance in Lexington DC leaders defend crime fighting efforts to Congress as federal law enforcement surge continues DC leaders defend crime fighting efforts to Congress as federal law enforcement surge continues 09/18/2025 05:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday defended her policies to Congress as President Donald Trump's law enforcement surge is in its second month and lawmakers act to further limit the city's authority. She was invited to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board 09/18/2025 02:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. The Republican administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook, part of P Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention limits Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention limits 09/17/2025 10:24pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation notice to the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, accusing the facility of detaining people beyond the limits of what its land use approval allows. The building's conditional land use ap The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit 09/17/2025 10:05pm • President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle Wednesday, greeted at Windsor Castle on his state visit by King Charles III, military honor guards and mounted troops before paying a private tribute at Queen Elizabeth II’s tomb. No. No U.S. president, or any other world leader Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress 09/17/2025 08:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel defended the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files Wednesday as he returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to face intense questioning from Democrats over his promises of transparency surrounding the wealthy financier's criminal ca What we've learned about the case against the man charged in Charlie Kirk’s killing What we've learned about the case against the man charged in Charlie Kirk’s killing 09/17/2025 06:18pm • Students returned to classes at Utah Valley University on Wednesday for the first time since the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on the school's campus, as authorities released more details about the arrest of the man charged in the killing of the conservative activist. The campus courtyard where Kir House approves bills to reshape DC's criminal justice system House approves bills to reshape DC's criminal justice system 09/17/2025 10:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on crime in the nation's capital. One of the bills, called Top police official testifies on criminal syndicate infiltration in South Africa 09/17/2025 10:07am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A top police official who claimed that South Africa’s police and justice system has been infiltrated by criminal syndicates took the stand Wednesday at a government-backed probe into the allegations. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said at a news confere Trump's threat to target 'radical left' after Kirk killing raises fears he's trying to silence foes Trump's threat to target 'radical left' after Kirk killing raises fears he's trying to silence foes 09/17/2025 09:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing to suppress political opposition. Without estab
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