Top prosecutor is refusing to charge New York AG despite Trump pressure  —  A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.  —  A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges …

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss's the Free Press for $150 Million  —  Weiss to take control of CBS News's editorial vision, aiming for ‘news that reflects reality’  —  Can Bari Weiss reinvent CBS News?  —  That is what Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison is betting on with a $150 million deal …

It's Time for Soft Secession  —  In 2013, venture capitalist Tim Draper launched a “Six Californias” ballot initiative.  The upshot was that with some 40 million people, more than the population of the 20 smallest states combined, California was too big, too diverse, to be “efficiently” governed.

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze  —  The home of South Carolina Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein was set on fire after she had reportedly received death threats.  —  State law enforcement is investigating the house fire on Edisto Beach which began …

Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act … “You look at what's happening with Portland over the years, it's a burning hell hole,” Trump added.  “And then you have a judge that lost her way that tries to pretend that there's no problem.”  —  The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a federal law …

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said ‘Do something b—  ’ before shooting  —  Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b—

We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency … Last year, in the months before the 2024 presidential election, the magazine surveyed 50 members of what might be called the Washington legal establishment about their expectations for the Justice Department and the rule of law if Donald Trump were re-elected.

New conspiracies over Trump's health swirl after text interview with CNN's Jake Tapper  —  The president famously does not use email and is not known to frequently use text messages  —  in Washington, D.C.  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights …

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency's Top Legal Official With Himself  —  It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist.  A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.  —  Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A. …

Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy … President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats during a wildly political speech that made the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary all about him.  —  Speaking to a massive crowd at the Norfolk Naval base Sunday, Trump seemed to forget …

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels  —  New York City Bar Association Statement  —  This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three private Venezuelan-flagged vessels on the high seas, killing at least 17 individuals and severely damaging or sinking those vessels.

The “Dual State” Theory Was Invented to Describe Nazis.  The Supreme Court Could Take Us There.  —  Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.  —  Perhaps the most brazenly illegal action of President Donald Trump's second term so far took place on his first day in office …

Biden-era FBI requested Senate Republican phone records, lawmakers say  —  The FBI investigated Republican lawmakers as part of its Biden-era probe into President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, GOP Senators announced Monday.

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say  —  The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers …

Power Is the Order of the Day, and Other Beds Trump Has Made  —  One of the biggest challenges I've had in the last nine months and especially since the summer is how to convey both the very brittle, thin nature of Trump's power and also the scale of the threat his government poses.

Trump's new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security  —  Frank Bisignano will run both agencies, though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will formally remain the acting IRS commissioner.  —  The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start …

Coyner alleges Jones told her in a 2020 phone call that a few police officers dying would stop them from killing other people  —  Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield, sat down with Virginia Scope on Monday morning to discuss the controversy surrounding text messages sent to her in 2022 …

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell  —  The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside an argument from Ghislaine Maxwell that she should have been shielded from prosecution under a plea agreement …

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How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens  —  Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.  After they arrived at 7500 S. South Shore Drive, agents from Border Patrol …

America is now one big bet on AI  —  It's seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy … Despite mounting threats to the US economy — from high tariffs to collapsing immigration, eroding institutions, rising debt and sticky inflation — large companies and investors seem unfazed.

As Money Rushed In, ICE's Rapid Expansion Stalled Out  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Few provisions in President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act were as thrilling to immigration hard-liners as the $45 billion …

US to Take 10% Stake in Trilogy Metals to Unlock Alaska Mining  —  The US said it will take a 10% stake in Canadian minerals explorer Trilogy Metals Inc. as part of a $35.6 million investment to secure critical energy and mining projects in Alaska.  —  In an announcement Monday …

French PM resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos  —  France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis …

Trump's Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases  —  Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants  —  A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students  —  Many students don't do the reading and don't speak up in class, according to a report.  Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.  —  Harvard University …

Today is MSNBC's first day apart from NBC.  Here is its new code of principles.  —  The new network's 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI … Today is a groundbreaking day at MSNBC.  After more than 29 years of association with NBC News …

The U.S.'s strongest tornado in 12 years hit North Dakota in June, National Weather Service says  —  A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather Service said Monday, marking the first U.S. twister with an EF-5 rating in 12 years.

MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National Guard deployments  —  MAGA leaders are demanding the White House ignore court rulings against National Guard deployments, threatening a constitutional showdown over the president's authority to send troops into U.S. cities.