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With Bondi, Trump Has the AG 'He Always Wanted'
With Bondi, Trump Has
the AG 'He Always Wanted'
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Aug 18, 2025 3:58 PM CDT

With Bondi, Trump Has the AG 'He Always Wanted'

New Yorker profiles attorney general Pam Bondi

(Newser) - For a while there, with MAGA supporters livid at her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation , it looked like Pam Bondi's tenure as attorney general was in jeopardy. But that turned out not to be the case because—as Ruth Marcus writes in a profile at the New Yorker ...

Judge Forces Trump Team to Ease Up on DC Police Takeover

Federal judge intervenes as city officials resist expanded oversight

(Newser) - The Trump administration is scaling back its plan to take control of the police department in Washington, DC, after a federal judge pushed both sides to temporarily resolve their differences. Initially, Attorney General Pam Bondi had ordered that the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, would effectively...

DC's Attorney General Sues Trump Over Police Move

City leaders reject federal order to hand police powers to DEA chief

(Newser) - Earlier this week, the attorney general for the District of Columbia criticized President Trump's move to federalize the DC police force. Now, he's suing. On Friday, Brian Schwalb filed a federal lawsuit challenging the White House moves, reports the Washington Post .
  • "By declaring a hostile takeover
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Suit: ICE Deported 4-Year-Old American Boy With Cancer

Moms filing complaint say their young US citizen kids were deported to Honduras against their will

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem are just two of the defendants in a new complaint that alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a 4-year-old American boy with late-stage kidney cancer to Honduras. Per the Guardian , the lawsuit filed in Louisiana, which also names various ICE...

Things Have Seriously Ramped Up in DC

AG names 'emergency police commissioner' as more forces take to the streets

(Newser) - The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's "emergency police commissioner" with all the powers of the police chief—a significant move that increases national control over the city...

Bondi Fires DOJ Staffer Over Sandwich Hurled at CBP Agent

'This is an example of the Deep State,' AG railed against man who's now canned and facing a felony

(Newser) - A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post on Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a...

AG Launching Grand Jury Probe Into Obama Officials: Sources

Controversial move comes after Gabbard's comments about 'conspiracy'

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a grand jury investigation into whether Obama administration officials broke federal law during their review of Russia's interference in the 2016 election, sparking controversy and criticism from both political parties. Bondi's move, first reported by Fox News and confirmed by a...

An Exit Strategy for the Epstein Mess
An Exit Strategy
for the Epstein Mess
OPINION
Jul 25, 2025 8:10 AM CDT

An Exit Strategy for the Epstein Mess

Wall Street Journal editorial page says Bondi, Patel need to show some political courage

(Newser) - The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal isn't happy with anyone in DC over what it terms the "Epstein follies." Yes, the Trump administration has botched its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, but the editors are calling out Democrats, too. After all, they had access...

IRS Mulls Dropping Multilingual Tax Help

Plan could end translations, phone interpreters, non-English tax forms

(Newser) - The IRS is weighing a plan to phase out tax services offered in languages other than English, according to documents reviewed by the Washington Post and sources familiar with the discussions. This move follows an executive order from President Trump that declares English the official language of the US,...

Trump Order Pushes Cities to Clear Homeless Encampments

Once president signs the directive, Bondi is to move against court rulings

(Newser) - President Trump plans to sign an executive order designed to make it easier for cities and states to clear homeless encampments from streets and other public spaces. The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to work toward overturning court decisions and consent decrees that limit local governments' ability to...

WSJ: Trump Is in Unreleased Epstein Files

Bondi told him in May that his name appeared in files, Journal 's sources say

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal has come out with another report on President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, though it's not clear whether the president will file another lawsuit . The Journal, citing "senior administration officials," reports that Justice Department officials found Trump's name appeared multiple times in FBI...

ICE Facing New Wave of Resistance Online

Websites, apps use real-time tips to warn communities of officer sightings

(Newser) - A new wave of digital resistance is reshaping the battle over deportations: A growing number of online activists are using digital tools to monitor and publicize the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, aiming to help undocumented immigrants evade arrest during stepped-up enforcement actions. Sherman Austin, who...

Justice Department to Meet With Ghislaine Maxwell

Meeting with Epstein collaborator comes with the president under pressure

(Newser) - A new development in the Jeffrey Epstein drama: A top Justice Department official plans to meet with the sexual predator's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, reports the New York Times . Todd Blanche, the No. 2 official under Attorney General Pam Bondi, tweeted that Bondi instructed him to seek the meeting...

Johnson Changes Course on Releasing Epstein Files

There'll be no House vote before recess, speaker now says

(Newser) - The House won't vote this summer on whether the Justice Department should release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, after he called last week for the Trump administration to "put everything out there." The Rules Committee has already sent a...

Durbin: Bondi 'Pressured' FBI on Review of Epstein Files

Dem senator says in letters to DOJ, FBI that 1K agents were made to 'flag' any references to Trump

(Newser) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is raising new questions about how the FBI has handled files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender. According to letters Durbin sent to the Justice Department and FBI leadership, agents reviewing Epstein's files earlier...

DOJ Asks Judge to Release Epstein, Maxwell Testimony

Grand jury secrecy laws complicate such disclosures

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to unseal grand jury testimony from the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, after demands from President Trump's supporters to release documents about the case threatened to overshadow the administration's agenda. The department requested a similar release in the...

Analysts Say 3 Minutes Were Cut From Epstein Video

Experts tell Wired that prison video was assembled from two edited clips

(Newser) - An FBI video intended to shed light on the circumstances around Jeffrey Epstein's death is raising more questions than answers. Metadata uncovered by Wired shows that roughly three minutes of footage were trimmed from what the Department of Justice and FBI had described as "full raw" surveillance...

Democrats Happily Pile On the Growing Epstein Chaos
In the MAGA-Epstein Chaos,
5 Factions Emerge
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Jul 15, 2025 10:55 AM CDT

In the MAGA-Epstein Chaos, 5 Factions Emerge

Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to make political hay out of the infighting

(Newser) - The MAGA infighting over the Jeffrey Epstein files continues to escalate, and now Democrats are piling on. Axios reports that Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna introduced a resolution requiring the Justice Department to release all files related to Epstein, forcing House Republicans to shoot it down Monday night. Khanna, however, promised...

Musk Rips Trump's Defense: 'Just Release the Files'

President had backed Pam Bondi over her handling of Jeffrey Epstein case

(Newser) - Elon Musk has further solidified his split with President Trump with responses about the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The president on Saturday had posted a long defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has come under MAGA fire after announcing there are no previously secret documents...

Trump Tells MAGA Critics of Bondi to Back Off

Attorney general is doing a 'fantastic job,' says president amid Epstein controversy

(Newser) - As MAGA infighting continues over the federal Jeffrey Epstein investigation, President Trump is making clear that he is very much on the side of his attorney general. In a lengthy Truth Social post on Saturday, the president criticized those going after Pam Bondi on the issue, reports CNN :
  • "What'
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