Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, photos emerged of 15 right-wing social media influencers posing outside the White House, grinning and holding thick white binders. This set of people, which included the woman behind the bullying social media […]
The Trump administration on Friday forced out a handful of senior Justice Department officials, further thinning the ranks of career officials who help guide the agency, according to several people familiar with the actions. The ouster of lawyers managing the Justice Department’s pardon work, bankruptcy litigation and other legal issues marks the latest move by […]
Since returning to the White House on January 20, President Donald Trump has made a concerted effort to fill the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with MAGA loyalists. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is now U.S. attorney general, and far-right Kash Patel is now FBI director. During a Saturday morning, March 8 appearance on […]
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has taken to the courts to halt cases and reverse positions that center on key pillars of the Biden administration’s agenda. Less than two months into the new administration, the Trump DOJ, now led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, has made significant moves in court that advance anti-abortion initiatives, […]
WASHINGTON — Two of President Donald Trump’s allies have launched bids for leadership roles with the D.C. Bar Association, an under-the-radar effort that would give them more control over the influential legal group. The push comes amid bar associations’ confrontations with the Trump administration, and some federal attorneys have looked to their state groups for […]
ALBANY — Attorney General Pamela Bondi has appointed John A. Sarcone III as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. Sarcone will start on March 17. As United States Attorney, Sarcone will serve as the Northern District of New York’s chief federal law enforcement officer, supervising an office of 49 Assistant […]