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The House adjourned on October 13 with the government-funding fight still unresolved. That is not dramatic in the cinematic sense, but it is a very real failure of basic governing, especially with agencies and workers left to absorb the cost of congressional paralysis.
The White House published a celebratory Alaska package on the day of the visit, stacking tax, energy, and security claims into one glossy political brochure.
Treasury imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties on Bank of America over anti-money-laundering and sanctions failures, one of the biggest enforcement hits in department history.
Federal prosecutors say 14 people were indicted in a North Korean remote IT-worker conspiracy that touched more than 70 U.S. companies. The allegation is not just cybercrime with a geopolitics costume on; it is a direct revenue pipeline for a sanctions-hit regime, built out of f…
DOJ gave California officials 48 hours to review a list of alleged noncitizen voters or face legal action, escalating the administration’s election-pressure campaign into a direct threat letter.
Federal prosecutors said a Saudi national and OpenAI employee was arrested and charged after allegedly installing a surreptitious audio recording device, a case that puts tech-security fears and national-security theater on the same stage.
Federal prosecutors said a grand jury returned an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire-fraud, false-statements, and money-laundering counts. It is a jarring escalation against a prominent civil-rights organization and a sign that the department is willing t…
A bipartisan group of senators on October 13 pressed Donald Trump to rescind his deal with Vladimir Putin allowing Russian diesel and to start enforcing sanctions Congress already authorized. It’s a rare cross-party rebuke that basically says the White House is handing Putin a c…
The Court’s October 13 docket and hearing calendar show the justices still actively handling politically loaded cases, including major disputes tied to the Trump era.
The White House formally created a committee of inquiry to investigate allegations against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Whatever the legal endgame, the political message is unmistakable: the administration is now testing how far it can push on the central bank without loo…
The OCC and FinCEN moved against Bank of America over deficient anti-money-laundering controls, turning a long compliance failure into a very expensive problem.
House Republicans pulled back in several front-line districts, a sign the party is getting nervous enough to stop throwing money at races it once wanted to fight everywhere. The move does not just signal tactical caution; it also hints that the House map is looking shakier than …
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