The Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll, the former New York magazine writer who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault.
President Trump signed a new counterterrorism strategy identifying three primary threats to the United States: narco-terrorists and transnational gangs, global jihadists including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, and violent left-wing extremists including anarchists and anti-fascists. The post Trump Admin’s Counterterrorism Strategy Targets Left-Wing Violence Biden Denied Existed appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) may have shot herself in the foot: Her comment that the state's new "assault weapons" ban affects "frequently used" firearms could undercut the state's defense in lawsuits challenging the prohibition, according to legal experts. The post Spanberger's Statement on New Virginia Assault Weapons Ban Could Fuel Lawsuits Challenging Its Legality, Experts Say appeared first on .
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son has been secretly working as a political appointee attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department, raising serious conflict of interest questions as high-stakes cases involving the agency have made their way to the nation's highest court, according to a report.Philip Alito was hired to Treasury's office of the general counsel in the early months of the second Trump administration, according to four former government officials, yet his presence there has been treated as something close to a state secret, reported NOTUS."If people were introducing themselves by first and last name, he'd just say 'Phil,' not Phil Alito," said one former official. "He's a pretty soft-spoken guy."The younger Alito maintains no public resume, has no LinkedIn profile and his name appears nowhere on the Treasury Department's website. Colleagues recall that he went out of his way to avoid drawing attention to his famous surname.But the low profile belies the significance of his role. As an attorney-adviser in the general counsel's front office, Philip Alito was briefed on important Treasury matters across the board and offered legal feedback at the highest levels."There's no doubt he got that position because of who he is," a second source said.The Treasury Department's general counsel office handles legal matters related to taxation, economic policy and law enforcement. It could be involved in multiple federal lawsuits challenging Trump's controversial anti-weaponization fund — which allocates public money to individuals claiming unfair targeting by the Justice Department — that could ultimately reach the Supreme Court.While Philip Alito was working at the Treasury, a lawsuit challenging Trump's use of emergency powers to issue tariffs was argued before the justices in November — with the Treasury Department named as a defendant, but the department never disclosed Philip Alito's employment in court documents.His father did not recuse himself from the case, ultimately joining a dissent when the majority ruled against the administration in February.Justice Alito's office did not responded to requests for comment from NOTUS.
President Donald Trump is now facing pressure from his loyalists not to fold in his posture against Iran — and is growing frustrated over it, The Atlantic reported.This comes as the president, faced with economic ruin and tumbling polls as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed and fuel prices remain high, is pursuing a framework for a deal to end the war — one that is a long way off, but still looming large with some of his allies."Trump-supporting Iran hawks, already disappointed that the regime in Tehran is still intact, feared the president was rushing into a bad deal," stated the report. It reference Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) posting to X, “This combination of Iran being perceived as having the ability to terrorize the Strait in perpetuity” and the ability to “inflict massive damage to Gulf oil infrastructure is a major shift of the balance of power in the region and over time will be a nightmare for Israel,” and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, who posted, “the rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith — would be a disaster.”Trump has responded to this anger within his own party by hedging, but behind the scenes, it's aggravating him, the report said."A Trump aide told us the president was startled and annoyed by such pushback," said the report. "But the public criticism, and behind-the-scenes lobbying from Graham and others, was one reason Trump changed his tune. Rather than hyping a deal as imminent, he began to stress on social media that the agreement was not quite done, and that he’d accept only a clear win — though he didn’t specify what that would look like."Graham, in particular, has long been one of the most consistent cheerleaders for military intervention in Iran, and went into the current war as an enthusiastic supporter.
Iran fired a missile at an American airbase in Kuwait Thursday just hours after the U.S. attacked the Islamic Republic, with both sides accusing the other of violating their shaky ceasefire and further imperiling diplomatic efforts to end the war