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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is under fire over her anti-gun remarks, becoming the latest Trump administration official caught in a firearms backlash. Her threat to jail anyone who brings a gun into Washington, D.C., has set off a revolt across the political spectrum, spearheaded by right-wing gun groups and GOP lawmakers.“You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you’re going to jail,” Pirro said on Fox News Monday afternoon. “I don’t care if you have a license in another district, and I don’t care if you’re a law-abiding gun owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail, and hope you get the gun back, and that makes all the difference.”

The Justice Department is fighting court battles on many fronts — including defending President Donald Trump's ongoing construction of a ballroom where the White House's East Wing once stood. ABC News reported that in an overnight filing, the DOJ offered new justification for Trump's free rein as contractor-in-chief: "national security." "Even before a federal judge has decided whether he'll halt construction of the White House ballroom, the Trump administration has preemptively asked the judge to stay any injunction he might issue, warning that the project is 'imperative for reaso

CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju reported the unfolding drama on the House floor on Tuesday as Republicans are holding out on a funding bill that will aim to end the partial government shutdown. Two conservatives were quick votes against it, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and John Rose (R-Tenn.). There were a few other holdouts, but top leadership appeared ro secure two yes votes, reporters observing saw. Rose wrote on X that he's angry with Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who promised if Republicans approved the spending bill, he would bring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) for a vote. Thune has since chang

Donald Trump is reportedly on the "knife-edge" of starting a new war in the Middle East, with The iPaper reporting Tuesday that officials are scrambling behind-the-scenes to stop it.On Trump's orders, the U.S. military is currently building up a "massive" deployment of naval hardware in the Persian Gulf, the outlet explained. The president has been inching closer to an all-out conflict with Iran since bombing three of its nuclear facilities last summer.

Marimar Martinez is one of several people who've been shot by federal agents in recent weeks. And she and her attorney are speaking to the media about the Chicago native's experience and the ongoing battle against the Department of Homeland Security's lies about the incident. Martinez is also speaking to Congress about her clash with federal agents. Discussing his client on CNN, lawyer Christopher Parente said that they are both clear-

Donald Trump's abrupt announcement of an extended closure for the Kennedy Center might now result in a legal battle, according to KFOX 14 News, as the union for employees at the arts center has weighed in.Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social to announce that the Kennedy Center would be shutting down for two years, starting on July 4, to coincide w

A body-worn camera from local police officers in Fulton County captured the FBI raid of the Georgia elections center. And professor James Sample, Hofstra University School of Law, told MS NOW that the arguments in the short 93-second bodycam video shows a debate over the process of the warrant. Sample says it might be enough for a court challenge. "Down the road, that could be a basis for a lawsuit, if, in

Within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Donald Trump loyalist Daren Margolin is serving as director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review — which oversees asylum claims and deportations in immigration cases. And he’s doing so as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol agents carry out militarized raids in Minneapolis and other American cities.The Daily Beast, according to reporter Will Neal, discussed Margolin with four immigration officials who have worked with him. And they were highly critical of his performance.Neal, in an article

President Donald Trump extended his late-night tirade against The New York Times early Tuesday, after posting a series of attacks late Monday night. The Times reported that the Trump administration had dropped its $200 million demand for a payment from Harvard University, setting off a fresh burst of anger from the president.“Why hasn’t the Fake News New York Times adjusted its phony article on the corruption and antisemitism which has taken place at Harvard,” Trump railed Tuesday morning. “They never call for facts, or factchecks, because the Times’ is a corrupt, unprincipled, and

A month has passed since U.S. forces, on order from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and transported him to a federal detention center in New York City. After the January 3 operation, leftist Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez — an ally of Maduro and his late predecessor Hugo Chávez — was installed as interim president. But opposition leader María Corina Machado, who formerly served in the Venezuelan National Assembly, is hoping to take over that position.In