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Lawyers for former special counsel Jack Smith on Monday defended him in the face of an ethics probe into his actions investigating President Trump before the 2024 election, referring to the basis of the investigation as “imaginary and unfounded.”Earlier this month, the Office of the Special Counsel — which is not affiliated with Smith’s former position — launched a probe into Smith’s handling of two criminal investigations into Mr. Trump’s handling of classified documents and alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election. Mr. Trump pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing. File: Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his…

Inside the numbers on Trump’s D.C. takeover Inside the numbers on Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown 03:25 Washington — President Trump said Tuesday the federal government would seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington, D.C.It’s the latest move in a federal crackdown on crime, with Washington as a test case, as the president ramps up federal law enforcement efforts in Washington and seeks to establish forces in each state’s National Guard to be ready on short notice to address civil unrest. The president on Monday signed a crime-focused executive order that included a directive to the defense secretary to organize these…

A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration Headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, MD on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post/Getty Images A whistleblower says that a former senior DOGE official copied the Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private server accessible by other former DOGE employees and lacking adequate security, potentially putting an enormous amount of private information at risk to being revealed and possibly used by identity thieves. In a written complaint filed through the non-profit Government Accountability Project, Charles…

Whirlpool, the century-old American appliance manufacturer known for its washers, dryers and other home appliances, says Trump’s tariffs could give it a leg up on competitors that rely heavily on imports.The American manufacturer of home, kitchen and laundry appliances says it makes 80% of its products in the U.S., where it operates 10 factories. “You’re absolutely proud to know that it was built in America, in Ohio, and in these small communities that thrive,” Jason Ebert, senior vice president of North American manufacturing at Whirlpool, told CBS News. Ebert hopes that the company’s large domestic manufacturing footprint positions it for success amid…

Politics / August 26, 2025 The bulwarks of self-government have given way under multiple MAGA putsches. Instead of pledging to protect our democracy, Democrats need a plan to restore it Ad Policy Protesters carry a coffin symbolizing the death of democracy near Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) For close to a decade now, leading Democrats have told voters that they have to vote blue to save democracy from Donald Trump and his allies. Following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband by a far-right extremist in June, for example, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries…

Why did Trump back U.S. government stake in Intel? – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump called the government’s recent 10% in semiconductor chipmaker Intel a good deal. The administration converted nearly $9 billion in federal grants to the company into Intel stock. Jo Ling Kent has more. Source link

A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through metro Phoenix on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s busiest airports.Bernae Boykin Hitesman was driving her son and daughter, ages 9 and 11, home from school when the storm, known as a haboob, arrived late in the afternoon in Arizona City, about 60 miles southeast of Phoenix.She had to quickly pull over as the storm engulfed her car. “I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face if I put my hand outside,” she said.…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Immigration authorities yesterday morning took Kilmar Abrego Garcia into federal custody, where he is waiting to find out how long he will remain in the U.S. The Maryland man was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March and later returned to the U.S. The U.S. government now says it will deport Abrego Garcia again — this time to Uganda. In yesterday’s court hearing, federal Judge Paula Xinis…

A group of current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials warned Congress on Monday that the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the disaster relief agency could reverse decades of reforms made after Hurricane Katrina.The open letter was released as the U.S. this week marks 20 years since Katrina’s 2005 landfall — sparking one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, with more than 1,800 deaths and over $200 billion in damage in today’s dollars.The letter argues the Trump administration — which has sought to dramatically shrink FEMA and floated scrapping the agency altogether — had made decisions that…

In this moment of crisis, we need a unified, progressive opposition to Donald Trump.  We’re starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the country: from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, to communities protecting their neighbors from ICE, to the senators opposing arms shipments to Israel.  The Democratic Party has an urgent choice to make: Will it embrace a politics that is principled and popular, or will it continue to insist on losing elections with the out-of-touch elites and consultants that got us here?  At The Nation, we…