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Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say

By AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM, MATTHEW LEE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Oct 08, 2025 8:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the U.S. military in a ser...
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

By Noah Robertson and Tara Copp
Oct 08, 2025 8:35 pm - The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

By Perry Stein
Oct 08, 2025 8:31 pm - Nearly a quarter of the FBI’s roughly 13,000 agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the nation’s largest field offices, according to data from the FBI obtained by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and shared with The Washington Post.
Federal government shutdown grinds into a week two as tempers flare at the Capitol

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Oct 08, 2025 8:19 pm - WASHINGTON — Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen...
Supreme Court grapples with lawsuit challenging mail-in ballot rules

By Justin Jouvenal
Oct 08, 2025 4:52 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether to allow an Illinois congressman and others to go forward with a lawsuit challenging the state’s policy of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day
‘The situation appears to be deteriorating:’ O’Hare is back to normal but for how long amid shutdown?

By Marni Pyke
Oct 08, 2025 1:45 pm - Experts predict disruptions may continue as the shutdown stress grows for unpaid government employees, including air traffic controllers.
Trump says Pritzker, Johnson ‘should be in jail’; ‘Come and get me,’ governor replies

By Marni Pyke
Oct 08, 2025 9:45 am - Escalating tensions between Illinois and the White House, President Donald Trump recommended jailing Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Wednesday. Pritzker has countered that Trump has dementia and tells Democrats, “we need to be strong.” Johnson says, “I’m not going anywhere.”
Comey pleads not guilty to Trump Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Oct 08, 2025 8:25 am - Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday to face a criminal case that has thrown a spotlight on the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump.
Veteran defense lawyer turned judge oversees case against ex-FBI Director Comey

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Oct 08, 2025 8:21 am - Michael Nachmanoff has built a quiet reputation in the federal courthouse in northern Virginia — a onetime public defender turned judge known for methodical preparation and a cool temperament. On Wednesday, he finds himself at the center of a political storm: presiding over the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.
Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says

By SAMY MAGDY
Oct 08, 2025 8:16 am - Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners in an agreement that was put forward by the Trump administration and would represent the biggest breakthrough in months in the devastating two-year-old war.

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