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Comey’s lawyers say they will challenge threat charges as vindictive

By Salvador Rizzo, Jeremy Roebuck and Perry Stein
Apr 29, 2026 7:21 pm - Lawyers for James B. Comey said Wednesday they intend to challenge the indictment accusing him of threatening the life of the president as an illegal attempt to punish the former FBI director for his criticism of Donald Trump.
Illinois lawmakers punt remap amendment after SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling

By Ben Szalinski and Peter Hancock
Apr 29, 2026 5:57 pm - Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
Powell plans to stay on at Fed after his term as chair ends, citing legal actions by administration

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Apr 29, 2026 1:11 pm - Jerome Powell plans to remain on the board of the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month “for an undetermined period of time,” saying the “unprecedented” legal attacks by the Trump administration have put the independence of the nation's central bank at risk.
Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, boosting Republican chances

By MARK SHERMAN
Apr 29, 2026 9:22 am - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats and affect the balance of power in Congress.
Another Russian oil facility burns after Zelenskyy touts Ukraine’s drone reach

By The Associated Press
Apr 29, 2026 8:21 am - Another oil facility deep inside Russia was reportedly on fire Wednesday following what Ukraine’s president claimed was his country’s latest long-range drone attack.
Defying protocol, Trump relays details of private conversation with King Charles III

By DANICA KIRKA
Apr 29, 2026 8:18 am - At Tuesday’s state dinner honoring King Charles III and Queen Camilla, U.S. President Donald Trump said that during a private meeting earlier in the day the British monarch had agreed with him that Iran should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons.
Skeptical Democrats confront Hegseth about Iran war for the first time since conflict started

By BEN FINLEY and STEPHEN GROVES
Apr 29, 2026 8:13 am - Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats Wednesday over a costly conflict being waged without congressional approval.
Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe

By MARK VANCLEAVE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Apr 28, 2026 8:22 pm - Federal agents executed multiple searches in Minnesota on Tuesday, seizing records and other evidence in an ongoing fraud investigation by the Trump administration of publicly funded social programs for children, authorities said.
Appeals court rejects Trump’s no-bond immigration detentions, setting stage for Supreme Court review

By REBECCA BOONE
Apr 28, 2026 8:13 pm - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without the chance to seek bond, citing “serious constitutional questions” related to what it said would otherwise be the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in the nation's history for millions of noncitizens.
DOJ cites attack, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in seeking ballroom approval

By Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards
Apr 28, 2026 7:44 pm - Justice Department officials late Monday asked a federal judge to lift his order halting President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million ballroom, contending in a rambling legal filing that Saturday’s attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner proved why the space is needed.

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