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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.
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.
GAO agrees to review Justice Department’s handling of Epstein files

By Theodoric Meyer
Apr 28, 2026 4:32 pm - The Government Accountability Office plans to examine the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein after a bipartisan group of senators raised concerns that the department violated the law.
FCC orders review of Disney’s licenses after Trump’s Kimmel criticism

By Scott Nover
Apr 28, 2026 3:54 pm - The Federal Communications Commission ordered a review of Disney’s broadcast licenses for local ABC stations following a new spate of criticism from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump about the network’s late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel.
Judson University faces backlash over ‘Democracy Award’ to sanctioned Bosnian leader

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 28, 2026 12:50 pm - Judson University is coming under fire for honoring a European leader who some claim denies or minimizes a mass killing that international authorities have deemed a genocide.
Trump says suspect was armed with multiple weapons at White House correspondents’ dinner

By COLLIN BINKLEY, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DAVID BAUDER
Apr 25, 2026 9:43 pm - A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists' dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders on Saturday night, rushing toward the ballroom before Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody. The president was uninjured and was hustled away.
Trump ousts National Science Board members

By Carolyn Y. Johnson
Apr 25, 2026 9:20 pm - Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.
A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up

By AARON KESSLER and TIM SULLIVAN
Apr 25, 2026 9:11 pm - At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California.

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