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    Trump Is Making Major White House Renovations. See What’s Changing.

    <!–> –><!–> [–><!–>In less than a year, President Trump has already significantly remade the White House. The Oval Office is decorated from top to bottom in gold. The Rose Garden’s lawn is paved over. And on Monday, part of the East Wing was demolished as Mr. Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom project forged ahead.–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –> […] More

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    Read the Indictment of James Comey

    IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division

    THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    V.

    JAMES B. COMEY JR.

    Defendant.

    CRIMINAL NO. 1:25-CR-272

    FILED IN OPEN COURT

    SEP 25 2025

    CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

    Count One: False statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government (18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2))

    Count Two: Obstruction of a Congressional proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1505)

    INDICTMENT

    COUNT ONE

    False statements within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the United States Government [18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2)]
    1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the Government of the United States, by falsely stating to a U.S. Senator during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he, JAMES B. COMEY JR., had not “authorized someone else at the FBI to be an anonymous source in news reports” regarding an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.
    2. That statement was false, because, as JAMES B. COMEY JR. then and there knew, he in

    fact had authorized PERSON 3 to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding

    an FBI investigation concerning PERSON 1.

    3. All in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). More

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    Local Sheriffs Are Turning Their Jails Into ICE Detention Centers

    <!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–> –><!–> [–><!–>Butler is among the largest of a growing number of county jails and other local facilities that now house a sizable chunk of ICE detainees, many of whom have never been charged with a crime. The agency’s use of these facilities has more than doubled since President Trump took […] More

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    Read Trump’s Directive Firing Lisa Cook From Fed Role

    THE WHITE HOUSE

    WASHINGTON

    August 25, 2025

    Dr. Lisa D. Cook

    Member

    Board of Governors
    United States Federal Reserve System
    20th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20551

    Dear Governor Cook:

    Pursuant to my authority under Article II of the Constitution of the United States and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, as amended, you are hereby removed from your position on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, effective immediately.

    The Federal Reserve Act provides that you may be removed, at my discretion, for cause. See 12 U.S.C. § 242. I have determined that there is sufficient cause to remove you from your position.

    As set forth in the Criminal Referral dated August 15, 2025, from Mr. William J. Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to Ms. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General of the United States (“Criminal Referral”) (attached to this letter as Exhibit A), there is sufficient reason to believe you may have made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements. For example, as detailed in the Criminal Referral, you signed one document attesting that a property in Michigan would be your primary residence for the next year. Two weeks later, you signed another document for a property in Georgia stating that it would be your primary residence for the next year. It is inconceivable that you were not aware of your first commitment when making the second. It is impossible that you intended to honor both.

    The Federal Reserve has tremendous responsibility for setting interest rates and regulating reserve and member banks. The American people must be able to have full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the Federal Reserve. In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity. At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as a financial regulator. More

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    Immigration, Trump and the Economy: 11 Latino Voters Discuss

    What word best describes how you feel things are going in the country? What word best describeshow you feel things are goingin the country? “Bad.” Esteban, 22, Texas, Republican “Better.” Jeanette, 42, Fla., Republican “Conflicted.” Meranda, 28, Idaho, independent In November nearly half of Latino voters selected Donald Trump for president — a decisive change […] More

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    Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them.

    <!–> –>It seemed that the multiracialcoalition that elected Barack Obamawould secure a Democratic future for this country for decades.<!–> –>It seemed that themultiracial coalition that elected BarackObama wouldsecure a Democraticfuture for thiscountry for decades.<!–> –>But instead, as America growsmore diverse, it has become moreconservative. Why?<!–> –>But instead, asAmerica growsmore diverse, it hasbecome moreconservative. Why?<!–> [!–> […] More