The U.S. and Venezuela "have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations," per a State Department statement. Why it matters: The historic deal with a former traditional U.S. foe comes as President Trump pushes to apply his actions in Caracas that led to the capture of former leader Nicolás Maduro to Iran, telling Axios Thursday that he must be involved in picking a successor to assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei . - Trump administration officials visited Venezuela this week, where Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with acting Venezuelan president Rodríguez to discuss oil and mineral opportunities, and help shepherd a multimillion-dollar gold deal. What they're saying: "This step will facilitate our joint efforts…
The Justice Department has proposed new regulations that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it said have become “weaponized.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi may suffer the most collateral damage from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's firing , with congressional Democrats now saying it gives them space to focus their criticism and scrutiny squarely on her. Why it matters: Bondi has already faced intense flak from Congress over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, with lawmakers in both parties accusing her of being insufficiently transparent. - Five Republicans on the House Oversight Committee voted with Democrats on Wednesday to subpoena Bondi to testify about the Epstein matter. - And Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday introduced articles of impeachment against Bondi, charging her with obstruction of Congress and dereliction of duty for withholding Epstein…
A study in The Lancet finds that pregnant women in emergency rooms used less Tylenol after President Trump said it could raise their babies' risk of autism. Scientists say there is no proven link.
Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.
Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.”