Newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday announced indictments against alleged participants in a scheme to facilitate what he called "sham marriages." Blanche claimed that the system enabled people he described as "foreign nationals, primarily from China" to obtain green cards at costs of up to $100,000 each. #Immigration #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Marriage
The Trump administration is seeking swift Supreme Court intervention to implement new mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the November midterms.
The Trump administration is seeking swift Supreme Court intervention to implement new mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the November midterms. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration on Wednesday again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly intervene to allow the U.S. Postal Service to implement nationwide restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to overturn two rulings by Barack Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani that have blocked the Trump administration’s plans, warning that further delays could prevent the changes from taking effect before the elections. DETAIL: Talwani ruled Tuesday in a separate case brought by…Open
New reporting from The New York Times sheds light on how a counterintelligence inquiry into Trump’s Russia ties was derailed. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Michael Schmidt, who broke this story, and John Brennan for analysis on Deadline White House.
While President Trump was switching planes due to an Iranian threat, some of his Cabinet officials were left behind on Air Force One including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Trump instead took his aides Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino with him, according to a U.S. official granted anonymity to share details of the clandestine mission. Katy Tur has more details.
The group claims that the school failed to protect its Palestinian students and faculty from “unrelenting doxxing” and harassment from campus community members, despite reporting the alleged misconduct.
'Now it's just out of control, I've never seen a state house race in Kansas with $150,000 dropped into it, but basically anyone that they thought they would be able to sway their vote got a lot of money.'