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2 weeks ago | 
news.lee.net | Eric Tucker |Michael Kunzelman |Alanna Durkin Richer
WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting and killing two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington as they left an event at a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” federal authorities said Thursday in announcing criminal charges.
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2 weeks ago | 
bismarcktribune.com | Eric Tucker |Michael Kunzelman |Alanna Durkin Richer
WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting and killing two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington as they left an event at a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” federal authorities said Thursday in announcing criminal charges.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
news.lee.net | Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, criminal cases and demanded names of FBI agents involved in those probes so they can possibly be ousted. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firings of the Jan. 6 prosecutors days after President Donald Trump's sweeping clemency action benefiting the more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
bismarcktribune.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, criminal cases and demanded names of FBI agents involved in those probes so they can possibly be ousted. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the firings of the Jan. 6 prosecutors days after President Donald Trump’s sweeping clemency action benefiting the more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
bismarcktribune.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Matt Brown
WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch investigations for political purposes.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
bismarcktribune.com | Zeke Miller |Eric Tucker |Will Weissert
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that some members of Congress suggested violates federal law. The dismissals began Friday night and were effective immediately, according to two people familiar with the actions. They spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that were not yet made public.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
bismarcktribune.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Mary Clare Jalonick
WASHINGTON — Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
chippewa.com | Eric Tucker
TRUMP INVESTIGATIONSWASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead. The department disclosed Smith's departure in a court filing Saturday, saying he resigned the prior day.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
bismarcktribune.com | Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead. The department disclosed Smith’s departure in a court filing Saturday, saying he resigned the prior day.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
news.lee.net | Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
