© Jose Luis Magana, The Associated Press

The dismissal of two cases against adversaries of President Trump has left the Department of Justice (DOJ) with narrow and murky paths forward if it plans to continue prosecuting them.

A federal judge on Monday threw out the charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) after finding that the U.S. attorney handpicked by the president to pursue the cases was unlawfully appointed. 

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• Scouts ‘surprised and deeply saddened’ by Hegseth’s proposal to cut ties
  

   

• Republicans dumbfounded by Trump’s calls for harsh retribution against Democratic lawmakers
  
  

• Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has filed a suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), arguing its leader abused his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage.  

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The FBI has launched an investigation into the six Democratic lawmakers who recently filmed a video telling military members they are not obligated to follow illegal orders. 

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) looming retirement is a broader representation of embattled GOP lawmakers who could depart under the Trump administration and put the Republican majority at risk.

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The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution.

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©  J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had a conversation with Tucker Carlson about the former Fox News host’s interview with antisemitic commentator Nick Fuentes, saying it was a “big mistake.”

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said President Trump’s movement “will dissolve” if he undertakes foreign policy measures to invade Venezuela or bolster the United States’s support for Ukraine.

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President Trump pardoned turkeys Gobble and Waddle outside the White House on Tuesday, but not before joking that former President Biden’s turkey pardons are void because of his use of an autopen.

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Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) on Monday agreed to pay more than $5 million in back taxes to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit stemming from nearly two decades ago. 

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