NEWS - President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York AG Letitia James, sources tell ABC. Reporting w/ @alexmallin.bsky.social & Peter Charalambous

From ABC's @kfaulders.bsky.social :

ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029. DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

NEW - Trump eyeing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC. Reporting w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eyi...

NEW - Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador abcnews.go.com/US/judge-ord...

North Korea hosted its annual international marathon on Sunday for the first time in six years. Nearly 200 runners entered under an exemption allowing them to enter a country that has been closed to most international tourism since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

NEW - The Trump administration is pulling back its enforcement of crypto regulations, disbanding a unit dedicated to cryptocurrency enforcement abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/former-cl...

NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/former-cl...

DOJ also placed the deputy director of the office of immigration litigation, August Flentje, on paid administrative leave for "failure to supervise a subordinate," sources familiar with the matter said. bsky.app/profile/ivan...

Sources said Erez Reuveni, the acting deputy director for the Office of Immigration Litigation, was told by officials at the DOJ that he was being placed on leave over a "failure to zealously advocate" for the government's interests. via @kfaulders.bsky.social @alexmallin.bsky.social

Musk did not say how he came to know about the alleged planned arrest, but sources said he was referring to an ongoing federal investigation & said his public disclosure of it disturbed top law enforcement officials. W @wsteaks.bsky.social @alexmallin.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kfau...

NEWS - Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources. Story w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social & @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musk...

DOJ pushes FBI to review, release more Epstein files amid mounting pressure from Trump supporters abcnews.go.com/US/doj-pushe...

NEWS -- White House orders halt to FBI background checks for dozens of top staffers, transfers process to Pentagon: Sources abcnews.go.com/Politics/whi...

Trump pardons convicted Tennessee lawmaker once represented by the White House counsel abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

NEW -- DOJ has put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter tell me. Two of the prosecutors – Andrew Rohrbach and Celia Cohen – worked on the prosecution of NY Mayor Eric Adams.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins will sit out President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress as the designated survivor, I’m told.

AG Pam Bondi blindsided the White House when she handed out “Epstein Files” binders to MAGA influencers last week. Bondi told staff not to tell the White House, thinking the surprise would be well received, sources tell me @wsteaks.bsky.social @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/ag-bondi-...

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota will not run for his state’s open Senate seat in 2026 and will instead begin the process to seek a third term as governor, his spokesman said Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, the man who had been sentenced to death in Oklahoma following a trial that was questioned by lawyers and advocates; lawmakers of both parties; independent reviews; and, eventually, the state’s Republican attorney general.

At one point shortly after the Sat. evening email, sources said senior White House staff debated issuing guidance to their own employees, informing them that they did not need to reply to the Musk-endorsed OPM email. More Reporting w @wsteaks.bsky.social — abcnews.go.com/Politics/mus...

Woodward was granted a security clearance by the Biden administration due to his representation of Nauta. bsky.app/profile/kfau...

Stanley Woodward, who represented Trump’s co-defendant & current White House aide Walt Nauta in Jack Smith's classified docs case was in the Oval Office when Trump issued a memo to strip Smith’s attorneys of their security clearances.

NEWS -- After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources abcnews.go.com/US/after-cla...

NEW - President Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to sources familiar with the matter. A DOJ official says that Patel is expected to be sworn in as acting director early next week.

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, is gaggling with reporters at the White House right now. Lindell pushed false and unsubstantiated claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump.

DOJ moves to dismiss weapons charges against pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested after release from jail storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

3 migrants beat the Trump administration in court. They got deported the next day abcnews.go.com/US/3-migrant...

A federal judge in New York has summoned the Justice Department and lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams to a hearing Wednesday to discuss the motion to dismiss.

Chief Justice Roberts has ordered that a response to the government's emergency application in the Dellinger case be filed by 2 p.m. (ET) tomorrow. That quick turnaround suggests that #SCOTUS is hoping to rule sometime this week. For much more background, see: www.stevevladeck.com/p/125-the-co...

Denying TRO to bar DOGE from Dept of Educ, Judge Moss delivers damaging ruling: "mere access" to data by "unauthorized personnel" without public dissemination does not establish irreparable harm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Several former and current officials who spoke to ABC News on the condition of anonymity have already began dubbing the episode the ‘Thursday Afternoon Massacre’ — likening it to one of the most transformative moments in DOJ history, the ‘Saturday Night Massacre' bsky.app/profile/kfau...

Fallout over DOJ’s move to drop the criminal corruption prosecution of NY Mayor Eric Adams continues to have ripple effects, resulting now in the resignations of at least 6 top DOJ officials who have refused to sign onto the case’s dismissal, sources tell me @alexmallin.bsky.social & Mike Levine.

And here's Danielle Sassoon's full letter that sparked her resignation.

New - Acting DAG Emil Bove excoriates outgoing US attorney Daniel Sassoon in a letter accepting her resignation - accusing her of “insubordination” and outlining her multiple disagreements with DOJ in dropping the case against Mayor Adams. Pt. 1 of letter ⬇️

NEWS - As soon as DOJ's Public Integrity Section was informed it would be taking over Mayor Adams case, John Keller, the acting head of the unit and his boss, Kevin Driscoll, the senior most career official in DOJ's criminal division resigned, according to multiple sources. bsky.app/profile/kfau...

Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It follows the Justice Department’s directive to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.

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President Trump met with the American Airlines CEO this afternoon — the 1st in person meeting since the deadly collision in DC. Trump met w Transpo Sec Duffy & Robert Isom today & discussed "ways to make investments in a state-of-the-art air traffic system that enhances aviation safety," per a spox

NEW - The Trump administration has removed the acting head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division after the career prosecutor served in the position for less than a month, sources tell ABC abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...

NEW: Fallout from OMB federal funding freeze order has led to discussions about reassigning OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta away from his position, sources tell me and @kfaulders.bsky.social more: abcnews.go.com/US/omb-gener...

The memo blasted to all federal workers tonight offering buyouts is titled "Fork in the Road” and instructs employees to simply reply "Resign" in the message body if they plan to accept the buyout.

Within minutes of the White House freezing billions in federal grants and loans, a federal judge temporarily blocked the funding pause from taking effect -- issuing a "brief administrative stay" -- until Monday at 5PM.

New lawsuit alleges Trump admin is steering info on federal employees to person who works for Musk, not the government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge bars Stewart Rhodes and several of his associates -- whose sentences were commuted by President Trump -- to not enter the U.S. Capitol or Washington, D.C. without first getting permission. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump advisers have discussed ousting independent watchdogs at several federal agencies: Sources. abcnews.go.com/US/after-rem...

NEW -- Trump advisers have discussed ousting independent watchdogs at several federal agencies: Sources abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adv...

The planned commutations for those who attacked police goes well beyond what many of his allies anticipated he would be prepared to extend to the Jan. 6 defendants bsky.app/profile/kfau...

NEW -- President Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences of hundreds of his supporters who have been convicted of violent attacks against law enforcement, sources tell me