At a presser now Schumer won’t say what’s in the WH proposal for DHS

Britt is on the floor now asking for a two-week extension for DHS funding

Last month, a judge ruled John Sarcone is serving unlawfully as US atty for the Northern District of NY. DOJ's website says he's still 1st assistant US atty, but his LinkedIn says...

Now here's Gillibrand's statement

Trump announced 4 judicial nominees today Katie Lane, RNC senior legal counsel (Mt) Sheria Clarke, fmr counsel for House Benghazi Cmt (SC) Evan Rikhye, Walmart senior counsel (Virgin Islands) Kara Westercamp, associate counsel to the president/DOJ (Int Trade) www.law360.com/articles/244...

Schumer on DOJ abruptly firing new interim US attorney for NDNY “Everyone knows Trump only cares about one quality in a U.S. Attorney: complete political subservience. The people of Upstate New York deserve a qualified, independent prosecutor, not another political loyalist"

Dispatch from Bondi’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee today. What was asked…and what wasn’t www.law360.com/articles/244...

Curious if any members will ask Bondi for her thoughts on impeaching judges

Massie and Bondi just got into a shouting match on the Epstein files Bondi accused him of having "Trump derangement syndrome"

Press release for J.P. Cooney's congressional bid (as a Dem in VA) “I stood up to Donald Trump as a federal prosecutor, and I’ll do it again in Congress,” Cooney said

In answering a q about Epstein, Bondi pivoted to Trump's impeachment and the Dow (boasts how high it is) It's getting....tense in here

Some Epstein survivors are at the hearing and Jayapal tried to get Bondi to apologize to them for how DOJ handled the release of the Epstein files

Bondi says DOJ's attorneys "are fighting for President Trump’s agenda” and takes aim at "liberal activist judges"

AG Bondi just arrived to the House Judiciary Committee

Re: Jack Smith subpoenas, Chris Miller, senior VP and general counsel of Verizon, said they had to follow the court order “but our processes could have been better suited to meet what was a new and unique set of circumstances" Outlined a new process

The general counsels for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are testifying before SJC now on their response to Jack Smith's investigation Blackburn, hearing chair, says this is the 1st in a series of hearings Durbin said this is a waste of time as these companies responded to lawfully issued subpoenas

When asked if he’d support a bill to allow non-members of Congress to have a private right of action to sue Jack Smith, Jeffries said would have to look at any bipartisan proposals but bashed the “continuing temper tantrum” by Graham on this Then pivoted to affordability

When asked if he’d support a bill to allow non-members of Congress to have a private right of action to sue Jack Smith, Jeffries said would have to look at any bipartisan proposals but bashed the “continuing temper tantrum” by Graham Pivoted to affordability

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she was alarmed by the surge of resignations by federal prosecutors in Minnesota following the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans by immigration agents.

NEW: The policy arm of the federal judiciary has come out in support of a GOP-led bill to allow judges and prosecutors to carry concealed firearms across state lines, per letter I obtained www.law360.com/articles/243...

DeLauro said she supports funding TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, Secret Service & CISA separately while talks on ICE and CBP continue

Babydog is back!

In other Senate news, Thune teed up 3 judicial nominee votes

Graham has lifted his hold 🚨

TILLIS: “We’re going to shut down the government because some Republicans refuse to take the win”

Graham speaking on the floor on the House repealing the Arctic Frost provision last min in the funding deal: “You jammed me” "Speaker Johnson I won’t forget this"

Jeffries says "lawless agents...should be investigated and prosecuted independently of the Department of Justice" as DOJ is an "illegitimate organization right now” under Bondi and under the direction of Trump Says the Don Lemon arrest underscores that

If there is a partial govt shutdown, here is DHS's contingency plan that was last updated in September :https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-09/2025_0930_dhs_procedures_related_to_a_lapse_in_appropriations.pdf

Asked Sen. Young if he still has confidence in Noem and he replied it’s a “good thing” she and other DHS officials will be testifying before Congress in the coming weeks “Let’s gather more information”

Trump announced the nominee for the new assistant AG for fraud tonight: www.law360.com/articles/243...

By my tracking, this is the status of the 7 Dems who voted for Noem. Please lmk if I missed something

News: Kaine, one of the 7 Dems who voted for Noem, said in a statement to me “The Administration would do itself a favor by removing Secretary Noem”

Tillis told reporters just now he’s “thrilled” the president called him a loser. “That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior advisor to the president”

Bennet announced today he's working on a bill to "rein in" ICE Curious if any GOPs who have been critical of the admin's response in MN will sign on

If/when Jack Smith can talk about the second volume of his record, House Judiciary Dems want him to come back for round 2 www.law360.com/articles/243...

Interesting analysis. They link to my reporting from earlier this week on the letter DOJ sent Congress on how the new assistant AG for fraud will fit into the DOJ ecosystem (which didn't mention WH oversight as Vance previously said)

News you can use ❄️

Trump says "there is no question that Deranged Jack Smith should be prosecuted for his actions"

Speaking to reporters post-hearing Judiciary Chair Jordan when asked about Trump’s TS post saying he hopes the AG is looking into Smith says it’s up to DOJ When asked if Trump should be saying this, “The president is the head of the executive branch he can say what he wants”

Jack Smith leaving the hill Hearing started about 10am and ended a little after 3pm (there were a few breaks)

Sens. Kelly and Heinrich applaud the House's passage of the Arctic Frost amendment

Following Jack Smith's testimony before the House Judiciary Cmt today, next week a Senate Judiciary subcmt hearing will look at telecomm carriers' response to Smith I'm told the general counsels for Verizon, AT&T & T-Mobile will testify www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

Trump on Jack Smith: "Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me"

Jack Smith in his opening statement: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in this country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. But, the rule of law is not self-executing—it depends on our collective commitment to apply it"

The hottest club in DC is the Rayburn building where health insurance CEOs and former special counsel Jack Smith are testifying next door to each other today 👀

NEW: Got some deets on the new assistant AG for fraud role A DOJ letter to Congress explaining the new position/division does NOT mention WH oversight as Vance previously said www.law360.com/articles/243...

Exchange on impeachment here: www.c-span.org/clip/news-co...

I just asked Speaker Johnson what his reaction is to increased pressure from senate republicans to impeach judges and he said “I’m for it” Full response tk

The consolidated U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding bill for fiscal year 2026 released early Tuesday morning includes $30 million for the security of U.S. Supreme Court justices. www.law360.com/artic...

Another notable quote-- "This charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end" Judge David Novack, who issued the order, was appointed by Trump in 2019