President Donald Trump on Friday morning asked a judge to deny a request by Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook to issue an order barring Trump from firing her as her lawsuit challenging her removal plays out in court. The Fed, in a separate court filing, said it would not make arguments on the merits…
A person walks past art work depicting former DOJ employee Sean Charles Dunn is displayed against a restaurant wall on August 17, 2025 in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Prosecutors have charged the man accused of throwing a “Subway” sandwich at a federal officer on…
Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday sued President Donald Trump, seeking to block his unprecedented move to fire her. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also names Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors itself as defendants. Trump said Monday that he was removing Cook because of allegations that she committed…
Boonchai Wedmakawand | Moment | Getty Images The founder of the company behind the IRL social media app was charged with defrauding investors of $170 million in the company’s 2021 funding round, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted Abraham Shafi, 38 of Hawaii, with…
A person walks past Banksy-style posters of a protester throwing a sandwich on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Prosecutors failed to obtain a grand jury indictment against a former Department of Justice employee who allegedly hurled a Subway sandwich at a federal officer whom President Donald Trump deployed in Washington,…
FBI members carry boxes to the home of the former White House national security adviser John Bolton as it is searched by FBI, in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., August 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis | Reuters The law enforcement investigation of former Trump national security advisor John Bolton is “in the very early stages,” Vice President JD…
A top Department of Justice official repeatedly questioned sex offender Jeffrey Epstein‘s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell about interactions with President Donald Trump — a former friend of Epstein — during a two-day interview in July, newly released transcripts revealed Friday. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who conducted that interview of the imprisoned Maxwell, said Friday in…
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran – U.S. Representative Office (NCRI-US) at the Willard InterContinental Hotel on August 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images FBI agents on Thursday morning raided the Maryland home of…
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk Manuel Orbegozo | Chip Somodevilla | Reuters Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI in early 2025, court filings on Thursday revealed. The filing is part of a legal case…
US President Donald Trump looks on as Alina Habba speaks during a swearing in ceremony as US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday disqualified acting U.S. Attorney for New…
