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As Trump pushes whirlwind agenda, DOJ is challenged to defend his orders in court

Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three weeks into Donald Trump's breakneck effort to remake the federal government, the rapid pace of lawsuits pushing back against his orders -- and a number of legal setbacks for the Trump administration -- have challenged the Department of Justice, seemingly overwhelming the government lawyers tasked with defending the president in court.In a court filing Monday night, Justice Department lawyers acknowledged making two significant errors last week during a court hearing about the dismantling of the […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum could raise these prices

George Frey/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Refrigerators, beers and bicycles stand at risk of higher prices as a result of tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by President Donald Trump this week, experts told ABC News.The tariffs, which take effect next month, slap a 25% tax on all foreign steel and aluminum, repeating a policy Trump initiated during his first term in office.Trade experts told ABC News the tariffs will likely raise prices for some goods made out of the […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Trump administration removes acting head of DOJ’s National Security Division: Sources

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration has removed a career Justice Department official from his role as the acting head of the DOJ's National Security Division after the longtime prosecutor served in the position for less than a month, sources told ABC News.Devin DeBacker, who in that role was an acting assistant attorney general, served for only a few weeks in the position, which helps oversee the Justice Department's efforts to fight global terrorism, root out domestic extremism, stop […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Court dismisses appeal of Trump’s classified documents case

Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two weeks after the Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump's reelection, moved to dismiss their appeal of Trump's classified documents case, a circuit court formally dismissed the appeal of a case that once accused the president of mishandling some of the nation's most sensitive secrets.The dismissal marks the end of a series of federal criminal cases that once dogged Trump's political future."Appellant's 'Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal' is GRANTED. This […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Trump’s order to scrap the penny doesn’t make ‘cents’: Expert

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump is literally pinching pennies, ordering his Treasury Secretary to stop the U.S. Mint from producing new 1-cent coins.In an announcement Sunday on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the cost of minting the coin featuring the profile of the country's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is more than twice the currency's face value."For far too long the United States has […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Passenger charged after threatening flight attendants, banging on cockpit door

Airplanes sit parked at gates at Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport/Gary Hershorn/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- A New Jersey man was charged with threatening flight passengers, attendants and crew members on a flight from Miami, Florida, to Newark, New Jersey.According to the complaint, Luis Vaquero made "threats of physical violence against a disabled minor and mocking a group of Jewish passengers."It said that he also threatened a flight attendant when they refused to serve him more alcohol.When the plane arrived […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Off-duty corrections officer killed in ‘targeted’ attack: Police

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- An off-duty corrections officer in Florida was shot and killed in a “targeted attack,” according to police.The incident occurred at 7:32 p.m. when deputies from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office in Florida were dispatched to reports of gunfire in the 1400 block of NW Avenue D, in Belle Glade, according to a statement from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday“The victim is an off-duty PBSO Corrections Deputy, who was taken to St. Mary’s […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says

NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December 2032 as it approaches during another journey around its orbit, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth. The likelihood […]

todayFebruary 10, 2025

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Police investigating whether sports reporter at Super Bowl was drugged before he died

Kenner Police Department(LOUISIANA) -- Police in Louisiana said Monday they are investigating the possibility that a sports reporter who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl may have been drugged before his death.Adan Manzano, a reporter for KGKC Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports, was found dead in his hotel room in Kenner, Louisiana, on Feb. 5, police said. A cause and manner of death have not been released.A woman who police said was seen going into Manzano's hotel […]

todayFebruary 10, 2025

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