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Brutal CNN clip shows Trump Reflecting Pool 'gash' keeps growing

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (49+ words) President Donald Trump claimed over the weekend that the Reflecting Pool was being "vandalized" and that someone carved a 250-foot gash into the pool. As one pool expert explained, that's impossible because the material used is puncture-proof. To make such…...

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alternet. org > justice-department-minnesota-subpoena-failure

DOJ humiliated as judge calls out 'abuse' of grand jury in scathing decision

1+ day, 59+ min ago  (50+ words) The Justice Department has failed as part of its ongoing effort to indict Democratic Party leaders. Worse, the judge issued a blistering ruling in which he alleged the Justice Department was abusing the grand jury process, possibly in an "unlawful…...

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alternet. org > mike-lindell-court

Leading MAGA candidate skips out on $92 K court bill: report

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (389+ words) Law and Crime reports the top contender in the field to win the Republican primary for Minnesota governor is currently fleeing his court costs. "Four years have passed since this Court determined Lindell owes monetary sanctions to Smartmatic," claim lawyers…...

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alternet. org > todd-blanche-2677066412

Todd Blanche refused to file pledge judge demanded

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (451+ words) Acting U. S. Attorney General Todd Blanche exits a meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C. , U. S. , May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other members of President Donald Trump's administration have refused to file the statement Judge…...

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alternet. org > gop-republican-guns

Wife of GOP commissioner busted for pulling a gun on someone " at a kid's game

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (51+ words) Gun ownership is an American right, but critics say they shouldn't be brandished before the surprised expressions of small children. In a weird turn of events, the wife of Republican Alabama commissioner was arrested after she reportedly pulled a gun…...

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alternet. org > trump-e-jean-carroll-2677058327

Why the Supreme Court avoided dealing with the E Jean Carroll Trump case 15 times

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (50+ words) Georgetown Law School Professor Steve Vladeck has some assumptions about why the U. S. Supreme Court may have put off President Donald Trump's appeal of the E. Jean Carroll settlement a whopping 15 times. Writing for his Substack, Vladeck recalled that Trump filed a…...

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alternet. org > broadview-six

Activists targeted by DOJ ask judge for special counsel to investigate prosecutors

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (126+ words) A group of six immigration rights activists and local political figures known as "The Broadview Six" are calling on a judge to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Justice Department for criminal contempt. According to the Chicago Sun Times…...

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alternet. org > trump-fake-electors-scheme

Trump's unrepentant fake electors facing hard time in this swing state: report

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (444+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D. C. , U. S. , November 18, 2025 (REUTERS) Three alleged planners of Donald Trump's 2020 fake elector scheme pleaded not guilty Tuesday to eleven forgery-related criminal charges in a Wisconsin's…...

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alternet. org > wisconsin-fake-electors-case

State's last-standing fake elector case faces 'shocking' new reality " because of Trump

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (530+ words) As three alleged planners of Wisconsin's fake elector scheme prepare to be arraigned this week in Dane County court, the criminal charges against them are moving forward in a national legal and political landscape that looks dramatically different from the…...

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alternet. org > trump-carter-page-supreme-court

What the Supreme Court's latest legal blow reveals about Trump's $1. 25 million payout

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (224+ words) On Monday, a new Supreme Court announcement complicated the fate of a settlement paid by the Department of Justice to an ally of President Donald Trump, turning down a request by Trump 2016 advisor Carter Page to revive a lawsuit filed…...

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