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Horrific conditions discovered as lawmaker makes unannounced drop-in at ICE facility

A Democrat revealed on Thursday that he witnessed horrific conditions for immigrants detained at a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) posted on X that he paid a surprise visit to the ICE field facility in Baltimore, and what he saw was "disgraceful."

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Congress still has a trick up its sleeve to make Maxwell testify against Trump: lawyer

Political analysts and observers may have left this week's Congressional deposition of Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell wanting more, but Congress still has a trick up its sleeve to make Maxwell sing, according to one lawyer.

Maxwell appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Monday for a closed-door deposition, where she invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Ahead of the hearing, Maxwell claimed that she was willing to clear President Donald Trump's name in exchange for clemency, an offer that the president has so far resisted.

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Sheriff accused of blocking FBI access to crucial evidence in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping

Federal officials are accusing the Pima County Sheriff's Office of withholding "key evidence" in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, Reuters reported on Thursday.

"The FBI asked Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, to be processed at the FBI's national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida, the official said," per the report. "Outsourcing forensic analysis to a Florida contractor, effectively denying the access of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crucial evidence in the case, is delaying the FBI ability to assist in the case, according to the official."

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Border Patrol agent under criminal investigation after shooting Montessori teacher 5 times

The Border Patrol agent who shot a Chicago teacher five times is now under criminal investigation, MS NOW reported on Thursday.

"Christopher Parente, an attorney for Marimar Martinez, said an assistant U.S. attorney in Indiana confirmed to him that Border Patrol agent Charles Exum is the subject of an investigation into the shooting of Martinez, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen and Montessori school teacher," said the report. "Lawyers for the government — which unsuccessfully tried to prosecute Martinez for assaulting an officer — have stated in court that there was a 'separate but related ongoing criminal investigation,' but have not specified its focus, according to MS NOW’s review of filings."

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'Insidious' new social media directive for Trump's border force triggers alarm bells

A new social media directive issued by the Trump administration to its border force has alarmed experts, a new report revealed.

According to a Customs and Border Protection document obtained by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, Trump's CBP agents are using a program known as "masked engagement" to anonymously obtain information about social media users through fake identities. In some instances, the agents have been able to access friends' lists and other sensitive data about people on social media.

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Former top White House lawyer out of Goldman Sachs after Epstein revelations

A former top White House lawyer in the Obama administration abruptly resigned Thursday night from Goldman Sachs following the Justice Department's explosive release of documents revealing she maintained an extensive relationship with accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

For years, Kathryn Ruemmler and Goldman representatives insisted the relationship was strictly business. But newly released emails, text messages and photographs painted a starkly different picture, showing Ruemmler accepting lavish gifts from Epstein, coaching him on dodging negative press and sharing intimate details about her dating life with the convicted sex offender.

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Pam Bondi unmasked a dark truth about the Trump admin with theatrics: analysis

A new analysis claims Attorney General Pam Bondi just pulled back the curtain on the Trump administration's whole sordid operation.

During her congressional hearing this week, Epstein survivors sat behind Bondi "unacknowledged and irrelevant to her purposes" as she performed for the cameras. That's according to Dahlia Lithwick in a scathing analysis in Slate, in which Lithwick said her testimony wasn't about justice or accountability.

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Murky Trump DHS case falls apart as 'new evidence' undermines case

The Trump administration claimed in a new court filing that it discovered "new evidence" in a case where it charged migrants with attacking immigration officers, which made the initial lawsuit even murkier, according to a new report.

In early February, the Trump administration filed charges against two immigrant men who were accused of attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with a shovel and a broom, an incident that left one individual with a gunshot wound in his leg. Officers also nabbed a 19-year-old witness to the event, who happened to be a romantic partner of one of the two other men involved.

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Ex-GOP official accused of misconduct in wrongful termination lawsuit

The former Republican attorney general of Virginia is being sued for wrongful termination by an ex-staffer who claims she had been looking into improperly diverted taxpayer funds in his office.

According to Joe Dodson of Courthouse News, "Financial services manager Linda Orr sued former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, alleging wrongful termination. Orr claims the firing came after she observed the OAG giving tax $ to a company with multiple OAG attorneys serving as executive leadership."

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'Dire situation': TMZ founder shares 'ominous' email claiming to know Guthrie kidnapper

TMZ founder Harvey Levin revealed Thursday night that he received another email from someone claiming to know the person who took Nancy Guthrie almost two weeks ago.

The new email, Levin said on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront," paints a "bleak picture" of Guthrie's case.

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Trump dealt another major ICE setback by a judge he appointed

President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security got a huge blow on Thursday evening, as a judge he appointed found a systematic and illegal effort to deprive Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Minnesota of access to legal counsel.

In the 41-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel outlined the damning state of affairs, including how attorneys were not allowed to enter the Whipple Building to speak with detainees.

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'Heartless': Pam Bondi hit with blistering takedown by CNN's Jake Tapper

CNN's Jake Tapper didn't mince words in his fiery takedown of Attorney General Pam Bondi's performance before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

Bondi appeared before the committee to discuss the Department of Justice's continued efforts to stall the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as required by federal law. The Attorney General was combative throughout the hearing, and at one point refused to acknowledge the presence of Epstein survivors who attended.

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'Everyone is scared': Professor reveals devil's bargain made with Trump

Billionaire CEOs have lined up to kiss President Donald Trump's feet — and NYU Professor Scott Galloway wants America to put a stop to it.

Speaking to MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on the latest edition of her "All the Best People" podcast, Galloway, who is spearheading a movement to boycott tech companies like Apple and Amazon that have rolled over for the president, outlined why he thinks so many of them are knuckling under — and why it wouldn't take much to send the message that's not going to fly anymore.

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