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A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump, the ex-president, and FBI Director Chris Wray can both be deposed in sworn testimony in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former senior FBI official Peter Strzok and a case alleging unlawful release of personal text messages, filed by Lisa Page. A noted legal expert is applauding the decision.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson Thursday afternoon ordered Trump and Wray to be questioned in a case alleging the two former FBI agents were "targeted for retribution," according to The Washington Post. There's one caveat: President Joe Biden must agree to not invoke executive privilege. He has one month to weigh in.

The Republican Party is planning to hold its first US presidential primary debate in August in Wisconsin, a swing state Democrat Joe Biden won by just 20,000 votes in 2020.

The Republican National Committee confirmed in an email to members the organization had voted for the debate to take place in the Badger State's largest city Milwaukee at the same time as its summer meeting.

The death penalty phase in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, known as the "West Side Highway terrorist," came to a dramatic halt on Thursday afternoon during his father's testimony when his uncle yelled "dirty ISIS bastards," according to the New York Post.

The outburst drew the court case to a close, as his uncle's loud actions were followed by a slamming of his fist on the door to enter the courtroom.

When President Joe Biden gave his 2023 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, February 7, he aggressively vowed to protect Social Security and Medicare from GOP efforts to "sunset" or undermine those programs. Biden made it clear that he was not talking about all Republicans or all conservatives, but he was definitely calling out the Republicans who believe that Social Security and Medicare should be abolished or privatized.

Far-right Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida), for example, has proposed that Social Security and Medicare, instead of being renewed automatically, should be reevaluated by Congress every five years. After a five-year period, Scott has argued, Congress should be required to either refund the programs or terminate them. Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has criticized Scott's proposal as a bad idea.

First Lady Jill Biden said the United States was committed to helping African nations get a louder voice at the UN and other international bodies, as she visited Namibia on Thursday.

Biden arrived in the southern African country on Wednesday in the first stop of a two-nation tour aimed at deepening ties with the continent.

Trump ally Steve Bannon two years ago heavily promoted his own brand of cryptocurrency that he said would be a boon for MAGA supporters everywhere.

However, ABC News reports that the "FJB" ("F*ck Joe Biden") cryptocurrency hyped by Bannon back in 2021 has been plunged into "chaos" and has lost 95 percent of its peak value.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg Thursday traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, to visit the scene of the Norfolk Southern train derailment.

The attacks in recent months against Secretary Buttigieg by Republicans and right-wing media figures have been almost relentless.

President Joe Biden met with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over a possible plan to raise the Social Security payroll tax cap as a way to make the program sustainable, reported The Washington Post on Thursday — but no definitive action has been agreed to, and there are obstacles to the proposal.

"This previously unreported discussion between Biden and his onetime presidential primary rival reflects a broader behind-the-scenes effort inside the White House to decide how, or if, the party’s message on entitlements should go beyond criticizing the GOP," reported Jeff Stein.

The web of lies Rep. George Santos (R-NY) has spun about himself has been well-reported. But according to Politico's Jack Shafer, Santos' habit of embellishing details seems to be a rising in trend in the GOP.

Shafer gives the examples of Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who allegedly misled people about her ethnicity and her upbringing and being a victim of crime, and Andy Ogles (R-TN) who falsely claimed to be an economist, exaggerated his career as a reserve sheriff’s deputy, and inflated his education.