U.S. News

The Trump Organization's court-ordered monitor — dubbed a white-collar “Javert” for flagging financial errors — has a new ally with a movie billboard name: Donnie Brasco.

Retired FBI agent Joe Pistone — whose undercover infiltration of the Bonanno mob family inspired the Johnny Depp movie — threw his support Wednesday behind former federal judge Barbara Jones.

The Senate welcomed social media CEOs to the Capitol on Wednesday to discuss online safety and the plans for fixing the lack of internet safety laws, particularly when it comes to extortion and exploitation.

Family members attended the meeting, waving photos of loved ones they say were victims of the lack of online oversight — including some who'd committed suicide.

A discussion of the possible impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday quickly devolved into a speech connecting former President John Adams and Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, Huffington Post reporter Jen Bendery posted on social media.

The diatribe came after Republican officials in the House Homeland Security Committee confessed they didn't have the evidence necessary to meet the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors," the Washington Post wrote over the weekend. The charges against Mayorkas include that he failed to enforce U.S. immigration policies at the nation’s border.

Former President Donald Trump’s super PACs blew through $50 million in legal fees as four criminal indictments crashed down on him last year, according to a new report.

“It is a staggering sum,” wrote New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher Tuesday. “Nikki Haley raised roughly the same amount of money across all her committees in the last year.”

President Joe Biden's business associate Eric Schwerin is answering questions about the former vice president's financial association with his son Hunter after the end of the administration but before he was president.

Capitol Hill CNN reporter Annie Grayer disclosed that House Republicans looking to impeach Biden for taking bribes from foreign countries, a long-time allegation that Donald Trump and his allies have claimed without evidence, yet again had their hopes dashed when they grilled Schwerin.

According to three legal experts, Donald Trump's allies are distorting the facts in a prosecutor's divorce in an attempt to destroy Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Norm Eisen, Joyce Vance and Barb McQuade, writing for Just Security, cataloged what is already known — and what has been embellished — in the allegations of a corrupt relationship between Willis and consultant Nathan Wade.

Former White House aide and co-host of "The View" Alyssa Farah Griffin knocked conservatives who are up in arms about Taylor Swift.

The pop star has built a huge following with her emotionally open songs and dedication to fans. But after a video of her was released in which she says she can't vote for Donald Trump, the right has looked for ways to attack her.

The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) for possible misuse of funds surrounding her personal security.

Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman released the news Tuesday, citing six sources familiar with the investigation. Thus far, the DOJ has subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms for records about the funds being spent, Sherman reported.

There may be many ways Donald Trump might appeal Carroll's $83.3 million award, but taking on the judge for his ties to the alleged victim's attorney some three decades ago isn't going to be one of them, one legal expert said.

Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, appearing on CNN, explained, "There's nothing there."

Any lawmaker who isn't Christian or stands as a disbeliever in his faith has no place serving in elected office, one Republican is advocating.

Oregon's Rep. E. Werner Reschke (R-Malin) expressed the take while appearing on the Facebook-streamed "Save The Nation" talk show, which has ties to the National Association of Christian Lawmakers.

Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday, E. Jean Carroll was joined by her two attorneys, Roberta Kaplan and Shawn Crowley, who revealed what it was like being in the courtroom with Donald Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba.

Habba has been criticized by legal analysts on cable news and social media for being woefully unprepared to handle the case and navigate courtroom procedure. At several points in the trial, Judge Lewis Kaplan (no relation to Carroll's lawyer) was forced to step in and help Habba phrase her questions appropriately.

Former President Donald Trump may have finally been hit hard enough in the pocketbook to learn some basic sense, said attorney Shawn Crowley in an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Monday.

Trump is being forced to pay $83.3 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for his defamatory statements calling her a liar for accusing him of rape. Crowley, along with fellow attorney Roberta "Robbie" Kaplan, successfully litigated the case.