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DOJ accuses judge of being 'fixated' on Antifa during white supremacist’s trial

Three men linked to a white supremacy extremist group were indicted for attacks on political rallies in 2017. But the trial has turned into chaos as the Justice Department alleges the now-retired judge was obsessed with conspiracy theories about Antifa.

Law.com reporter Meghann Cuniff was following the trial Tuesday as the DOJ appealed decisions by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, who has since left the bench after calling a Black clerk "street smart."

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'Emotional support animal to the president': Key Trump ally enters plea in Arizona

Lawyer Boris Epshteyn is among Donald Trump's longest-serving advisers, and now he's fighting his own legal battles as he enters a "not guilty" plea in an Arizona court.

In a New York Times profile on Epshteyn, the Trump shadow is described as one who typically leaves the spotlight to his boss — but, with new charges in Arizona, he's getting a leading role for the first time.

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'He's going full Jim Jones': Rachel Maddow and The View share new Trump fear

"The View's" co-host Joy Behar is concerned that Donald Trump is building a cult not unlike that whose members followed Jim Jones to Jonestown — where most committed mass suicide.

"The View" welcomed MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday to promote season two of her podcast — and she quickly got sidetracked onto Trump's recent hush money trial.

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'The Jan Brady of generations': Expert warns of chaos for coming wave of retirees

Generation X — those born between 1965 and 1980 — are the first generation where a majority work in jobs that won't have a pension plan — and many of them fear they'll never be able to retire, according to a new book.

"Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy" by Teresa Ghilarducci, explores the lives of those born after Baby Boomers and the struggle to live into old age with financial constraints, wrote CBS News.

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Capitol Police investigate 'suspicious substance' in Senate office: report

The Capitol Police announced that they were investigating reports of a "suspicious substance" found in the Hart office building on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

Fox reporter Chad Pergram wrote that the substance was reportedly found near the office of Alaska Republican, Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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Trump rails against 'nepo babies' in new Apprentice book

Many critics have accused Donald Trump of being a "nepo baby" in the Trump Organization given how much he inherited from his father.

Yet, in a new book, Trump rails against the idea of children getting to where they are based on the success of their parents.

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Eric Trump didn't know what a caucus was until he landed in Iowa in 2016: new book

Author Ramin Setoodeh's book "Apprentice in Wonderland," dropped Tuesday and it features some odd admissions from Donald Trump and his heirs about their lives starring in a reality TV show, on the campaign trail, and in the aftermath of a 2020 election loss.

Of particular interest are revelations about Eric Trump, who often remains out of the spotlight compared to his elder brother, Donald Trump Jr.

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Expert lays blame with Judge Aileen Cannon for encouraging violent attacks on FBI

A former federal prosecutor says a reported historic rise in threats — and violence — against federal agents directly stems from the judge's decisions regarding requests to gag former President Donald Trump in his criminal classified documents case.

A collection of Republican states came to Judge Aileen Cannon demanding special counsel Jack Smith's request for the gag order be rejected so that Trump can take aim at FBI agents involved in the Mar-a-Lago raid. The request was made after Trump claimed FBI agents had been given permission to use deadly force against him.

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MSNBC host to Trump: Bragging about acing a cognitive exam is like boasting about DUI test

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace couldn't help but compare former President Donald Trump's continuous brags about his cognitive exams to a sober driver bragging about acing a DUI.

Over the weekend, Trump told an audience that he continues to crush tests tracking his mental acuity (albeit he forgot the doctor's name who worked for years as his physician and ultimately became a Republican Congressman).

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'MAGA court going off deep end': GOP challenged to stand up to Supreme Court

Punchbowl reporter Andrew Desiderio revealed Democrats are ready to fight back against the Supreme Court's embrace of bump stocks.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said something must be done to curb the extreme ruling from the High Court that made the previously outlawed addition to guns legal.

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'Mind-boggling': Trump campaign boast subjected to ruthless fact-check

Former President Donald Trump and his supporters are dramatically overselling the extent to which they have improved their numbers with Black voters, a long solidly Democratic bloc of the electorate, wrote Philip Bump in an analysis for the Washington Post on Monday.

Trump held a campaign stop at a Black church in Detroit, widely touted by MAGA supporters, where the attendees of the event turned out to be almost exclusively white, Bump wrote.

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'Mirage': New Trump book claims he sees himself as 'macho' Clint Eastwood

The author of a new book on Donald Trump's reality TV show "The Apprentice" is revealing a bizarre debate over whether the ex-president created his own character on the show — or whether it was the creation of producer Mark Burnett.

In an excerpt of "Apprentice in Wonderland" published in the Washington Post Monday, author Ramin Setoodeh describes Trump's obsession with whether he would have run for president if he didn't have his NBC show.

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'The whole building shook!' Trump mocked for reliving 'glory days' in new Apprentice brag

The first time Donald Trump fired somebody on "The Apprentice," the Trump Tower shook, he told writer Ramin Setoodeh for a new book.

The publication, "Apprentice in Wonderland," is set to be released this week, and Setoodeh revealed more information from the pages with an excerpt in the Washington Post.

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