All posts tagged "Washington"

The Trump Department of Justice axed a U.S. attorney less than an hour after his appointment, The New York Times reported.

According to the report, Roger Rogoff led the U.S. attorney's office in Seattle for 54 minutes before he was fired via email by the DOJ. Federal judges in the Western District of Washington unanimously appointed him as the DOJ's top official there, which filled a vacancy that Trump hadn't addressed, the Times added.

The quick dismissal could lead to a "lengthy, difficult" court battle in which Rogoff can argue that Trump lacks the authority to fire him because he was appointed under a statute, according to the Times. ...

Donald Trump is likely to crack down on National Guard deployments following a shooting in Washington D.C., a political commentator believes.

Writing in The Guardian, David Smith suggested the shooting of two National Guard troops near the White House would leave the president responding with tougher measures. Those measures, which may act as a response to the shooting which left two National Guard members in critically injured, will have an uncertain impact, Smith says.

He wrote, "But Trump, who had already decided the national guard deployment would continue to at least the end of February, is now likely to crack down even harder. He announced the deployment of an additional 500 national guard troops – though it is unclear what that will achieve."...

Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) is firing back at accusations he threatened to release nude photos and videos of a woman after she says she broke up with the married lawmaker, according to Politico.

Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committee member and 2024 winner of the Miss United States beauty pageant, told police that following the break-up, "Mills contacted her multiple times threatening to release nude images and videos of them having sex, according to the report, which said she provided law enforcement with messages that allegedly backed up her claims."

Langston also told authorities that Mills "threatened to harm any of her future romantic partners," according to the police report obtained by Politico....

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's "testing" a plan for the federal government to take over Washington, D.C.

According to Bloomberg, D.C. residents have had the right to elect their own government officials since legislation passed in 1973, "though Congress is still able to review local laws and the city’s budget."

Although Trump has floated the idea of a federal takeover before to help reduce crime, Tuesday was the first time he said his administration was actually working on a plan with D.C.'s mayor, Muriel Bowser (D)....

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) quickly corrected herself after making a bizarre gaffe when describing herself on a recent podcast.

Host Alex Stein, whose desk featured a watermelon with cotton balls protruding out of it, introduced Boebert as "one of our greatest guests" and "arguably the most attractive woman on Capitol Hill."

Stein told Boebert, "You've always been so nice and, I mean this: you're one of the few people who's not afraid to be outspoken. And, like, you know, I feel like sometimes, because you're an attractive woman, people...they try to put you in a box. But...you have more balls than most of the men on Capitol Hill. And, I mean that with all due respect."...

Paul Strauss (D), the shadow senator representing the District of Columbia, blamed President Donald Trump's "unnecessary" military parade for causing the death of a 39-year-old woman after she was "dragged for blocks" by a truck carrying an M1-Abrams tank, according to The Daily Mail.

Sierra Nichole Smith was struck at the intersection of New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road in the city's Northeast quadrant on Monday as the tank was being moved to a rail yard in Jessup, Maryland.

According to a police report, the truck was heading east "when the pedestrian ran into the roadway, stumbled, and fell in front of the semi-trailer truck."...