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A court filing in the Smartmatic case against Fox News revealed that a survey of employees done by Fox's human resources department found that the staff has a "resounding lack of confidence" in the company as a news organization.

Among the problems employees had with the company were ethics, fair treatment, and their efforts to fact-check and report things fairly and accurately, Fox's own filing says.

CNN anchor Erin Burnett was taken aback on Thursday by a KFile report that revealed deleted social media posts in which a rising star in the Democrat Party once called himself a "communist," said all police are "b-------," and described people who live in rural America as "racist" and "stupid."

Graham Platner, an oyster farmer running for Senate in Maine against Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), made several inflammatory social media posts, according to the report. He told KFile that the post no longer reflects his views on a range of issues.

U.S. attorneys, acting or officially confirmed, are struggling amid President Donald Trump's ongoing demands to target his political enemies.

Already, the Justice Department has indicted former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James and former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

Historian and author Anne Applebaum said during a podcast interview on Thursday that President Donald Trump's planned renovations at the Internal Revenue Service resemble the way Russian President Vladimir Putin rose to power in the early 2000s.

Applebaum joined Tim Miller on "The Bulwark Podcast" on Thursday, where the two discussed the state of American democracy under Trump. Applebaum noted that Trump's plan to install loyalists in the IRS and relax rules that allow the agency to go after left-leaning groups were similar to the tactics used by Putin to silence dissent in Russia.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee plan to make public a compilation of "damning" incidents where federal troops used excessive force against civilians, according to a new report.

The group of more than a dozen lawmakers sent some examples in a five-page letter to the White House on Thursday, according to a report by NOTUS. In the letter, the lawmakers called on President Donald Trump to "halt this attack" against American cities and citizens.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper fact-checked House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday's edition of "The Lead" about a key claim Johnson and other Republicans have made about the ongoing government shutdown.

"The democrats keep deciding to keep the government shut down; they are forcing the administration to triage federal spending," Johnson said. "Why? Because they have turned off the funding streams, Jake. That is what's happened. They can make this stop immediately."

President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been pressuring an acting U.S. attorney to indict Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) even though she hasn't been able to make a legitimate case for it, according to a report.

Writing for MSNBC.com on Thursday, Carol Leonnig, Vaughn Hillyard, Ken Dilanian, and Lisa Rubin collaborated on a report revealing that Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor in Maryland, was specifically pressured by Ed Martin, who is running the "weaponization task force" investigations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a swipe at CNN during an interview with anchor Jake Tapper because the network hosted a town hall with two progressive lawmakers, whom Johnson described as "socialist."

On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hosted a live town hall on CNN, where the duo heaped criticism on Johnson and the Republican caucus for the government shutdown.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several bizarre claims during a press conference on Thursday announcing the Trump administration's plan to expand fertility treatment coverage.

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it plans to expand access to in vitro fertilization by getting companies like Germany's Merck that manufacture fertility medicines to slash their prices. Trump announced on Thursday that EMD Serono, a subsidiary of Merck, made a deal with the administration to lower the cost of its fertility medicines.

Former national security advisor for Donald Trump, John Bolton, was indicted on Thursday, prompting a warning from another former administration official.

Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, explained that no American is safe because the administration is accessing information about anyone it wants.

A top military commander who oversaw U.S. operations in South and Central America resigned on Thursday, less than a year into his tenure, and at least one insider speculates that the Pentagon's strikes on drug boats off the coast of Venezuela may have played a part in his decision, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Admiral Alvin Holsey, who leads U.S. Southern Command, departed after a 37-year career in the military. His resignation comes at a time when the Pentagon has amassed nearly 10,000 troops in the region as part of a "counterterrorism" operation, according to the report.

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro's office failed to secure a misdemeanor conviction against a woman after also failing three attempts to have grand juries indict her on felony assault charges.

In July, Pirro's office accused Sydney Lori Reid, 44, of assaulting FBI agent Eugenia Bates while she was assisting ICE officer Vincent Liang, who was waiting to arrest two people outside of DC Jail. Liang grabbed Reid as she was filming and pushed her against a wall.

President Donald Trump slammed the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency that oversees shipping safety, in a new Truth Social post on Wednesday after it adopted a global carbon tax.

"I am outraged that the International Maritime Organization is voting in London this week to pass a global Carbon Tax," Trump's post reads in part. "The United States will NOT stand for this Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping, and will not adhere to it in any way, shape, or form."