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The request suggests that the DOJ is aggressively pursuing options to hold accountable any federal officials for their actions on Russiagate.The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) a request for a treasure trove of documents related to the ongoing federal investigation into the Obama administration’s Russiagate operation, The Federalist has learned. According to a letter to ODNI senior adviser Paul McNamara, which was obtained by The Federalist, the DOJ has requested from ODNI a wide array of documents about the Obama administration’s 2016 and 2017 attempts to frame then-President-elect Donald...

An organ harvesting organization has faced allegations that it urged doctors to remove body parts from a comatose woman - who went on to make a full recovery after medics insisted she showed signs of life. Danella Gallegos said she feels lucky to be alive after her organs were almost taken by 'pushy' donor bosses when she fell into a coma in 2022. Gallegos, who was 38 at the time, was homeless when she suffered an unspecified medical emergency, and doctors at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico told her family she would never recover. Without any hope, her family...

Former President Obama on Tuesday blasted the Texas GOP’s attempts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional lines as “a power grab” that threatens democracy. “We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy,” Obama said in a post on the social platform X. The former president shared a post from All On The Line, a campaign affiliated with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), promoting a virtual event on redistricting.

BREAKING: Officials investigating 'reported car bombings' and 'alleged antisemitic vandalism' in Clayton, west of St. Louis, Missouri, assistant attorney general says.— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) August 5, 2025

Governor Greg Abbott today filed an emergency petition in the Supreme Court of Texas seeking to remove from office Texas State Representative Gene Wu, the ringleader of the derelict Democrats who fled the state to break quorum. "I made clear in a formal statement on Sunday, August 3, that if the Texas House Democrats were not in attendance when the House reconvened at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, then action would be taken to seek their removal," said Governor Abbott. "They have not returned and have not met the quorum requirements. Representative Wu and the other Texas House Democrats...

there are legal avenues for him to become president again, Rossi said. "Only under Donald Trump would you have a president that even speculates, ponders or contemplates serving a third term. We're in a different world."

Democrats have promoted Roy Cooper as a model of controversy-free leadership, but scrutiny of his past is raising new questions about his moral judgment. ... The former North Carolina governor running for Senate had a 'secret' divorce and began dating his second wife while she was still married.. Roy Cooper, 68, is at the top of Democrat politics, and was even tipped to replace Joe Biden as a presidential candidate last year and was on the shortlist to be Kamala Harris's 2024 running mate. But despite his decades-long prominent standing in the party, Cooper has kept his divorce, and the...

Police have escorted two drag queens from a public library where they had been running a storytelling event for children after angry protesters gathered outside. Drag Queen Story Time at Holywood Arches Library in Belfast featured Lady Portia Di'Monte, known as the 'North Ireland's First Lady of Drag', and Miss Dora Belle. The ticket-only event was advertised as 'suitable for all ages and families' and to 'champion individuality and inclusivity amongst its young audiences, featuring sing-alongs and dancing.' Lady Portia read storybooks to the children, including family favourites such as Dear Zoo, while Miss Dora Belle narrated them with British...

JN.1 mRNA boosters in Europe showed high protection against hospitalization and deathKey Takeaways: -In Danes over age 65, the vaccine effectiveness of the JN.1-based mRNA boosters reached 70-85% against COVID-related hospitalization and 76-96% against COVID-associated death. -Effectiveness didn't wane in the 4 months after vaccination. -Despite the shift away from the JN.1 variant, effectiveness against death with Pfizer's vaccine was 91% against the KP.3.1.1 variant and 76% against the XEC variant. JN.1-targeted mRNA boosters developed for the 2024-2025 COVID-19 season were effective and safe in Danish seniors, according to two register-based cohort studies that suggested Europe may have selected the...

The candy company is working to protect Peanut M&M's, and so much more.Key Points: -Mars announced its "Mars Protect the Peanut Plan," a program backed by a $5 million investment that will focus on protecting peanut crops from climate change. -Research for the program will center on developing peanut varieties that are resistant to issues like pests, weather, and disease. -This follows a previous $10 million investment from Mars that led to the mapping of the peanut genome. From increasing arsenic levels in rice to raising the price of coffee, it has become clear that climate change poses a threat...

NEW: House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Robert Mueller to appear for a Sept. 2 deposition to provide details from an FBI investigation of Jeffrey Epstein from decades ago -- even though sources tell me Mueller has been living in a memory-care facility for the past few years

@RealAlexJones 🚨BREAKING EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: High-Level Mossad Officer Ari Ben-Menashe Confirms Jeffrey Epstein Worked For Mossad & Has Been Blackmailing American Presidents For Decades!

Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Local “youths” and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released. They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to happen now! The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these “minors” as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14. The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs. Washington, D.C., must...

Terrifying video footage shows the moment a prosecutor was ambushed and killed in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Monday. Ernesto Vázquez was driving his black Cadillac Escalade when a gang of assassins launched their attack on him on Hidalgo Boulevard, brazenly tossing a grenade at the back of the vehicle during afternoon rush hour . While clearly in agonizing pain, Vázquez was able to get out of the vehicle on his own and crawled across the pavement. The assailants then pulled up in a white Ford Explorer and opened fire on the defenseless official. Additional video footage showed...

JPMorgan and Bank of America “debanked” President Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol Hill melee following pressure from the Biden administration’s banking regulators and the Federal Reserve, people with direct knowledge of the matter tell The Post. The exact reason for Trump and his tens of millions of dollars in holdings being kicked off the JPMorgan banking platform, and then denied access to Bank of America’s services has yet to be reported. But sources at the banks — the No. 1 and No. 2 largest in the US in terms of assets — confirmed the cause stemmed...

Daily Mail can reveal that a new ICE migrant detention center is being rush-built at the Angola state penitentiary in Louisiana, the largest and also one of the most dangerous maximum-security prisons in the United States. It's also host to 'The Wildest Show in the South!', a raucous rodeo featuring inmates getting tossed around by wild animals for the amusement of thousands of spectators. With the blessing of Noem and her senior advisor Corey Lewandowski, Governor Jeff Landry has begun to lay the groundwork to open the facility in September, just weeks before the annual Angola Prison Rodeo, according to...

Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy said that reading former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book "107 Days" would be a "punishment worse than death." During Portnoy's appearance on Fox Business's Varney & Co., host Stuart Varney played a video of one of Portnoy's employees detailing that the loser of the office's fantasy football league will have to read Harris's book, detailing her brief presidential campaign. Varney joked with Portnoy that reading Harris's book was "cruel and unusual punishment." "Some people say there's no punishment worse than death," Portnoy said. "I think this one is, yeah, this is, this is a...

Hunter Biden revealed he started a new job working with a nonprofit homeless prevention and tenants' rights group in southern Los Angeles. The former president’s son made the announcement during an interview with "Channel 5" podcaster Andrew Callaghan, which was posted on Tuesday. "I just think there is such an opportunity to be of service right now – and not in, you know, some kind of melodramatic way – but I just, a lot of people that are, you know, getting the s--- beat out of them out there, right here in LA. And there is enormous opportunity for just...

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will be in Moscow on Wednesday to meet with Russian leadership, a source familiar with the plan said on Tuesday. Officials in Washington provided few details of Witkoff's schedule. "The president has noted, of course, that Special Envoy Witkoff will be traveling to Russia this week, so we can confirm that from this podium," State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters. "What that will entail, I have no details for you." Russia's state-run TASS news agency, quoting aviation sources, said an aircraft believed to have Witkoff on board, had already left the United States.

Tennessee death row inmate cries out in pain during lethal injection after state refused to deactivate defibrillator implant A Tennessee death row inmate cried out in pain after the state refused to deactivate his implanted defibrillator as he was executed for murdering his girlfriend and her two young daughters. Byron Black, 69, was pronounced dead at 10:43 a.m., about 10 minutes after receiving a lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, according to state correctional officials.