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ABC News reports: Federal prosecutors on Wednesday moved to dismiss criminal charges against a woman accused of fraud in Florida who was being represented in court by Brad Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi. The Biden Justice Department filed a criminal complaint against Carolina Amesty, a former Republican lawmaker, in mid-January — just days before President Donald Trump …

The Guardian reports: US border patrol agents carried out a raid outside a Home Depot in Los Angeles on Wednesday, with officers jumping out of an unmarked rental truck and chasing and arresting more than a dozen people. Videos of the operation, and federal officials’ statements boasting about the detentions, have raised questions about whether the US government was complying …

The New York Times reports: Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan. The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders …

The Huffington Post reports: Intel’s shares are tumbling before markets opened Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign. “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this …

Mediaite reports: Former Jeffrey Epstein lawyer Alan Dershowitz was yelled out of a farmer’s market in Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday after he again tried to convince a food vendor into selling him pierogies. One week after he threatened to sue a “bigoted vendor” for refusing to serve him, Dershowitz returned to the scene on Wednesday in a second failed attempt …

The Associated Press reports: Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total, a U.S. Army official said Wednesday — the latest development in a Trump administration effort to combat what it calls “erasing American history.” The Confederate monument, erected in 1914, was the creation …

“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this …

The Hill reports: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday urged former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to comply with a subpoena requesting their testimony detailing their connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “If someone doesn’t comply with a subpoena, we’ve seen it happen in the past, in both my committee, as well …

Variety reports: In the second episode of “South Park” Season 27, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem leads ICE in a raid on the local production of “Dora the Explorer Live!” After losing his job as counselor of South Park Elementary, Mr. Mackey is out of options to make his monthly “nut,” which adds up to $8,000 a …

The Daily Beast reports: Right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer believes her Trump White House ambitions were dashed—not by her various inflammatory comments, but instead by HBO’s Bill Maher. Loomer sat down for her deposition in her $150 million defamation lawsuit against the HBO comedian, in which she accused the Real Time host of making a “malicious” claim last year that Loomer …