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 Getty Images An FBI agent who said that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani “may have been compromised” by Russian agents and accused the first Trump administration of political bias was detained at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport before he could leave the nation. In the criminal complaint submitted on Tuesday, Jonathan Buma was…

 Getty Images The husband of former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri, has been charged with defrauding the federal government after allegedly receiving $20,000 in pandemic relief funds, according to the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 46-year-old Cortney Merritts of St. Louis submitted false information about his supposed businesses to secure…

 Getty Images A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration failed to meet a court deadline to disclose details on deportation flights to El Salvador, intensifying President Donald Trump’s ongoing legal conflict with the judiciary. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg stated that the government’s lawyers did not provide the required information regarding the deportation…

 Getty Images A federal judge sharply criticized government attorneys as “intemperate and disrespectful,” rebuking the Trump administration for proceeding with the deportation of Venezuelan gang suspects despite his explicit order to halt the flights. Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee with 14 years on the bench, said Friday he had never witnessed such disregard for…

 Getty Images The Democrat Party has been suffering since its resounding defeat in this past election, but a familiar name wants to come to the rescue, and it has sent party bosses into a panic. Former President Joe Biden and his spotlight-loving wife, former first lady Jill Biden, met last month with Democratic National Committee…