Alina Habba resigned as interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey on Friday.
By Monday she was running political operations at the Justice Department. The woman who defended Trump in his civil fraud trial now works inside the agency that decides who gets prosecuted.
Jared Kushner is backing a hostile bid for Paramount and Warner Bros with Gulf sovereign wealth funds. Trump told the winning bidder he’d be “the decider.” The president’s personal attorney becomes a government attorney. The president’s son-in-law brokers who owns American news networks. The president picks the winner.
Your representatives need to hear one question: What oversight exists when presidential family members broker the sale of American media to foreign money? Call your officials on Capitol Hill.
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DeSantis declares CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organizations in executive order, following Texas move that CAIR is now suing as unconstitutional.
Source: BayNews 9 Tampa Bay
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Source: UPI
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Dr. Oz emails 6,000 CMS employees weekly diet tips including "don't double fist" at holiday parties, after 2014 Senate hearing where he admitted promoting unproven weight-loss cures.
Source: Wired
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Louisiana abruptly cancels Medicaid contracts with Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, giving 488,500 enrollees 23 days to transition before Jan. 1.
Source: The Louisiana Illuminator
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Twelve FBI agents sue Patel and Bondi claiming they were fired in September for kneeling during 2020 George Floyd protests five years earlier.
Source: USA Today
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SBA orders all 4,300 certified minority small business contractors to turn over three years of financial records by Jan. 5 or face removal from program.
Source: NextGov
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Treasury Secretary Bessent sold his soybean farm last week, 11 months after ethics agreement required it, as futures hit year's high and farmers await bailout.
Source: Axios
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Trump announces $12 billion farmer bailout from tariff revenue same day Treasury Secretary Bessent sold his soybean farm at year's highest prices.
Source: NBC News
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Trump denies saying he would release boat strike video four days after promising "no problem" on camera, calls ABC reporter "most obnoxious."
Source: The Independent
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Source: The Loveland Reporter Herald (CO)
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Federal judge vacates Trump's day-one wind energy ban as "arbitrary and capricious," ending 11-month permitting freeze that blocked all offshore projects.
Source: The Rhode Island Current
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: ABC News
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Trump announces Nvidia can sell H200 chips to approved Chinese buyers after company agrees to give U.S. government 25% of sales revenue.
Source: CBS News
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters Texas Senate race hours after Colin Allred drops out, setting up primary against James Talarico to face the Republican nominee.
Source: The Austin American-Statesman
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Trump calls Greene "Marjorie Traitor Brown" and "Rotten Apple" after she told 60 Minutes his attacks led to death threats against her son and pipe bomb at her home.
Source: USA Today
December 8, 2025
Alina Habba resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey days after appeals court unanimously ruled her appointment unlawful, moves to DOJ senior advisor role.
Source: NPR
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Trump claims he doesn't know enough about Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. to comment, despite son-in-law Jared Kushner backing the deal.
Source: Mediaite
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Trump signed two mortgages seven weeks apart claiming each Florida property as primary residence, then rented both out, matching fraud claims he made against Lisa Cook and Letitia James.
Source: ProPublica
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ICEBlock developer sues federal government for First Amendment violation after Attorney General Bondi publicly admitted DOJ pressured Apple to remove immigration tracking app.
Source: CNBC
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