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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says​

By ERIC TUCKER
Updated 4:41 PM CST, January 11, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead.

The department disclosed Smith’s departure in a court filing Saturday, saying he had resigned one day earlier. The resignation, 10 days before Trump is inaugurated , follows the conclusion of two unsuccessful criminal prosecutions against Trump that were withdrawn following Trump’s White House win in November.

At issue now is the fate of a two-volume report that Smith and his team had prepared about their twin investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election and his hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

The Justice Department had been expected to make the document public in the final days of the Biden administration, but the Trump-appointed judge who presided over the classified documents case granted a defense request to at least temporarily halt its release. Two of Trump’s co-defendants in that case, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, had argued that the release of the report would be unfairly prejudicial, an argument that the Trump legal team joined in. ...

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Jack Smith report release hangs in balance as prosecutor exits DOJ - Washington Examiner

Prosecutors are at the mercy of Judge Aileen Cannon or 11th Circuit Court judges over the report's release.
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Pressure on China and pure 'trolling': Why Trump is pushing an expansionist agenda

The president-elect is suddenly pushing to annex Greenland, reclaim the Panama Canal and absorb Canada, provoking longtime allies just days before taking office.
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Biden speaks with relatives of Americans held by Taliban, but deal to bring them home still elusive

President Joe Biden has spoken with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan, but no agreement has been reached on a deal to get them back.
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Top Foreign Affairs Republican predicts US won't leave NATO but will strengthen it

Top Foreign Affairs Republican Sen. Jim Risch predicted the U.S. would not abandon NATO under the Trump administration, and promised to work with the new president to strengthen it instead.
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Newsom says California wildfires will be one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history

“I think it will be in terms of just the costs associated with it, in terms of the scale and scope,” the California governor said.
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More of Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule

More Senate hearings are coming up for President Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet. Next in line is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who's been nominated to be labor secretary.
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Sen. Barrasso says "a paperwork problem" is holding up Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing

Sen. John Barrasso that the confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard is being held up by "a paperwork problem" with the Office of Government Ethics.
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Barrasso vows no ‘blank check’ for wildfire aid - Washington Examiner

The Wyoming senator was adamant that any sort of supplementary aid provided to Southern California should come with "strings attached."
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24 dead as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says eight of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire and 16 resulted from the Eaton Fire.
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Los Angeles County wildfires: The ongoing fight to stop the fires and the devastation of neighborhoods

Days after fires began tearing through homes in the Los Angeles area, families are returning to smoldering neighborhoods as firefighters continue their battle against the deadly wildfires.
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Croatia's President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff

Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote.
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California Democrats get an early taste of new clashes with Trump as wildfires rage on | CNN Politics

Hed: California Democrats get an early taste of new clashes with Trump as wildfires rage on
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Gov. Gavin Newsom slams Trump's disinformation about California wildfires

Newsom’s response on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” followed an invitation to the president-elect to tour the devastation.
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Biden and Netanyahu discuss the latest in the effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have spoken in a phone call on the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release in the Israel-Hamas war.
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'There is going to be shock and awe with executive orders'

Republican Sen. John Barrasso predicted Donald Trump will hit the ground running.
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FIRST ON FOX: Elon Musk gathered with dozens of GOP senators for lunch at the Capitol on Wednesday, where he shared updates on the progress of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has been aggressively auditing the federal government and slashing waste.

Musk told the roughly 40 senators in attendance that DOGE's efforts were saving about $4 million per day, a source in the room told Fox News Digital.

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Democrats refuse to define 'woman' when pressed on Capitol Hill: 'Complicated question'

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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic lawmakers would not provide a definition of a woman when pressed on Capitol Hill, as President Donald Trump prioritizes making clear distinctions between biological sexes during his second term.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Democrats for acting like "children" at President Donald Trump’s Tuesday address to a joint session of Congress.

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Conservative justices 'stunned' by Supreme Court's USAID decision, lambaste majority in scathing dissent

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Four conservative Supreme Court justices penned a blistering dissent Wednesday after the court majority rejected the Trump administration's request to continue a temporary freeze on foreign aid payments.

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US confirms direct talks with Hamas over Gaza hostages

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Israel was consulted prior to the talks, according to the White House, after reports said the two sides were discussing the release of hostages.
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Trump grants one-month tariff delay for U.S. automakers

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Fired NLRB commissioner asks federal judge for reinstatement

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Federal Judge Beryl Howell is considering whether President Donald Trump's firing of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox was illegal.

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Musk's DOGE terminates lease at Obama Presidential Library site

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Republican, independent voters loved pushback after Al Green disrupted Trump speech

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Both Republican and independent voters reacted positively in the aftermath of Rep. Al Green’s disruption of President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, which resulted in the Texas Democratic lawmaker being removed from the House chamber.

Chants of "USA!" broke out in the House chamber as Green attempted to disrupt Trump’s speech, with Fox News voter dials showing that Republican and independent voters, represented by the red and yellow lines respectively, had a positive reaction to how the interruption was handled.

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Dueling Al Green censure efforts stir frustrations within GOP as Republicans demand consequences

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Competing resolutions to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, are causing some division within the House GOP on Wednesday.

The Texas Democrat was thrown out of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night after repeatedly attempting to interrupt the speech, minutes after it began.

A resolution to punish Green over the incident is likely to pass, even with Republicans' razor-thin majority in the House. But differing ideas over how to get there have led to some frustrations between separate House GOP factions.

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