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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says
By ERIC TUCKERUpdated 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before Trump is inaugurated , follows the conclusion of two unsuccessful criminal prosecutions against Trump that were withdrawn following Trump’s White House win in November.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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Scenes of devastation from Palisades, Eaton fires; thousands of structures destroyed
Unprecedented wildfires in Los Angeles County in California are decimating thousands of structures and displacing thousands of residents.
Arizona GOP audit reveals past financial 'mismanagement'
A memorandum provided to the Washington Examiner from the Arizona GOP treasurer Elijah Norton detailed the 2022 financial mismanagement of resources.
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Islamic police in Nigeria round up children living on streets to put them in camp "for their rehabilitation"
Sharia police in Nigeria's Kano state say they've "mopped up 300 of these boys from the streets" and put them in a camp for "rehabilitation."
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Los Angeles wildfires: Fresh evacuations ordered Friday evening after Palisades Fire flares up
For five consecutive days, wildfires fanned by strong winds have ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles, destroying more than 12,300 homes and buildings and leaving at least 11 dead. Fresh evacuations were ordered from Mandeville Canyon to the Interstate 405 freeway on Friday evening because of a...
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Montana elected a firefighter to the Senate. He’s already pushing for solutions | CNN Politics
With wildfires fires ravaging Los Angeles the fireman-turned-senator from Montana wants to fight bureaucracy.
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Trump's Mideast envoy meets Netanyahu on Saturday amid ceasefire push
Steve Witkoff met the Israeli prime minister on Saturday following a visit to Doha amid efforts to secure a hostage deal and Gaza ceasefire.
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Sentencing finalizes Trump's conviction, ends embarrassing chapter in his return to the White House
Donald Trump was sentenced in New York on Friday, capping a long and, at times, embarrassing ordeal that saw him become the first ex-president to be criminally convicted.
Black box from South Korea plane crash did not record final 4 minutes, officials say
After analyzing the devices, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about four minutes before the crash.
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Locals watched in disbelief, then horror, as flames consumed the Pacific Palisades
The largest wildfire to hit Los Angeles this week rapidly tore through homes and communities, whipped by winds that sent embers skyward.
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‘I’ll never call him dad again’: Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse | CNN
Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot who was a victim of mass rape by her husband and 49 other men in a trial that shocked the world, has told how she’s certain her father drugged her and strongly suspects she was raped too.
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Obama and Trump bromance latest sign of Democrats' 'reality' - Washington Examiner
Former President Barack Obama became the latest Democrat to show signs of acquiescing to President-elect Donald Trump's forthcoming second administration.
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TikTok takeaways: Supreme Court appears likely to uphold impending ban
The Supreme Court appeared to favor the government's national security claims over TikTok's 1st Amendment argument.
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Carter’s funeral captures the American story at a fraught political moment | CNN Politics
The nation would love to know what on Earth Donald Trump and Barack Obama were talking about.
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Chamber of Commerce doubles giving to Trump - Washington Examiner
EXCLUSIVE — The Chamber of Commerce has donated $50,000 to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration committee.
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