Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he was "deeply disturbed" by some of Bondi's responses during the hearing, particular her earlier not answering directly when asked whether Trump lost the 2020 election.

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has ordered the dismissal of members of the Justice department who worked for

It was not immediately clear which prosecutors were affected by the order, or how many who worked on the investigations into Trump remained with the department.

The move breaks with federal norms against punishing civil servants for actions taken under a different administration.

Gabbard is the forty-seventh president’s pick for director of national intelligence, but in order to actually get the job, she’ll need the support of every single Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee—and it appears that she currently does not have the votes.

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that John Eastman is subject of a new film. Birthright citizenship is front and center. Is he having a moment?

Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was also handling Trump’s coup attempt case, said the pardons would not change “the historical record.”

On the second day of his presidency, Donald Trump secured yet another victory from his ally Judge Aileen Cannon.

Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys, was among nearly 1,600 January 6 defendants who were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted. He is expected to be in Miami by Tuesday afternoon.

This is a pop-up edition of Slate’s Keeping Up With the Trump Trials. You can read our old coverage of Trump’s legal entanglements here. Right as Donald Trump is preparing to take the oath of office to become the 47 th president of the United States,

Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono asked Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, what role the White House will have in directing operations of the Department of Justice: SEN. MAZIE HIRONO: We want an attorney general who bases decisions on facts.

Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general. Senators on both sides predicted she would be confirmed.