“DHS is taking appropriate and constitutional measures to uphold the rule of law and protect our officers and the public from dangerous rioters,” McLaughlin said. The Trump administration has maintained that its actions in the state Agricultures do not threaten First Amendment rights. “I think you could teach a course on constitutional law from all the things that have happened in Minneapolis in the last month,” said Thomas Berg, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis.

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District Court for the Southern District of Florida, leading Brennan’s lawyers to accuse the DOJ of forum shopping for Republican-friendly judges. A grand jury subpoenaed Brennan and former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, among others, as part of the DOJ’s investigation, Fox News Digital reported in November. Bondi is expected to face questions about the Justice Department’s handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump’s investigations into political foes, and the handling of two fatal ICE shootings involving U.S. citizens. Bondi was responding to committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who directly asked the attorney general if Brennan would be indicted.

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Last week, a state judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by government watchdog Common Cause, which sought to stop the release of voter information to the federal government, including dates of birth, addresses and partial Social Security numbers. The 32-page legislation would require states to obtain documentary proof of citizenship “in person,” such as American passports or birth certificates, from people in order to register them to vote in a federal election. An annual meeting at the White House between governors and the president — which has been scheduled for Feb. 20 — has in recent days emerged as a major source of conflict after National Governors Association officials said Trump was planning to include only Republican governors at the session. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today, discussing nuclear talks with Iran and the Gaza peace effort.

• Ambassador Shen Jian of China rejected what he called “false narratives and unfounded accusations by the United States,” saying that “we abide by our commitment to suspend nuclear testing.”
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“We want to know who they are. We will identify every single one of them and we will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law,” he said, according to prosecutors. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney. The following day, he allegedly encouraged followers to harass immigration officers and said “we should cripple them.” Washington — A Minnesota activist was arrested Thursday and charged with threatening to assault and kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., slammed Bondi for her handling of the Epstein files, criticizing her for over-redacting information in some cases while accidentally releasing victims’ information in others. When Scanlon asked if Bondi would provide the list to the committee, Bondi said, “We will comply with the law in all matters,” but refused to make a commitment. In his questioning of Bondi, Raskin referred to Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department for a leak of information about his tax filings to The New York Times. The Judiciary Committee has recessed the hearing so that lawmakers can participate in votes on the House floor. The committee chairman said during a previous session of Congress, former Attorney General Alejandro Mayorkas would not answer questions from the hearing, despite having the questions ahead of time in writing. “We have only five minutes and so we use our time to ask you specific questions.”

The southern and western parts of the UK will see yet another band of rain arrive on Sunday, it is predicted, though it should be slightly drier elsewhere. A succession of storms has battered Iberia, with Storm Marta the latest to affect Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar this weekend, following on a very wet January which saw some places receive three times the normal rainfall. There will be some drier and brighter spells between the rainbands but the overall unsettled outlook continues right into next month, not good news for those places already struggling.