Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could face a vote on articles of impeachment in the House as early as this week, with members of both parties frustrated with his handling of the war with Iran and Republicans reeling from their defeats in the midterm elections. Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill on Monday to…
Washington — GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas was noncommittal on Sunday about whether he would support an impeachment push against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as lawmakers are poised to return to Capitol Hill this week for the first time since voters delivered widespread rebuke in the midterm elections of the GOP — and the…
Federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros “personally directed” the Broadview Six prosecution that she says ended her career. Mecklenburg was the lead prosecutor for the grand jury proceedings that brought felony charges against a group of six…
Former NFL quarterback and ex-Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez has filed a motion to plead guilty in connection with an October 2025 incident with a truck driver in which he was stabbed outside an Indianapolis hotel, court documents show. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges Sanchez was pleading guilty to, but he is facing a felony…
Washington — A former federal prosecutor who was fired earlier this year for her previous work on a case against activists accused of blocking an entrance to an abortion clinic sued the Justice Department on Monday, arguing her ouster was driven by unlawful political retaliation. Sunita Doddamani, previously an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern…
The Justice Department on Friday issued a legal opinion giving the U.S. military broader powers to detain migrants accused of trespassing in areas that the Department of Defense controls as part of President Trump’s crackdown at the southern border. The opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concerns large swaths of land near…
White House officials have asked the Justice Department to weigh whether it is possible to bring a new criminal case against David Hearn, the former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, after federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the indictment against him earlier this month, according to multiple sources familiar with…
