Maduro indicted on federal drug-trafficking and weapons charges
An indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking was unsealed Saturday.
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An indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking was unsealed Saturday.
The U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in an overnight military operation, President Trump announced Saturday.
The suspect, Brian Cole, has not yet entered a plea to the charges stemming from two bombs found near Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters nearly five years ago.
House Democrats will also be holding a hearing on the five-year mark of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Former special counsel Jack Smith testified for more than eight hours about the investigations and prosecutions of President Trump.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer said the hearing will take place Jan. 7.
Brian Cole was arrested and charged earlier this month for allegedly planting two pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic Party headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021.
President Trump invoked a law called Title 10 to bring members of the Illinois National Guard under federal service over the objections of state and local leaders.
The Justice Department early Tuesday released more than 11,000 additional documents and photos from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Justice Department is facing continued backlash over its partial releases of the Epstein files, with lawmakers and survivors denouncing the limited scope of the disclosures.
A federal judge ruled that Lindsey Halligan, the prosecutor who secured the indictments against them, was unlawfully appointed to her role as interim U.S. attorney.
The Justice Department has disclosed thousands of files and photos related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following years of pressure from lawmakers and abuse survivors.
Jack Smith, who oversaw two investigations into President Trump, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for a closed-door deposition Wednesday.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law signed by President Trump.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change its name.