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Spring Breaker Allegedly Firebombed a Tesla Dealership

A UMass Boston student allegedly used his time back home very destructively

(Newser) - Police believe a UMass Boston college student spent part of his spring break attacking a Tesla dealership back home in Missouri. Owen McIntire, 19, of Parkville, Mo., was arrested after allegedly using Molotov cocktails to firebomb a dealership in Kansas City, reports the Boston Herald . Kansas City Police reportedly noticed...

DOJ Sues Maine Over Trans Athletes in Girls Sports

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the legal action Wednesday

(Newser) - President Trump's administration announced a lawsuit Wednesday against Maine's education department for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports, escalating a dispute over whether the state is abiding by a federal law that bars discrimination in education based on sex. The...

Bondi: Trump 'Probably' Will Leave Presidency at End of Term

Attorney general says 'it would be a heavy lift' to figure out a path toward third term

(Newser) - President Trump's attorney general didn't exactly ease concerns that her boss might be seriously considering how he could serve a third presidential term . Asked about the issue on Fox News Sunday , Pam Bondi replied, "President Trump has served one full term. He's on his second full...

Bondi Suspends Attorney Who Admitted Deportee Error

Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni had been on Salvadoran case

(Newser) - The Justice Department told an appeals court Saturday that a judge did not have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison —and it suspended a government lawyer who admitted in court...

Luigi Mangione Will Face the Death Penalty

Pam Bondi calls UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder a 'premeditated, cold-blooded assassination'

(Newser) - US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing. The...

Ex-NFLer Accused of Running Dogfighting Kennel—Again

LeShon Johnson faces up to 105 years in prison on 21 counts

(Newser) - A former NFL running back and candidate for the 1993 Heisman Trophy is facing federal charges of running a dogfighting kennel, some two decades after he pleaded guilty to state charges for a similar offense. LeShon Johnson, convicted of dogfighting charges in Oklahoma in 2004, was arrested again this month...

Feds Say They Busted Alleged Leader of East Coast MS-13

AG Pam Bondi, FBI chief Kash Patel say 24-year-old Salvadorean was arrested in Virginia

(Newser) - The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Bondi lauded the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from El Salvador, who was described as one of MS-13's top three leaders in the...

FBI Is Going After Tesla Attackers
FBI Has a New Tesla Task Force
Mar 25, 2025 12:38 PM CDT

FBI Has a New Tesla Task Force

Bureau is going after 'domestic terrorism' vandals targeting Elon Musk's EV brand

(Newser) - The FBI has a new task force that's going after vandals targeting Teslas in the wake of CEO Elon Musk's DOGE-related moves. As CNN reports, the bureau announced Monday that it will collaborate with the ATF in an effort to stem the attacks on Tesla dealerships, charging stations,...

It's 'Domestic Terrorism,' Says Bondi as More Teslas Burn

Las Vegas facility targeted with bullets, Molotov cocktails on Tuesday

(Newser) - Attacks on Tesla dealerships will be treated as "domestic terrorism," Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday as more Tesla vehicles in Las Vegas were targeted, per the New York Times . People have been selling off their Teslas , citing the behavior of Tesla CEO Elon Musk , a senior advisor...

Much Ballyhooed Epstein Files Are Out

And they amount to 200 pages of 'old info' released by the Justice Department

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi teased the release of "the Epstein files" as a show of transparency that would become "breaking news." She and other Republicans have suggested the government was concealing files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some conservative commentators have insisted there are...

Eric Adams Wants Case Thrown Out Over Misconduct

NYC mayor, Justice Department are asking judge to dismiss charges over prosecutorial conduct

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Wednesday to toss out the corruption case against him, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, even as the Justice Department seeks dismissal of the charges on the Democrat's behalf. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, his lawyers alleged that the...

Bondi: DOJ Is Suing New York Over Driver's License Law

New York governor calls the move a political stunt

(Newser) - The new attorney general used her first press conference to announce a lawsuit against New York for, as she called it, putting "illegal aliens over American citizens." Pam Bondi took issue with the state's "green light law," which allows driver's licenses to be issued...

Senate Confirms Pam Bondi as AG
Pam Bondi Sworn In,
Takes Charge of DOJ
UPDATED
Feb 5, 2025 11:20 AM CST

Pam Bondi Sworn In, Takes Charge of DOJ

Fetterman sided with Republicans in 54-46 vote on Tuesday

(Newser) - Pam Bondi was sworn in Wednesday as attorney general, taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office and marked the first time President Trump has participated in a second-term swearing-in of a Cabinet member—further evidence of his intense...

Bondi Hedges on 2020 Vote, Investigating Jack Smith

Democrats press attorney general pick in confirmation hearing

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's choice for attorney general sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes, but she would not rule out investigations of his adversaries. Pam Bondi's often-testy confirmation hearing centered on concerns that Trump would seek to use the...

It's a Busy Day for the Senate
It's a Busy Day for the Senate
the rundown
Jan 15, 2025 8:10 AM CST

It's a Busy Day for the Senate

Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio among a half-dozen Cabinet picks slated to appear

(Newser) - Wednesday is set to be a busy day in the Senate, with six confirmation hearings scheduled for President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks. The headline appearances will be Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi for US attorney general. The Washington Post reports the...

What to Know About New AG Nominee Pam Bondi
What to Know
About New
AG Nominee
Pam Bondi
the rundown
Nov 22, 2024 11:17 AM CST

What to Know About New AG Nominee Pam Bondi

Florida's first female attorney general is a longtime Trump loyalist

(Newser) - Matt Gaetz is out and Pam Bondi is in as the new nominee for attorney general. Here are some highlights from the slew of biographical pieces now moving about her:
  • A first: The big fact about the 59-year-old Bondi is that she served as the first female attorney general of
...

Trump Picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General

Longtime ally defended former president in his first impeachment trial

(Newser) - Hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to become attorney general in the next administration, President-elect Trump named his second choice: Pam Bondi. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans–Not anymore," Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday,...

2 Big Names Join Trump's Impeachment Legal Team

Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr are among the president's defense lawyers

(Newser) - We've met the Democratic managers for President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. Now it's time to meet the commander in chief's defense team. A source tells the Wall Street Journal that, under the leadership of White House counsel Pat Cipollone, Trump's trial lawyers will...

Trump's Florida Donation Turning Into Political Headache

Aide dismisses allegations as 2 newspapers call for investigation

(Newser) - Donald Trump's new "pay to play" trouble continues to generate negative headlines for the candidate. On Wednesday, campaign manager Kellyanne Conway found herself fending off questions from George Stephanopoulos of ABC on whether her boss used a big political donation to sway Florida's attorney general into skipping...

Trump Slams Clinton's 'Disqualifying Conduct'
Trump Slams Clinton's
'Disqualifying Conduct'
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 7, 2016 6:15 AM CDT

Trump Slams Clinton's 'Disqualifying Conduct'

He plans major boost in military spending

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's email scandal is "worse than Watergate," according to Donald Trump. At a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday night, he hit his rival hard over the contents of FBI documents released last week , saying "her conduct is disqualifying," the Guardian reports. He accused...

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