WASHINGTON — The Manhattan prosecutor who led the “hush money” case against President Trump, in which the 45th and 47th president was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records, played a larger role in the federal cases against the commander in chief than previously known. Matthew Colangelo joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team in December 2022 after resigning as principal deputy associate attorney general. Colangelo previously served as acting associate attorney general, the third-ranked post in the Biden Justice Department. Defenders of Colangelo tried to distance him from Trump-related activities at the DOJ, but calendar records obtained by conservative watchdog America…

The granting of a UPEPA special motion to strike means that the plaintiff’s complaint was without substantial factual or legal support. A Rule 11 motion is based on a frivolous pleading, which is sort of another way of saying that the plaintiff’s complaint was without substantial factual or legal support.…

The oldest active nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and the longest serving, completed its homeport shift from Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) arrived at what will be its final homeport, completing a four-month underway that took it around South America and included…

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President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don’t make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.Letters to states and grant application details are the latest in a line…

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