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Top Justice Department official accuses FBI leadership of ‘insubordination’ over January 6 inquiry

CNN By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The acting deputy attorney general accused FBI leadership of “insubordination” by refusing to identify a “core team” of bureau employees who worked on January 6 investigations, while trying to assure that rank-and-file agents who “simply followed orders” will not be fired unless they “acted with

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Top Justice Department official accuses FBI leadership of ‘insubordination’ over January 6 inquiry

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The acting deputy attorney general accused FBI leadership of “insubordination” by refusing to identify a “core team” of bureau employees who worked on January 6 investigations, while trying to assure that rank-and-file agents who “simply followed orders” will not be fired unless they “acted with corrupt

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Federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship

By Devan Cole, CNN Greenbelt, Maryland (CNN) — A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, saying it’s likely unconstitutional and “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year history of citizenship by birth.” The nationwide preliminary injunction from US District Judge Deborah Boardman is a significant

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Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender women currently housed in women’s facilities at federal prisons. Tuesday’s ruling from US District Judge Royce Lamberth represents another legal setback for a divisive executive order issued by President Donald Trump on

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