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President Donald Trump on Friday announced that his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, had recanted his testimony in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's criminal case against him, marking a major development in Trump's efforts to throw out his conviction. Cohen was a star witness in the 2024 criminal case, which saw Trump convicted for listing a payment to Cohen as a legal expense after he paid adult actress Stormy Daniels to remain quiet about an alleged affair.

The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General has concluded that Lori Chavez-DeRemer when she was the agency's secretary had an "inappropriately close and unprofessional" relationship with her bodyguard, which created a hostile work environment for her subordinates. The office released the 44-page Thursday after having initiated the investigation from an anonymous complaint received in January.

Judge William Sullivan backed off of formally declaring a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after saying he would do so, instead giving the defense one hour to appeal the decision and seek a stay. Sullivan initially stated he would declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Friday. "Over the defendant's objection, I'm going to declare a mistrial," Sullivan said. "I think here where we've had a jury whose been deliberating for six and a half days ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had apprehended several convicted violent criminals in its latest roundup. Under the Trump administration, DHS and ICE have worked to implement the president's mass deportation agenda, with a focus on the "worst of the worst" violent offenders.

The Justice Department addressed a legal loophole Thursday that allowed illegal immigrants to avoid removal by claiming lack of notice. The law requires immigrants to provide DHS an address, James Percival, general counsel for DHS, said in a post on X. The loophole, according to Percival, allowed immigrants to violate address requirements, which is a crime, and avoid an order of removal by claiming lack of notice. A DOJ ruling addressed the problem, Percival said.

Democrats are livid with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., after a Wall Street Journal report on his time in office cast him in a negative light. The Wall Street Journal report highlighted Fetterman's tendency to skip committee meetings, avoid meetings with constituents, and his unwillingness to participate in formal events. The story notably featured his refusal to attend a police funeral in Pennsylvania and his unwillingness to meet with a children's hospital about Medicaid cuts.

Photo illustration of abortion-inducing drugs. (Catherine McQueen via Getty Images) Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued an organization that promotes mail-order abortion-inducing drugs to women in states where it’s restricted. Coleman announced the litigation Thursday against Mayday Health, a New York-based activist organization, stating the organization broke state law by advertising illegal mail-order abortion pills.

A former Indiana sheriff's deputy was charged with wrongly using his access to Flock data technology to stalk his girlfriend over a period of a year. Skylar Thompson, 31, faces one felony count of official misconduct and a misdemeanor count of fraud, the New York Post reported. The Jackson County Sheriff's Department alleges that Thompson conducted more than 2,000 searches for her license plate in Flock databases between Dec. 31, 2025 and Aug. 2.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has an unusual plan for the highest office in the land. It is preparing for a possible presidential campaign in 2028 even though its own program calls for replacing the presidency as Americans know it.

President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a strong August jobs report, which significantly exceeded expectations, and used the development to call for lowering interest rates. The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, while unemployment remained steady at 4.1%. "Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple - And you haven’t seen anything yet!" he posted on Truth Social.