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Supreme Court lets Trump's White House ballroom project continue for now

The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed President Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has the details.

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Partisan’s Exit Suggests DOJ Is Getting Better at Politicized Prosecutions

Ed Martin, a trench-coat donning former “Stop the Steal” advocate whose work at various senior Justice Department jobs was charactered by brash, bumbling efforts to use the department to punish…

  • Ed Martin, Stop the Steal advocate, leaves DOJ role.
  • Attorney General Todd Blanche pursuing competent approach.
  • Martin's tenure marked by controversial DOJ actions.

·motherjones.com

Inside Operation Rosny

The Independent Commission Against Corruption’s wide-ranging investigation into Sydney property developer Jean Nassif’s links to Liberal Party powerbrokers, multiple councils and the state’s Catholic…

·smh.com.au

Inside Operation Rosny

The Independent Commission Against Corruption’s wide-ranging investigation into Sydney property developer Jean Nassif’s links to Liberal Party powerbrokers, multiple councils and the state’s Catholic…

·theage.com.au

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