Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, has been blocked so far in seeking a grand jury investigation into remarks made by Senator Chuck Schumer about Supreme Court justices.
The fact that Ed Martin even pursued Schumer is emblematic of the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize law enforcement to a cartoonish degree.
N.Y., blasted President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada on Tuesday, hours before the president was scheduled to address a joint session of Congress.
The letters from U.S. Attorney, Ed Martin, are unprecedented and have been denounced by Democrats, who see them as the Trump administration's first attempts to undermine free speech and also Trump's attempts to get revenge for his criminal indictment for allegedly trying to undermine the 2020 election result.
Acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin opened inquiries into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Calif. Rep. Robert Garcia, alleging comments they made could be construed as threats vs. DOGE, conservative justices.
Asked about the Biden-appointed former Social Security commissioner Martin O'Malley's recent prediction that a system collapse and an interruption of benefits could come within the next 30-90 days, Murray responded that the recent cuts to workforce and offices would be a "disaster."
Looking to stonewall Trump and Republicans, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster.
Democrats are being asked to bring guests to Trump's Tuesday speech who have been harmed by the president's first weeks in office.
These are some of the people who will attend President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night, brought as guests by Democratic lawmakers seeking to highlight the human cost of the administration’s sweeping policy changes.
Many Democrats are taking guests who they say have been hurt by Elon Musk’s gutting of the federal bureaucracy. Several others will skip the speech and host counterprogramming, such as live fact-checking.