The referral reportedly involves millions of dollars in loans tied to a Washington, D.C., property that Swalwell has claimed as his main residence. And he is not the first Democrat to be accused of mortgage fraud by the administration. New York Attorney General Letitia James, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and Sen. Adam Schiff (Calif.) have all been accused of mortgage or tax fraud by the administration. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in January over whether Trump actually has the authority to remove Cook from the board. Trump singled out Schiff, James and former FBI director James Comey for prosecution in September in a Truth Social post that was apparently meant to be a private message for Bondi.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGA little over two months after President Donald Trump announced a rebrand of the Department of Defense to rename it the Department of War, an NBC News report citing six people with knowledge of the matter has revealed the potential cost: up to $2 billion. AdvertisementThe rename would require thousands of signs, placards, letterheads and badges to be changed, according to two senior Republican congressional staffers, two senior Democratic congressional staffers and two anonymous people briefed on the cost, per NBC News. The four staffers and one of the people briefed added that new letterheads and signage alone could cost taxpayers $1 billion. The staffers said rewriting the code for all of the department’s websites and internal applications would also be significantly expensive. “That’s why we have officially renamed the Department of Defense back to the original Department of War.”AdvertisementA new sign featuring the name change was spotted in September outside Hegseth's office.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026. The complaint filed in California federal court targets the new congressional map pushed by Democratic Gov. The Justice Department is joining a case challenging the new map that was brought by the California Republican Party last week. The Trump administration accuses California of racial gerrymandering in violation of the Constitution by using race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters with the new map. It asks a judge to prohibit California from using the new map in any future elections.

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Wood’s two sons, Brenden Wood and Tremane Wood Jr., who were prepared to witness the execution, embraced members of Wood’s legal team outside the prison. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.”AdvertisementSupporters of Tremane Wood celebrate outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on Thursday after Gov. Kevin Stitt spared Wood from execution. “They did do an outstanding job.”AdvertisementDespite the well-documented issues in Wood’s case, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who is running for governor on a tough-on-crime platform, had taken extraordinary measures to try to ensure Wood’s execution. Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Journalism That Matters HuffPost’s years-long reporting helped expose the injustice that nearly cost Tremane Wood his life.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGDEIR ISTIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack by settlers against Palestinians. AdvertisementA video journalist works by a burnt indoor section of a mosque that was torched and defaced by Israeli settlers overnight, in the West Bank town of Deir Istiya Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Nasser Nasser via APAdvertisementNot a new phenomenonSettler violence has been steadily mounting for decades, and the mosque in Deir Istiya had previously come under attack by settlers. October was the month with the highest-ever number of recorded settler attacks in the West Bank since the UN’s humanitarian office began keeping track in 2006, said the office. AdvertisementPalestinians and human rights workers accuse the Israeli army and police of failing to halt attacks by settlers.

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), Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) immediately added her signature to the “discharge petition” that could force a House vote on releasing the notorious “Epstein files.”Grijalva added her signature after gesturing to survivors of the late sex predator’s abuse, who were watching from a gallery in the House chamber. “That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. The discharge petition process allows regular House members to bring bills to the floor over the opposition of House leadership. Grijalva adding the final 218th signature sets up a long-awaited showdown that will greatly annoy President Donald Trump. AdvertisementStill, a House vote would be symbolic — a show of Trump’s diminished power over members of his own party in his second term.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGRep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was officially sworn in to office Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won her special election. Grijalva was elected to represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional District on Sept. 23, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) During remarks after being sworn in, Grijalva called her delayed swearing-in “an abuse of power.”“It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona’s 7th Congressional District elected me to represent them,” Grijalva said. “The delay in swearing me in is robbing the people of Southern Arizona of essential constituent services,” Grijalva said in the letter. “I am unable to hire staff, open district offices, or respond to constituent concerns.”AdvertisementEven Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) urged Johnson to swear in Grijalva.