Top officials in President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) are briefing the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to aid Congress’ ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are expected on Capitol Hill late Wednesday afternoon for a closed-door meeting with House lawmakers. It comes a day after committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Bondi for a sworn deposition in connection...

A federal judge in Minnesota declined to step aside from an immigration-related case despite a conflict-of-interest challenge tied to his spouse’s legal work. The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the judge’s order, which called the government’s motion “improper, untimely, and lacking merit.” Last week, the DOJ formally moved to disqualify U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan, arguing his impartiality could reasonably be questioned because his wife serves...

A new state audit investigating the massive fraud scandal in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota revealed that the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) failed for years to properly investigate Medicaid kickback allegations while incorrectly claiming that they did not have the authority to do so.  The Office of the Legislative Auditor report released on Tuesday, titled “Department of Human Services Investigations of Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental...