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Paralegal dismissed by US attorney general for ‘inappropriate conduct’ towards troops deployed on the streets of WashingtonThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, has fired a justice department official for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National Guard deployed in Washington DC on her way to work.The employee, Elizabeth Baxter, was a paralegal at the department’s environmental defense section, according to a memo to her published by the New York Post, which first reported Friday’s dismissal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/bondi-fires-justice-department-employee-for-making-vulgar-gesture-at-national-guard Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-08-30 03:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Appellate panel upholds lower court’s ruling as homeland security spokesperson attacks ‘activist’ judgesA federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have permission to live and work in the US, saying that plaintiffs are likely to win their claim that the president’s administration’s actions were unlawful.A three-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals unanimously upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status for Venezuelans while TPS holders challenge actions by the Republican president’s administration in court. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/court-blocks-trump-venezuela Author : Associated

State is following Texas’s lead in Trump’s push to gain more House seats for Republicans in 2026 midtermsThe Missouri governor, Mike Kehoe, is calling a special legislative session to redraw congressional districts in his state, expanding Donald Trump’s push to tilt more seats toward Republicans in 2026.This is breaking news. Check back for updates later … Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/missouri-governor-special-legislative-session-congressional-maps Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-08-29 22:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Israeli military announces move in Gaza City as it steps up attacks before planned offensiveIsrael’s military will no longer pause fighting to allow aid deliveries in Gaza City, a military spokesperson has said, in a decision likely to deepen the famine already gripping the north of the territory.Israeli forces have been stepping up attacks in and around Gaza City as the military prepares for a ground operation that humanitarian groups and many of Israel’s closest allies have warned will be catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians already struggling to survive hunger, disease and Israeli attacks. Continue reading... Source