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-Abbott, Paxton launch legal blitz on fleeing Democrats in redistricting showdown
-4 key Senate seats Senate Republicans want to win and keep Dems on their heels
– Veteran Biden insider Anita Dunn appears in House Oversight autopen probe
FBI forces out former acting director, two other officials in latest agency shake-up
The FBI on Thursday is ousting at least three officials, including the former acting director and an officer involved in the January 6 investigations, sources have revealed.
Former FBI acting director, Brian Driscoll, is among those being forced out of the bureau, sources familiar with the matter stated, along with Walter Giardina, a special agent at the bureau who played a role in the investigation of Peter Navarro, and Steven Jensen, the acting director in charge of the Washington Field Office.
Driscoll served as acting director of the FBI prior to the confirmation of FBI Director Kash Patel, and Jensen played a key role in the January 6 investigations.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, arrives for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
White House
COUNT AGAIN: Trump orders work on new census, says people in US illegally ‘WILL NOT BE COUNTED’
TRANS SPORTS FUROR: Potential 2028 hopeful challenges Trump’s juvenile surgery ban while opposing women’s sports bill restrictions
Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Penn., is challenging President Donald Trump’s Department of Education for allegedly revoking $185 million in pandemic-era education funding for Pennsylvania. (AP Images)
World Stage
BUCK UP: Zelenskyy confirms he discussed Putin trilateral meeting with Trump
LEVIES RISE: World leader refuses to ‘humiliate’ himself with Trump trade negotiations
IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDE: Netanyahu’s security cabinet to meet on Gaza war, as some in Israel call to resettle enclave
Israeli soldiers watch the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
PEACE POSSIBLE?: Trump-Putin meeting agreed upon ‘in principle’ Putin adviser reportedly indicates
Across America
IMMIGRATION ON HIGH: Charleston bishop slams Trump’s ‘harsh’ deportations
‘NO STONE UNTURNED’: DOJ considers seeking death penalty against DC shooting suspect charged with hate crime
PROMISES KEPT: DHS scoops up criminal illegal immigrant suspected of killing man on lawnmower in ‘senseless tragedy’
SANCTUARY SHOWDOWN: Dem governor defies FBI: ‘Unwelcome’ to pursue Texas Democratic lawmakers
RUNAWAY REBELLION: FBI agrees to help locate Texas Democrats who fled state to sabotage GOP redistricting plan, Cornyn says
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, leaves the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. An FBI agent watches over an immigrant after he was detained outside the Connecticut Superior Court on July 3, 2025, in Stamford, Connecticut. Masked federal officers, including ICE and FBI agents, staked out the judicial facility and detained multiple immigrants following their court appearances. (Getty Images)
LEAVING THE PARTY: Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan abandons GOP to join Democratic Party
‘SIGN OF THE TIMES’: Pro-life group celebrates Planned Parenthood’s closing of remaining Louisiana facilities: ‘Huge success’
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