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Reuters Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had ordered the charges to be dropped The US attorney general has ordered charges to be dropped against a doctor accused of destroying Covid-19 vaccines worth $28,000 (£20,742), distributing fake vaccination record cards, and giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine at their parents’ request. Pam Bondi said Dr Michael Kirk Moore …

Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that his country would accept a resumption of nuclear talks with the U.S. if there were assurances of no more attacks against it, state media reported. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a speech to Tehran-based foreign diplomats that Iran has always been ready and will be ready in the future for talks about its …

Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions  The Washington Post Bondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents cases  Axios Attorney General Bondi fired at least 20 officials with ties to Jack Smith investigation: Sources  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Justice Department purge continues, firings include Trump classified document case investigators and Jan. 6 …

DOJ pressures DC’s Bowser over antisemitism ‘crisis’ in Washington  Politico Source link

David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83. Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he served as a speechwriter, communications director and counselor to the president, among …

Smoke from Canadian wildfires prompting alerts. An ER doctor offers his advice. There were hazy skies over the metro on Saturday and indeed over much of Minnesota. “You can barely see the skyline,” explains Bria Knorr, from Minneapolis. “It’s kind of hidden behind an orange haze.” That haze is a smoky fallout from Canadian wildfires. Our northern neighbor is battling …

Texas Used DOJ’s Concerns to Justify Redistricting. Now It Says They’re Off Base.  Democracy Docket Trump’s risky redistricting push in Texas could backfire in a big way  MSNBC News Texas leaders have repeatedly claimed the state’s voting maps are race blind. Until the Trump DOJ disagreed.  The Texas Tribune Republicans run a risky strategy for holding the House that rests on redrawn maps  Politico …

CNN  —  The State Department began firing more than 1,300 people on Friday as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to a State Department official. The firings will affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers in Washington, DC, an internal notice seen by CNN said. It comes as the State Department implements a drastic reorganization …

Flood watch issued for Texas Hill Country, San Antonio, until 7 p.m. Sunday  San Antonio Express-News Dallas weather: Flash flood warning for northern DFW metroplex  FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Weather warnings gave officials a 3 hour, 21 minute window to save lives in Kerr County. What happened then remains unclear.  The Texas Tribune Flash flood threat in the Southern Plains as Texas …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Much of the Upper Midwest on Saturday was dealing with swaths of unhealthy air because of drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires, covering the northern region of the U.S. at a time when people want to be enjoying lakes, trails and the great outdoors. Most of Minnesota and parts of Montana, North Dakota and Wisconsin were ranked …