Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders, four people familiar with the matter said.

It was remarkable that the U.S. attorney's office in Washington -- led by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of Mr. Trump's -- authorized prosecutors to go into a grand jury and ask for an indictment of the six members of Congress, all of whom had served in the military or the nation's spy agencies.

But it was even more remarkable that a group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington forcefully rejected Mr. Trump's bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act warranting prosecution.

The move to charge the lawmakers -- among them, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan -- was, by any measure, an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system even for a Justice Department that has repeatedly shattered norms of independence from the White House and followed Mr. Trump's directives to prosecute his adversaries.

The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia filed a $250,000 injury lawsuit against the city of Rye, New York, and ConEdison over a fall she alleges occurred in 2025, reported CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane.

There it is. That's the plan. I'm sure this exhortation by Dementia Donnie has no meaning where the law is concerned. But it is their opening salvo.

I can tell you now what will happen. For any state that does not require ID/proof of citizenship at the polls, those election results will be "rigged." They will refuse to recognize the result and the winners will not be sworn in. Mikie will go along and refuse to seat any members Dementia Donnie has deemed elected fraudulently.

Rev. Jackson passed away last night in Chicago at 84, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. May he rest in love and peace.

"The Trump administration plans to abandon its defense of the president's executive orders sanctioning several law firms," the Wall Street Journal reports.

"The Justice Department as soon as Monday is expected to drop its appeals of four trial-court rulings that struck down President Trump's actions against law firms Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey."

He was talking about how the law firms who stood up to Trump are now free of threat and can do whatever but the ones that bent the knee remain obligated to do free legal work for Trump.

In quick reversal, DOJ seeks to continue Trump's battle with law firms
The switch came after the Justice Department told a federal appeals court it would drop its battle over executive orders involving law firms.

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US

Even MSN edited it out

A Department of Defense official stated there was no formal directive requiring service members to see the film, but added that the movie was "fantastic".

It is almost certain the flag of Puerto Rico will appear in some form on the Super Bowl stage. But its colors are worth noting. If it is shown in red, white and blue, that is the current flag of Puerto Rico and has been since 1952. If there are flags that feature light blue, that is reflective of the Puerto Rican independence movement. A black and white version of the flag has become synonymous with Puerto Rican struggle and resiliency. And if there is a flag that more closely resembles the Dominican Republic's flag, that is the flag of the Puerto Rican mountain town Lares. It was used in the Grito de Lares, the first short revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico in the 19th century

Governors won't hold Trump meeting after only Republicans invited

The AI labs made a deliberate choice. They focused on making AI great at writing code first... because building AI requires a lot of code. If AI can write that code, it can help build the next version of itself. A smarter version, which writes better code, which builds an even smarter version. Making AI great at coding was the strategy that unlocks everything else. That's why they did it first. My job started changing before yours not because they were targeting software engineers... it was just a side effect of where they chose to aim first.

They've now done it. And they're moving on to everything else.

The experience that tech workers have had over the past year, of watching AI go from "helpful tool" to "does my job better than I do", is the experience everyone else is about to have. Law, finance, medicine, accounting, consulting, writing, design, analysis, customer service. Not in ten years. The people building these systems say one to five years. Some say less. And given what I've seen in just the last couple of months, I think "less" is more likely.

White House bracing for 'substantial' GOP mutiny on Trump tariff

A White House insider admitted to Politico that they expect the effort to block the measure to fail spectacularly

The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 -- about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.

According to our poll, low-knowledge voters backed Trump by a net margin of 11 points in 2024. Now, however, the same low-knowledge voters say they disapprove of the president by 13 points -- a 25-point shift away from the president.

It's happening all over.  Citizens are saying F off.

I googled "no true bill".  Check the last line.  Not anymore.

A "no true bill" (or "no bill") is a decision by a grand jury that there is insufficient evidence or probable cause to indict a person for a crime. It acts as a dismissal of charges, meaning the case will not proceed to a criminal trial. It is the opposite of a "true bill".

Key Aspects of a "No True Bill":

Result: The investigation ends, and no formal charges are filed.

Significance: It serves as a check on prosecutorial power, indicating the grand jury did not find enough evidence to believe a crime was committed by the accused.

Process: A specific number of grand jurors (e.g., 12 in federal cases) must agree there is probable cause; if they do not, they return a "no true bill".

Future Action: While it stops the current proceeding, in some cases, prosecutors might be able to bring the case before a different grand jury later.

A "no true bill" is relatively rare, as grand juries often follow the recommendation of prosecutors.

Evidence was unearthed from the latest tranche of Epstein files, which suggests that during his time as the U.K.'s trade representative, an appointed position under then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, Andrew allegedly leaked a number of highly sensitive, classified and confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

Andrew is the first senior royal to be arrested and taken into custody by the authorities since King Charles I was effectively taken prisoner by Scottish military forces in 1646 toward the conclusion of the English Civil War (which Charles lost), who then turned him over to the tender mercies of the victorious Oliver Cromwell and Parliament.

Cromwell had the King indicted for high treason against the state and put on trial before a rump House of Commons composed only of the King's opponents. Charles I was convicted, sentenced to death, and then executed by beheading at Whitehall on January 30, 1649.

The Secret Service will provide two tailored suits to agents graduating from protective detail training, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, citing a recently published public contract solicitation. The suits will be navy blue, made entirely in the United States, and include embroidered name labels inside the jackets.

Two sources said the idea for a style refresh "happened because Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem disliked how a protective detail was dressed in the suits they bought for themselves." But a DHS spokesperson denied that characterization, saying the decision "does not have to do with optics."

 "Trump administration officials have struggled to figure out how to increase U.S. military spending by a whopping $500 billion in their forthcoming budget, slowing the overall White House spending plan, four people familiar with the matter said."

"President Donald Trump last month agreed to a roughly 50 percent funding boost sought by Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, in the White House's annual budget proposal."

"Since Trump agreed to the higher number, White House aides and defense officials have run into logistical challenges surrounding where to put the money, because the amount is so large, the people said. The White House is more than two weeks behind its statutory deadline to send its budget proposal to Congress, in part because it is unclear how precisely to spend the additional $500 billion, according to the people familiar with the matter."

US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East

Expert taken aback as Supreme Court conservatives and liberals 'unite' for puzzling case

"While we don't yet know how Hemani will be decided, members of both the conservative and liberal factions of the court seemed united against the broadness of the category that the law had created," Bazelon wrote. "Too many people could be prosecuted and disarmed for things that, the justices seemed to agree, just weren't worth it."

She added that the case also poses a puzzling question to the court in the future because it leaves open the interpretation of when a recreational drug user becomes "too dangerous" to own a firearm.