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Trump Fires Federal Judge After Just 54 Minutes in Office

Federal agents raided four NYT journalists' homes over Trump's Qatari jet, the FBI is using AI to second-guess 150,000 Georgia ballots, and Pete Hegseth wants to test the military's testosterone

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Jul 15, 2026
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A federal prosecutor was sworn in as U.S. attorney in Seattle at 7:40 a.m. and fired by Trump at 8:34 a.m. Federal agents descended on the homes of four New York Times journalists over a story about Trump’s $400 million Qatari jet. The FBI is exploring AI signature-matching on 150,000 mail-in b…

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