![]() ![]() District Judge Kent Wetherell blocked the administration from continuing to implement a 2021 Department of Homeland Security memo that had authorized “alternatives to detention” to ease overcrowding in detention facilities. Ī federal judge in Florida yesterday held that the Biden administration’s policy to release many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border rather than detaining them violates U.S. Colorado’s top disciplinary judge Bryon Large wrote in a six-page opinion that the “respondent violated, which provides that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” Ellis is the first Trump attorney who faces disciplinary action to acknowledge they misrepresented the evidence of fraud. Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Former President Trump who helped drive false election claims, has admitted in a Colorado disciplinary proceeding that she misrepresented evidence at least 10 times. Christopher Cadelago reports for POLITICO. The White House joined Republican Senate leaders and Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger, who a day earlier assailed Carlson’s broadcasts, which included security footage from the Capitol on the day of the attack, as being “filled with offensive and misleading conclusions.” The statement was a rare rebuke of Carlson by name, suggesting an escalation of tensions between the White House and the conservative-leaning, beleaguered cable giant Fox News. The White House condemned Fox News host Tucker Carlson yesterday for his misleading portrayal of the Jan. Carol Rosenberg reports for the New York Times. The transfer, authorized in September by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, reduced the detainee population at Guantánamo to 31 men, 17 of whom are approved for resettlement or repatriation. Ghassan Abdullah al-Sharbi, charged with “providing material support for terrorism,” had his case dropped after higher courts ruled that the charge was not a recognized international war crime at the time of his actions. military yesterday repatriated a Saudi engineer who had been held for over 20 years at Guantánamo Bay under suspicion of having made bombs for Al Qaeda. Under the Constitution, Congress, not the president, has the right to declare war. Lawmakers have been arguing that Congress ceded too much authority to the president over whether troops should be sent into combat by passing and then failing to repeal broad, open-ended war authorizations. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the full Senate could vote on the legislation in the next few weeks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday voted 13-8 to repeal two authorizations for past wars in Iraq. Karoun Demirjian reports for the New York Times. service members and scores of Afghans dead. Republicans, led by Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), promised to take President Biden to task over the failures of the airlift out of Kabul’s airport, which left 13 U.S. During the six-hour hearing, House Foreign Affairs Committee members heard testimony and engaged in a partisan debate about who was to blame for the botched withdrawal. The Republican inquiry on the Afghanistan withdrawal began in Congress yesterday with searing witness accounts. Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Steve Holland report for Reuters. ![]() President Biden will host leaders of Australia and Britain in San Diego on Monday to chart a way forward for the provision of the nuclear-powered submarines and other high-tech weaponry to Australia. ![]() The purchase forms part of a landmark defense agreement between the U.S., Australia, and the U.K., known as the AUKUS pact. Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines in the 2030s, four U.S. Īustralia is expected to buy up to five U.S. Barnes and Edward Wong report for the New York Times. power and influence is one reason China has continued to pursue a deepening relationship with Russia, according to an annual intelligence threat assessment that was also released yesterday. director of national intelligence Avril Haines said yesterday. Here’s today’s news.Ĭhina believes that it can only make itself the pre-eminent power in Asia by diminishing U.S. Ī curated weekday guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. ![]()
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