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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-defund-fbi-justice-department_n_642d7e0be4b0c8ff04099257
Trump Calls On Republicans To ‘Defund’ The FBI, Justice Department

Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Republican lawmakers to cut funding for federal law enforcement as investigations swirl around the former president.

Congressional Republicans rushed to Trump’s defense after a Manhattan prosecutor indicted Trump last week for alleged violations of New York law. Trump seems to hope they’ll also defend him from any federal charges that could come his way.

Several far-right Republicans suggested defunding the FBI last August after agents searched Trump’s home in Florida for presidential records that should have been turned over to the National Archives after Trump left office.

The Justice Department has also been investigating Trump’s various efforts to interfere with the transfer of power after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to handle both cases.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-arraigned-tuesday-face-york-155305877.html
AP sources: Trump facing at least 1 felony charge in NY case

Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday.

He will be formally arrested and arraigned Tuesday in his hush money case, setting the scene for the historic, shocking moment when a former president is forced to stand before a judge to hear the criminal charges against him.

The indictment remained sealed and the specific charges were not immediately known, but details were confirmed by people who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss information that isn't yet public.

The streets outside the courthouse where the arraignment will unfold were calm Friday compared with earlier in the week. There were no large-scale demonstrations for or against Trump, though tourists stopped to take selfies and throngs of reporters and police officers remained assembled.

When Trump turns himself in, he’ll be booked mostly like anyone else facing charges, mug shot, fingerprinting and all. But he isn’t expected to be put in handcuffs; he’ll have Secret Service protection and will almost certainly be released that same day.

In the meantime, Trump's legal team prepared his defense while the prosecutor's office defended the grand jury investigation that propelled the matter toward trial. Congressional Republicans, as well as Trump himself, contend the whole matter is politically motivated.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nashville-school-shooting-victims_n_64220934e4b0b8ee3bd3d57f
Victims And Shooter Identified In Nashville School Killings

Authorities identified the three children and three adults who were shot to death at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday ― a horror the city’s police chief said he hoped “would never, ever come here in the city.”

The student victims at The Covenant School were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney ― two of whom were 9 years old and one was about to turn 9. The three adults killed were 61-year-old substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, the 60-year-old head of school Katherine Koonce and 61-year-old custodian Mike Hill.

“When we send our kids to school or to any place of safety, we expect them to live, learn, have fun and come back from that day’s experience. We don’t anticipate things like this,” John Drake, chief of the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, said at the third press briefing of the day.
Authorities identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who was killed by officers at the scene. Police believe Hale was a former student. They said the shooter was in possession of three weapons at the school: a rifle, an assault-style pistol and a handgun. Two of the three weapons were obtained legally in the Nashville area and the shooter has “no history at all” of past criminal activities, Drake said.

Police are investigating a “manifesto” they found at Hale’s house that includes a “map drawn out of how this was all going to take place,” the chief said. There is no confirmed motive, Drake said, but police have a “theory that we may be able to talk about later.”

A two-minute video of school surveillance camera footage showed Hale driving to the school and then shooting through a glass door to enter the building.
Once inside, Hale can be seen walking through the hallways holding an assault-style weapon.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/20/trumps-white-house-campaign-trail-00083541
Trump’s White House accomplishments aren’t so easy to sell on the campaign trail

Donald Trump faces a dilemma just months into his third run for president: Two of his most important achievements from the White House have become politically complicated or just plain too hot to touch.

Operation Warp Speed, the public-private partnership that developed a coronavirus vaccine in record time and which Trump once called a “miracle,” has become vilified among a group of conservatives. And the toppling of Roe v. Wade by Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices has turned into a political Rorschach test for Republicans, with one camp seeing it as a boost at the ballot box and the other fearing it is a hindrance.

The tension over how and whether or not to lean into vaccines or abortion has been on display since Trump kicked off his presidential campaign.

Elsewhere, Trump has praised the anti-abortion movement and his role in picking conservative justices, but has also criticized some leaders in that movement for not doing enough in the 2022 midterm election. He has also said the issue was “poorly handled” by Republicans, pointing to members and candidates who advocated for no exceptions to bans on abortion.