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American-JetBlue antitrust trial testing limits of industry consolidation

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom told a federal judge Monday that the carrier was hindered in markets like New York and Boston because of the headstart that Delta and others had as blockbuster mergers shrunk the industry over the last two decades.

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Trump asks to push 'special master' appeal hearing to January

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump wants to slow down the government’s appeal case over the appointment of a so-called special master to review thousands of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Tribune News Service

UnitedHealth Group completes $13 billion deal to acquire Change Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group has completed its acquisition of Tennessee-based Change Healthcare, a $13 billion dollar deal the Justice Department unsuccessfully tried to block this year on competitive grounds.

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Interior Dept. to require body cams for law enforcement

The U.S. Interior Department has launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants

The Independent UK

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to ban on gun 'bump stocks'

The U.S. Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a major decision in June, on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban on devices called "bump stocks" that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire like a machine gun - a firearms control measure prompted by a 2017 Las…

Reuters

Trump attorney lawyers up: report

Christina Bobb has already retained an attorney and colleagues are urging Evan Corcoran to do the same

Salon

Jackie Calmes: Tell-all Trumpists — you should have come clean long ago

The predictable pile-on has begun.

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Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says

Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department on whether to move to get them back, the agency has told Congress.

Reuters

Archives: Records from Trump WH staffers remain missing

The National Archives has informed congressional lawmakers that a number of electronic communications from Trump White House staffers remain missing, nearly two years since the administration was required to turn them over

The Independent UK

DOJ seeks expedited appeal of Trump’s special master ruling

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to expedite its review of an order appointing a special master to scrutinize documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

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For Obama, one Trump term wasn’t a big worry, but ‘eight years would be a problem’

Former President Barack Obama told reporters in his last days as president that he wasn’t worried about a single Donald Trump term, but was concerned about a “sustained period” of political norms being undermined if he served two terms, according to newly released documents obtained by Bloomberg News.

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Trump reportedly ignoring advice from lawyer he paid $3m retainer for Mar-a-Lago documents case

According to The Washington Post, Mr Trump has largely sidelined ex-Florida solicitor general Chris Kise because the veteran litigator has counseled him to ‘turn down the temperature’ with the Justice Department.

The Independent UK

15-year-old girl killed in law enforcement shootout was likely unarmed, California attorney general says

LOS ANGELES — Savannah Graziano, the 15-year-old girl killed in a shootout between her father and law enforcement Tuesday in Hesperia, was likely unarmed as she ran toward deputies, according to a preliminary investigation that has been turned over to the California attorney general’s office.

Los Angeles Times

Trump special master deadline extended until Dec. 16 by judge

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida has extended the timeline for the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, delaying the fight over whether any materials are privileged by another two weeks.

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The Independent UK

Tensions flare over special master process in Trump hoarded documents case

The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate has spawned a parallel “special master” process that has slowed the Justice Department's criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president

The Independent UK

OLD Trump docs probe: Tensions flare over special master process

Reuters

U.S. says Army major and wife tried to leak military health data to Russia

(Corrects headline and first two paragraphs to show that Jamie Lee Henry was still in the Army at the time of the arrest; corrects paragraphs 12-13 to reflect that Gabrielian recommended the book, not the undercover agent)

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Trump got the special master he wanted. Now he has complaints

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump got the court-ordered review he wanted of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago home as well as his preferred pick for a so-called special master to carry it out. But less than a month in, the former president has complaints about how that review is taking shape.

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More than $4 billion has been paid to thousands of Bernie Madoff victims

NEW YORK — Thousands of victims of the late Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff have received $4 billion in restitution, and they’re still not whole financially, Justice Department officials said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Rare sedition charge at center of Jan. 6 trial

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates are on trial in the U.S. Capitol attack on charges that include seditious conspiracy — a rare Civil War-era charge that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened that day

Salon

DOJ exposes Trump's secret objections

The DOJ's response to Trump's lawyers in Mar-a-Lago case is "absolutely hilarious," says attorney George Conway

The Independent UK

Feds want psychological tests for parents of separated kids

The Biden administration is asking that parents of children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border undergo another round of psychological evaluations to measure how traumatized they were by the Trump administration policy

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on the ERA. Can it do more?

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland have expressed concern over women’s rights. They’ve offered their thoughts and prayers. But is there something else, something in the Constitution, to protect women — and all Americans — from sex discrimination under the law?

Reason

Trump's Declassification Claims Are Implausible and Irrelevant

The potential crimes that the FBI is investigating do not hinge on the current classification status of the records that the former president kept at Mar-a-Lago.

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