Trump's DOJ barrels into midterms with lawsuits, raids and arrests
Topics: 2026 Midterm Elections
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- Axios reports: “With just nine days until the midterms, the Trump administration is escalating its assault on two of the Department of Justice's most sacred guardrails:Independence from the White House.Restraint b…”
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