Ashley Oliver

scoop: The Washington Post is developing an A.I.-powered story editor called "Ember," which would offer guidance like this nytimes.com/2025/06/03/bus…

Just now — Judge Boasberg appears eager to move on contempt against the Trump administration, but his hands are tied He notes the DC Circuit has had the proceedings stayed for 3 months now He says Reuveni's whistleblower claims have "only strengthened" the case for contempt

Zaid, who has been working in employment law for more than 30 years, said he’s seen nothing like the recent firings across the federal government. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

“LET PAM BONDI DO HER JOB,” Trump says in a lengthy posting defending her against the backlash over the Epstein files.

More on Epstein fallout: Sources close to DOJ leadership say Bongino also raised his voice with Susie Wiles during the White House meeting this week. But a WH official denied that, and yet another source said Bongino is "enraged" but didn't yell -->foxnews.com/politics/insid…

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JUST IN: Trump today dropped his suit pending in federal court against the Des Moines Register & pollster Ann Selzer over their errant pre-election poll. But a source close to Trump said a version of the suit will be refiled in state court. Comment from DMR:

Now: Emil Bove is in a Senate hearing for his nomination to be a 3rd Circuit judge His colleague and friend Todd Blanche tells @FoxNews he is the "most gentle, empathetic, great person." Some who've been in Bove’s crosshairs would disagree. foxnews.com/politics/top-d…

Statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark: "The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else.”

In a just unsealed transcript of a closed court hearing in the Abrego Garcia civil case, a DOJ lawyer tells judge that POTUS doesn’t always get his facts right: “President Trump is…a master messenger in many ways but he also doesn’t speak with precision about things sometimes.”

A man on a motorcycle waves a Mexican flag as smoke rises from a burning car on Atlantic Boulevard, during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by ICE in the Los Angeles County city of Compton, California. Photo by @Photospice

New: The decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader’s decision told ABC News.

New: FBI data shows the bureau has made more than 10,000 immigration-related arrests since January as part of Patel's shift to prioritizing immigration enforcement More --> foxnews.com/politics/patel…

Do you have a question for the FBI Director, @FBIDirectorKash Patel? Send me your suggestions here in the next few hours. Maybe I’ll ask yours on @SpecialReport from the @FBI Academy at Quantico.

UPDATE: I've joined @FoxNews digital and will be covering federal courts, DOJ, and more Reach me at [email protected]

“It’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,” @PressSec said, before Trump headed to his golf club to dine with 220 people who bought his memecoin, which generates fees for a Trump business entity. nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

““Well, I posted it, and I wouldn’t have posted it if I didn’t kind of believe it,” said Mr. Prevost, who added that he would “probably tone it down” now that his brother was the Vicar of Jesus Christ.” nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/…

I was instructed by my editor @chrisirvine86 to write a first-person account of being in St. Peter's Square when the white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel. I had two hours to turn it in. This is that article. washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/340…

A killer hid in plain sight for 23 years. This is how police found him. wapo.st/4k1nDog

The White House not backing down on Martin. Spox tells me: "Ed Martin is a fantastic U.S. Attorney for D.C. and will continue to implement the president's law-and-order agenda in Washington. He is the right man for the job and we look forward to his confirmation."