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Halligan, Trump’s Chosen Prosecutor, Takes Over Comey and James Cases

The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted.

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Until she was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney on Monday, Lindsey Halligan was a White House adviser with no prosecutorial experience.
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Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Palestine Action Group

The British government banned Palestine Action under an antiterrorism law, but an intelligence document said most of its activity “would not be classified as terrorism.”

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A rally last month in Parliament Square in London called for lifting a British government ban on the group Palestine Action.
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Gabbard Retracted Intelligence Report on Venezuela

The report, which remains classified, described work by Richard Grenell, a former top intelligence official in the Trump administration.

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The report and the recall were issued several months ago, at a time when Richard Grenell was negotiating the release of hostages in Venezuela.
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Democrats Demand to Know More About Security Clearance Revocations

Members of the House Intelligence Committee want more information about the decision to strip the clearances from 37 current and former officials.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and President Trump ordered the removal of security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials earlier this year.
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

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President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
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