House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is warning that subpoenas are on the table if county prosecutors accused of going easy on illegal immigrants who commit crimes do not cooperate.
Jordan's committee is investigating district attorneys for so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions" who have been accused of taking immigration status into account when pursuing criminal complaints, even when the alleged crime has nothing to do with the suspect's legal status.
"If we have to, we'll use subpoenas to get the documents that we think they may not be giving us. There's a process we always go through. We ask for things, we ask again, we explain why, we work with their office — in some cases their counsel — and back and forth," Jordan explained in an interview with Fox News Digital. "And then if we have to use subpoenas, we certainly will do that ... but we want to know the facts."
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Of particular concern, Jordan said, is Fairfax County, Virginia, DA Steve Descano. Descano was recently thrust under scrutiny after the stabbing death of 41-year-old U.S. citizen Stephanie Minter, whose accused killer came to the U.S. illegally from Sierra Leone in 2012.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people have been killed in the year since the U.S. military began bombing boats it accused of ferrying drugs off Latin America's Caribbean and Pacific coasts. Now, the Trump administration says it is seeking to extend that lethal campaign to land, pursuing deals that would put U.S. forces on the ground in allied nations across the region.
President Donald Trump's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced last week during a visit to Panama that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil, following Ecuador, which launched similar missions with the U.S. in March. Guatemala, however, has denied reaching such an agreement.
It will be "like you saw with the strikes on the drug boats," Hegseth said during a military drill in the jungle in Panama. "Same effect on land. And so we're working with Ecuador. We're working with Colombia. We're working with partners to bring the fight to the (designated terrorist organizations) on land."
The expansion marks a new phase in the Trump administration's campaign to pressure governments across Latin America to align with its security priorities and ******* ert what it calls "American dominance over the Western Hemisphere."
Voters across the region are increasingly embracing Trump-aligned leaders, giving Washington more willing partners. But critics warn that the widening U.S. military campaign risks civilian casualties and a backlash against the U.S. that could outlast the Republican administration.

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson backed Michelle Obama's criticism of isolating students of color at elite colleges during Wednesday's episode of the former first lady's podcast, agreeing after Obama said schools failed those students when they spread them thinly across campus.
Jackson said Harvard's sizable Black community helped her feel at home. Jackson was an undergrad there and also received her law degree at Harvard; Obama also received her law degree there but was a Princeton undergraduate.
"You don't do kids of color service by plucking them out and making them one of a few and then scattering them about the campus," Obama said.
"I think that's absolutely right," Jackson said.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that while he takes no joy in the late Senator Lindsay Graham's death, he will remember his career as one of "duplicity."
"Let's give him all the credit in the world. He was one of the [Bill Clinton] impeachment managers. Remember the great moral ***** an Henry Hyde and that whole crowd. And yeah, he was a little bit more than just for impeachment. He was the most aggressive," Carville said.
"I knew him. He could be personable, but I don't think the man has had a... sorry, I don't want anybody to get sick or die, that's not it," Carville said. "But I think his political career is mostly defined by duplicity. Just my own view."
Graham, 71, died Saturday night from an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The news stunned Washington, as Graham was one of the body's most active members and was even scheduled to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday morning.
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A real estate company is suing country music stars Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan as well as former MLB player Adam LaRoche following the closure of their Nashville steakhouse.
Village 21 Investment Partners LLC is seeking more than $1.4 million in damages, claiming the closure was a default on their lease agreement, the lawsuit filed in Davidson County Circuit Court reads.
According to the complaint, the trio previously operated a restaurant called E3 Chophouse but "stopped paying the monthly rent and abruptly closed the restaurant" in February.
The steakhouse, located in the city's Hillsboro Village neighborhood, opened its doors in 2019 and is one of two in the country. The other location, owned by LaRoche and his brothers Jeff and Andy, is in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and opened in 2013.
"Nashville − we're hitting pause," the E3 Chophouse Nashville website read on Tuesday, June 23. "We're temporarily pausing operations as we evaluate what Nashville needs next. Our team is **** sing market opportunities and exploring potential rebrand and re-concept strategies for the future of this location."

June 22 (Reuters) - Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday, just days after a repeated Ukrainian strike on the city's oil refinery, while Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people, including a ‌boy and his father, authorities said.
Eighty-four drones headed for Moscow were downed in the past 24 hours, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ‌said on Telegram. He said emergency services had been dispatched to the areas where drones were downed but gave no further information.
The airports of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo, as well as Zhukovskiy near the Russian capital, had temporarily suspended flights, the aviation watchdog said separately.
Ukraine's military said it struck the Dubna satellite communications centre in the surrounding region.
In total, Russian defence systems downed 301 drones overnight, local newswires said, citing the defence ministry. That tally included Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.

Sen. Brian Schatz, who many believe will take over the No. 2 role in the Democratic caucus next year, has a warning for President Donald Trump: He could be dealing with a very different Washington if Democrats achieve the electoral gains they're hoping for this fall.
"The quality of the nominees would immediately have to go up, because they're not going to get people like Bill Pulte or RFK Jr. or Pete Hegseth through the United States Senate if the Democrats run that," he told CNN's Manu Raju, listing some of the president's more controversial administration picks, who have received no votes of confidence from Democrats.
After two years of Republicans fighting to push Trump's agenda through Congress with their narrow majorities, Democrats hope the president's dwindling approval numbers will help them secure control over both chambers and usher in a new wave of leaders on Capitol Hill.
Though Schatz superstitiously knocks on wood when his potential ascent is mentioned, he is widely viewed as the likely choice to succeed retiring Sen. **** Durbin as Democratic whip next year.
In a wide-ranging interview for "Inside Politics Sunday," the Hawaii Democrat laid out an aggressive, yet pragmatic, approach for taking on Trump if he secures the No. 2 role in a Democratic majority in January.