Justice Department puts 2 prosecutors on leave after they signed court docs that described “mob of rioters” on Jan. 6

[ad_1] The Justice Department placed two D.C.-based federal prosecutors on leave after they filed court papers calling the Jan. 6 Capitol siege a “riot” perpetrated by a “mob,” three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday. The papers were submitted Tuesday in the case of Taylor Taranto, who was pardoned by President…

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Trump administration says it struck another alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing 4

[ad_1] The U.S. military carried out another strike on an alleged “narco-trafficking vessel” in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said — marking the latest boat strike in the Trump administration’s two-month-long campaign of strikes that have killed more than 60 people.  Hegseth posted a video of a boat…

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