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Kyle Cheney
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Senior legal affairs reporter for @POLITICO with a focus on democracy, law and the balance of power in government. Tips: [email protected] NY ➡️ BOS ➡️ DC
Arlington, VA
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Aug 28, 2020
    BREAKING: The House Foreign Affairs Committee has announced contempt proceedings against POMPEO
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Jan 7, 2021
    ! PELOSI says the acting Secretary of Defense "has to answer for where the National Guard was yesterday."
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Dec 26, 2022
    I did it. I found the single weirdest moment in the Jan. 6 committee transcripts released so far. Between witness Samuel Armes and his lawyer Anessa Santos. january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Jun 16, 2022
    NEWS: Liz CHENEY agrees that it's time for the Jan. 6 select committee to talk to Ginni Thomas, per an aide.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Dec 7, 2020
    BREAKING: Federal judge in Georgia rules from the bench. Kraken lawsuit dismissed.
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    Kyle Cheney
    @kyledcheney
    Dec 20, 2022
    Jacquelyn STARER, a doctor from Ashland, Mass., literally throwing her long career away by striking a cop in the rotunda on Jan. 6. She's been arrested on felony charges, DOJ announed today.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Apr 19, 2025
    BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Oct 1, 2025
    JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Mar 5, 2025
    THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG: Plaintiffs in one lawsuit against DOGE have alerted the court to President Trump's remarks tonight calling Elon Musk the "head" of the office.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Jun 21, 2022
    Officer Dunn greets Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman after their testimony about the impact of smears by Trump/Giuliani.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Apr 19, 2021
    BREAKING: Federal judge orders Proud Boys leaders Ethan NORDEAN and Joseph BIGGS *detained* pending trial, reversing earlier rulings.
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    Kyle Cheney
    @kyledcheney
    Nov 5, 2024
    HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out the RNC's claim that Georgia counties broke the law by accepting absentee ballots over the weekend. The judge says their complaint lacked a "basic level of statutory review and reading comprehension." Details TK
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Oct 17, 2024
    BREAKING: Judge Chutkan has denied Trump's effort to block a new dossier of Jack Smith's evidence from becoming public. She says she will unseal it tomorrow.
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    Kyle Cheney
    @kyledcheney
    Feb 3, 2025
    JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted. Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
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