A bus carrying migrants from along the U.S.-Mexico border arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday, the latest effort by Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to transfer migrants who have been released from U.S. custody to Democratic-led cities. Abbott said in a statement Wednesday that the migrants were dropped off at …
Read More »Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith said Friday that his office will seek a “speedy trial” for former President Donald Trump, who has been indicted on 37 counts related to sensitive documents recovered from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after he left the White House. “We have one set of laws in …
Read More »Washington — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California faced more health issues than were previously known when she was sidelined from the Senate for nearly three months. The 89-year-old Democrat faced complications during her recovery from shingles, including encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, and a condition known as Ramsay Hunt …
Read More »Washington — The FBI disrupted a 20-year-old sophisticated malware network used by the Russian government to collect sensitive information from hundreds of infected computers across 50 countries, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Dubbed “Operation Medusa,” the FBI says its court-authorized neutralization of the Kremlin-backed hackers in the U.S. succeeded, thanks …
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Washington — President Biden on Monday thanked three Tennessee lawmakers for “standing up” after they faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. “You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,” Mr. Biden told Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Gloria …
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Washington — The trajectory of rap star Pras Michel’s career took an unusual path, from making music to making rich friends and attempting to influence American policy decisions, prosecutors alleged Thursday in their opening arguments in the multimillion-dollar fraud and conspiracy case. The Grammy-winning musician and founder of the group …
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Washington — Bruce Springsteen has a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a coveted Kennedy Center Honor. He has won multiple Grammys and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Award and a special Tony Award. Springsteen will add to his collection of accolades on Tuesday when President Biden honors “the Boss” with …
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Washington — The Senate on Wednesday voted to invalidate a controversial plan that would overhaul the District of Columbia’s criminal code, approving a resolution to nullify a D.C. law for the first time in three decades. The disapproval resolution, which has already passed the House, required a simple majority to …
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Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat who served as a House impeachment manager during former President Trump’s second impeachment process, will leave Congress to be the CEO of a foundation, he announced Tuesday. Cicilline, 61, will leave Congress on June 1, a year and a half before his seventh …
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Longtime Biden aide Kate Bedingfield is leaving the White House and her role as communications director — for real this time — and will be replaced by another longtime Biden ally, Ben LaBolt. The White House had previously announced that Bedingfield would be departing last summer, but she made a last-minute …
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