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Even in the event of a federal government shutdown, Utah Sen. Mike Lee says there’s “no reason” for Congress to stop the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Congress must fund the government by Sept. 30, or many government employees will be furloughed. Federal public safety employees and military members may ... | US Congress |
Apple's "Find My" tracking network is useful for tracking down lost items with an AirTag attached. However, malicious actors can misuse it to leak data. A keyboard with a keystroke logger built by IT security expert Fabian Bräunlein now demonstrates that this actually works on a larger scale. Using such a device, malic... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
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'Let Them Wallow in Their Pigsty': Unified Democrats Say They Won't Vote to Save McCarthy
"We are not voting in any way that will help Republicans," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., took a shot at California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend over what many have referred to as a "shadow" presidential campaign against President Biden.
"Let me say something that might be uncomfortable," Fetterman said at a Democratic Party dinner in Iowa over the weekend. "Right now there... | US Federal Elections |
Suspect in custody after shooting at Texas State Fair leaves 3 wounded
One suspect is in custody after a shooting left three people wounded at the Texas State Fair Saturday night.
Dallas police said three people were injured with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting broke out near the food court of the Dallas... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Idaho Republican lawmakers are hastily trying to negotiate a deal for a special legislative session to reinstate a presidential primary election, but the House and Senate GOP majorities have yet to agree on a proposal that must be approved this week before the Republican National Committee’s deadline to finalize electi... | US Federal Elections |
U.S. access and identity management giant Okta says hackers stole data about all of its customers during a recent breach of its support systems, despite previously stating that only a fraction of customers were affected.
Okta confirmed in October that a hacker used a stolen credential to access its support case managem... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Two employees at a Kansas prison were fired, and six others were disciplined, after accusations that they mocked and failed to help an injured female inmate.
Other inmates at the Topeka Correctional Facility said the injured inmate spent two hours crawling back to her cell after hurting herself in September, CBS affili... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
During Supreme Court oral arguments over the Biden administration's $400 billion student debt relief plan, Chief Justice John Roberts referred to the Trump administration "acting on its own" to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying, "We blocked that effort" in 2020.
At stake on Tuesday are t... | SCOTUS |
Shortly after he was elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson suggested to Sean Hannity that he was willing to put up with George Santos’s cornucopia of lies and accused-criminal status so that Republicans could hold on to their razor-thin majority in the House. “We have a four-seat majority in the House,” Johnson ex... | US Congress |
Fetterman Proposes Internal Sanctions for Embattled Menendez: Report
'It's astonishing to me how anyone would be okay with that,' Fetterman said of Melendez's alleged conduct
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., proposed internal sanctions on Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., on Thursday, as the New Jersey lawmaker faces an indictment... | US Congress |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said.
The Just... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
- The Education Department released its new proposal for a strengthened gainful employment rule.
- The rule would place safeguards for borrowers to ensure they don't take on more student debt than they can afford.
- The department is aiming to implement the final rule by July 2024.
President Joe Biden's Education Depar... | US Federal Policies |
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that he won’t offer Democrats any deals in exchange for their votes on a motion to vacate his speakership, which the House will begin considering later in the day.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced a motion to vacate the speaker's office on Monday. McCarthy can onl... | US Congress |
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in interview that aired Sunday that he would resign if asked by President Joe Biden to take action against Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. But he doesn't think he'll be put in that position.
“I am sure that that will not happen, but I would not do anything in that... | US Political Corruption |
Ellis, one of the ex-president's former lawyers, accepted a plea deal in October after she was named in an indictment accusing Trump of conspiracy to commit forgery, solicitation of violation of an oath by a public official, and breaking Georgia's anti-racketeering act. The former president has since pleaded not guilty... | US Political Corruption |
Mainstream House Republicans long frustrated with the antics of their combative anti-establishment colleagues are launching a revolution as a growing group of them lash out — at the expense of GOP Speaker nominee Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
The group of 22 Republicans who opposed Jordan on a second Speaker ballot Wednesday in... | US Congress |
Donald Trump is a liar, but he has told the truth at least once: Running for president in 2016, he promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would “automatically” overturn Roe v. Wade. Trump did just that by putting Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett on the bench. But now—as he campaigns to retur... | SCOTUS |
The House of Representatives will reconvene on Wednesday morning to try to elect a new speaker, after the hard-right congressman Jim Jordan failed to win the gavel in the first round of voting.
Twenty Republicans opposed Jordan on Tuesday, leaving him far short of the 217 votes needed to ascend to the speakership. Beca... | US Congress |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. But even as they acknowledged defeat, they pivoted to allegations of wi... | US Federal Elections |
While this Summer of Indictments may stoke the hopes that our long national nightmare might be ended through judicial means, we should be realistic: The pathway to moving on from America’s MAGA mistake can, and must, be realized through democratic means. We shouldn’t pretend, in any event, that Trumpism and MAGA will m... | US Federal Elections |
Washington — The House will consider whether to punish two of its most polarizing lawmakers on Wednesday, with members of both parties trading accusations regarding controversial statements made by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Both lawmakers are the target of separate censure resol... | US Congress |
When asked whether Biden thought it was "appropriate," Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday, "Obviously not."
"I would have to refer to the Secret Service on that and the Park Police for questions about the way the protest was handled," she said. "That is their focus. That is their job."
After last weekend's protests aga... | US Involvement in Foreign Conflicts |
AZ Senate rocked by claims of election violations, as Lake presses appeal in challenge to 2022 vote
State Senate Elections Committee hearing testimony from election integrity groups alleging maladministration of elections in Maricopa County.
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The Arizona Court of Appeals heard or... | US Federal Elections |
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Six people who gathered signatures to try to get a Republican congressional candidate on Colorado’s primary ballot in 2022 have been charged by state prosecutors on accusations that they submitted signatures of dead people and signatures that didn’t match voter files.
One of the people was charged in February, while th... | US Federal Elections |
Los Angeles — A flash mob of at least 17 masked thievesholiday shoppers to rob a Nike store Sunday night near Los Angeles is exactly the kind of crime cities across the country are trying to crack down on this holiday season.
The same goes forin Sweetwater, Florida, a suburb of Miami, where K-9s and extra officers will... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
FBI special agent carjacked in Washington, D.C.
The agent’s Chevy Malibu has already been recovered.
An FBI special agent was carjacked at gunpoint in Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
The incident occurred near the 1200 block of Constitution Ave., NE.
The agent was d... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
HOOVER, Ala. -- Authorities in Alabama said Monday that a woman has confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.
Hoover Police Department Chief Nicholas Derzis said Carlee Russell's attorney, Emory Anthony, provided a stateme... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Tucson to ask court for recount guidance on measure boosting politician pay
The Tucson City Council on Tuesday gave its official stamp of approval to a handful of city races from the Nov. 7 elections.
But members also voted to petition the Maricopa County Superior Court to determine if a recount is necessary for a ball... | US Local Elections |
A New York City councilwoman was arrested Friday after she allegedly brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College, the NYPD said.
Inna Vernikov, a Republican who represents the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach, was seen and filmed at the Thursday rally with a handgun in her pants. ... | US Local Policies |
Column: Has the Republican Party proved to be so anti-government that it cannot govern at all?
Nothing I could write here about House Republicans and the cannibalism that has paralyzed Congress, amid international crises and the threat of a government shutdown, could be worse than what the Republicans are saying about ... | US Congress |
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Nathan Carman leaves federal court in Providence, R.I., on Aug. 21, 2019. Carman, charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip, has died in jail, federal authorities said Thursday.
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Nathan Carman leaves federal court in Providence, R.I., on Aug. 21, 201... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
A 65-year-old Jewish man has died after an altercation at a pro-Palestinian rally in Thousand Oaks, Jewish community leaders announced on Monday.
The incident unfolded around 3:15 p.m. near the busy intersection of Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Westlake Road where, according to fire officials, authorities first received ... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Secret Service protecting Biden relative open fire as people try to break into SUV
Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter have opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in Washington
WASHINGTON -- Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Bi... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Borrowers Lament the Failure of Biden’s 'Too Good to Be True’ Student Debt Forgiveness Plan
The Supreme Court ruling leaves them figuring out how to cope with repayments.
(Bloomberg) -- Student loan borrowers will no longer have any of their debt forgiven by President Joe Biden’s one-time relief plan after the Supreme ... | US Federal Policies |
Donald Trump will speak in Florida next to Matt Gaetz, who set the House speaker's ouster in motion
Former President Donald Trump is set to speak to some of his supporters near Mar-a-Lago Wednesday as he continues to dominate the Republican primary race for the White House despite four criminal cases against him.
Forme... | US Federal Elections |
For years, lawmakers and commentators have feared that the Chinese government could use TikTok — which is owned by a Chinese parent company, ByteDance — to secretly distribute content sympathetic to the Chinese Communist Party in order to shift public opinion in the United States.According to new claims by four former ... | US Federal Policies |
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York should be wary of the former president's efforts to elicit a strong reaction from him, former U.S. House Judiciary Committee counsel Michael Conway warned in a column for MSNBC. Conway cited the trial of the "Chicago Seven" to alert Engo... | US Circuit and Appeals Courts |
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene joined a growing chorus of right-wing figures pushing to put former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on a 2024 GOP ticket led by Donald Trump.
The Georgia congresswoman, who told the Guardian in August her name was “on a list” of vice presidential candidates if the former president returns to po... | US Federal Elections |
- Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered a powerful defense of the Department of Justice and federal law enforcement officers in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
- "We will not be intimidated. We will do our jobs free from outside interference. And we will not back down from defending our democracy,"... | US Political Corruption |
US energy officials announce fusion success 'that could revolutionize the world'The United States has taken “the first tentative steps towards a clean energy source that could revolutionize the world” through a successful fusion experiment, announced Jill Hruby, the under secretary for nuclear security.The breakthrough... | US Federal Policies |
The initiation of an impeachment investigation against a president ought to be an earthshaking moment in the nation’s history.
Yet when Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the opening of such a probe into President Joe Biden Tuesday, it felt like more of an inevitable consequence of America’s diseased pol... | US Political Corruption |
Judge imposes gag order on Donald Trump in D.C. trial
Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump’s “presidential candidacy does not give him carte blanche to vilify … public servants who are simply doing their job.”
A federal judge has barred former President Donald Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and court staff invol... | US Political Corruption |
In the midst of impending battles over government funding and critical legislation like the annual defense policy bill, some of the House of Representatives' most conservative members are signaling that Speaker Mike Johnson's initial grace period is coming to an end.
Representative Andy Ogles from Tennessee, a member o... | US Congress |
3 more red states ditch voter data-sharing collective as Trump rips 'fools game for Republicans'
"All Republican Governors should immediately pull out of ERIC, the terrible Voter Registration System that 'pumps the rolls' for Democrats and does nothing to clean them up," the former president wrote on his Truth Social p... | US Federal Elections |
A reporter was briefly arrested on Thursday while covering a pro-Palestinian protest in the southwestern U.S. city of Tucson, Arizona.
Video and photos posted online show Alisa Reznick, a reporter with the National Public Radio affiliate KJZZ, being handcuffed and detained by a Pima County sheriff’s deputy. Reznick was... | US Police Misconduct |
South Carolina officials have officially ruled the 2015 death of Murdaugh-linked Stephen Smith as murder — ahead of the planned exhumation of the gay teen’s body.
The state law enforcement division had been waiting to drop the bombshell conclusion until after the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial wrapped up and the ens... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Embattled Representative George Santos, a New York Republican, called other members of Congress "felons" who are in bed with lobbyists in a Friday interview about the recent House Ethics Committee report against him.
Santos has long been dogged by reports that he falsified aspects of his personal history while running ... | US Congress |
January 6 panel releases Hutchinson transcriptsThe full report from the January 6 House panel investigating Donald Trump’s insurrection has not yet materialized, but the committee has just published transcripts of the testimony of a key witness.Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump’s White House chief of staff Mar... | US Political Corruption |
About a year ago, the US security firm Palo Alto Networks began to hear from a flurry of companies that had been hacked in ways that weren’t the norm for cybercriminals.
Native English-speaking hackers would call up a target company’s information technology helpdesk posing as an employee, and seek login details by pret... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Most House Republicans, even some of the most conservative, supported Kevin McCarthy and praised his leadership on the House floor in the hours before his ouster.
"As the only member who's serving here who took every chance to vote against Speaker Boehner, and to vote against Speaker Ryan, I can tell you that this cham... | US Congress |
An American hacker was able to use a glitch on the CIA's X account (formerly known as Twitter) to direct potential informants to his own Telegram channel.
The link on the CIA's Twitter channel offers informants ways to covertly contact the agency - and large amounts of the text is in Russian, to enable people within t... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
SIMI VALLEY, California, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Republican rivals clashed at a chaotic presidential debate on Wednesday, leveling attacks at the absent former president, Democratic President Joe Biden and one another over issues from China to immigration to the economy.
But as the debate ended, none of the ... | US Federal Elections |
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday asked former President Donald Trump whether he wants to appear on television when he stands trial in federal court on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington asked Trump’s lawyers to give their opin... | US Federal Elections |
The House Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, suffered another embarrassing defeat on Friday, after hard-right lawmakers tanked his stopgap funding bill that would have averted a federal shutdown on Sunday morning.
McCarthy’s proposed stopgap measure, which would have funded the government for another month while enact... | US Congress |
Last October, Marilyn Begay was walking along a street in Farmington, New Mexico, when two men jumped out of a van and approached her. They claimed to work at the nearby San Juan Regional Medical Center, and offered her a ride. Begay, a 46-year-old Navajo woman who had struggled with alcohol use and was under the influ... | US Federal Policies |
- The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this month on two cases against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.
- Black Americans have been hit especially hard by the student loan crisis, meaning they have a lot to lose if the Biden administration's forgiveness plan fails.
- Here are three reaso... | SCOTUS |
Wondering why her husband wasn't home yet on the night of Feb. 16, 2022, Kirsten Bridegan kept calling his cell phone.
Finally, someone answered Jared Bridegan's phone. But it was a police officer, who told Kirsten that her daughter, 2-year-old Bexley, was fine but she should go to the police station right away.
Kirste... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Donald Trump may seek to move the Georgia criminal case in which he is accused of conspiring to overturn his 2020 U.S. election loss from state to federal court - a potentially more favorable venue for the former president, his lawyer said in a court filing on Thursday.
Several of Trump's... | US Political Corruption |
Flesh on the bones of Trump's insurrectionThe final report of the House January 6 committee that’s been investigating Donald Trump’s insurrection for the last 18 months will drop today. And it’s unlikely to make very palatable reading for the former president.The document, running to more than 1,000 pages, will put fle... | US Political Corruption |
Buttigieg Says Trump Has ‘Lifelong Path’ of Disrespecting Military, Blasts His Vietnam Deferments After He Attacks Top General
The transportation secretary knocked the former president for suggesting Mark Milley could have been put to death for his actions in another time
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed... | US Federal Elections |
During a press breakfast before Wednesday's third Republican primary debate in Miami, LIBRE President Daniel Garza told reporters his organization, which supports free market policies, was "getting close to the final decision" on who to back before next year's election.
"Obviously, we feel strongly that the polarizatio... | US Federal Elections |
America’s cold war — with itself
In the 1972 presidential race, Richard Nixon ran against Sen. George McGovern and won 49 states. McGovern couldn’t even carry his home state of South Dakota. Only Massachusetts voted for the Democrat.
In 1984, Ronald Reagan won 49 states against Walter Mondale. Mondale at least won Minn... | US Federal Elections |
Congress created 4 new unemployment insurance programs to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following this expansion, the amount of fraud in these programs increased. We estimate that, during the pandemic, total fraud in these programs was over $60 billion and perhaps much higher.
The Department of Labor ha... | US Federal Policies |
There’s been a strange quality to the continuing tension in the air of American politics of late. On the surface, the usual things are happening – “usual” in this context means actions and statements by prominent politicians that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. But there’s something else going on as well.
... | US Political Corruption |
Most US adults say country is heading in wrong direction: poll
Most U.S. adults say the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a recent survey from the Associated Press-NORC Research Center.
The poll, released Saturday, found 78 percent of respondents saying the country is headed in the wrong direction... | US Federal Elections |
- George Santos may be expelled from the House of Representatives this week.
- But even if that happens, he could still enjoy all sorts of perks afforded to former lawmakers.
- That includes access to the House floor, lawmakers-only gym and dining facilities, and more.
Rep. George Santos of New York may be expelled fro... | US Congress |
Billionaire GOP backer Peter Thiel expressed disappointment with politicians like former President Donald Trump, stating that he may be taking a break from loosening his purse strings for Republicans.
"Voting for Trump was like a not very articulate scream for help," Thiel said in an interview with the Atlantic, adding... | US Federal Elections |
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent Friday afternoon on the UAW picket line in front of the General Motors Flint Processing Center in Swartz Creek.
The Democrat, who finds himself at odds with his own party on several issues, spoke with striking workers who told him th... | US Federal Elections |
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is backing Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for his replacement behind the gavel.
McCarthy's endorsement of Jordan comes after Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., announced his candidacy for the speakership.
"I'm going to support Jim Jordan," McCarthy told reporters ... | US Congress |
It’s possible that former President Donald Trump will retake the White House in 2024. While Americans have yet to cast a single ballot in the primaries, no GOP rival has come close to dislodging him. Legal efforts to declare him ineligible under the Fourteenth Amendment may fall short. And President Joe Biden’s grim po... | US Federal Elections |
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room With Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion a... | US Federal Elections |
The sitting president of the Paterson City Council, already under indictment in a 2020 election fraud probe, faces new charges after state authorities say they uncovered evidence that he “personally collected ballots” in violation of New Jersey election law and tampered with witnesses in the case.
The fresh accusations... | US Local Elections |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man has been arrested in a shooting that wounded one person at a Memphis concert headlined by rapper Lil Baby, police said Thursday.
Kevin Young, 22, was arrested Wednesday on charges including reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of weapons and drugs at a home in Memphis, police said on so... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Killer ex-cop Michael Valva’s former fiancée shocked the jury at her Long Island trial Wednesday when she said it was “a little chilly” — but she was “comfortable” — on the morning that Valva’s 8-year-old autistic son froze to death in their garage.
Jurors gasped and one uttered a quiet, “Oh my God” after Angela Pollin... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
January 19, 2023 04:40 AM A coming showdown over the federal debt ceiling has raised interest in options for avoiding a default on the debt if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, including the possibility of far-out options, such as the Treasury picking and choosing which debts to pay or even minting a trillion-d... | US Federal Policies |
BOISE, Idaho -- A grand jury has indicted a man who was already charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, allowing prosecutors to skip a planned week-long preliminary hearing that was set for late June.
Bryan Kohberger was arrested late last year and charged with burglary and four counts of f... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that it is "very unlikely" he would pardon himself if he wins another term in 2024, adding in an exclusive interview with NBC "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that he believes he did nothing wrong.
"I think it’s very unlikely. What, what did I do wrong? I didn’t do a... | US Political Corruption |
Your stock portfolio is lately looking a lot beefier thanks to the “midterm miracle.”
Now, let’s top it off with some “gridlock gravy.”
Last fall, I told you stocks were poised for a major bull run.
I noted that – from one Congress to another throughout US history – the nine months starting Oct. 1 before midterm electi... | US Federal Elections |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a resolution on Wednesday that would overturn P... | US Federal Policies |
The body of the second of two Ohio prison escapees was found floating in the Ohio River on Sunday, authorities said.
Convicted double murderer Bradley Gillespie, 50, was spotted by a boater, Henderson, Ky., Police Chief Sean McKinney said at a news conference.
“A preliminary investigation indicates we recovered the bod... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
A paedophile who tormented four children could have been stopped three years earlier if prosecutors had taken action when a girl told police he'd sexually abused her, we can reveal.
Andrew Hadwin was found dead in his prison cell earlier this month while awaiting sentence for offences of rape and the appalling mistrea... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman announced Thu... | US Congress |
HijackLoader: The Rising Threat in Cybercrime's Arsenal, Delivering a Payload Punch
Plus, Facebook Messenger Becomes Battlefield for MrTonyScam: Vietnamese Cyber Group's Sneaky Phishing Campaign Targets Accounts
Zscaler ThreatLabz Uncovers the Modular Malware Loader, HijackLoader, and Its Sneaky Techniques
In the ever-... | US Crime, Violence, Terrorism & cybercrime |
NEW YORK -- Most taxpayers are interested in filing their taxes directly to the IRS for free, a new report says, and that option will be tested next year.
The IRS has spent the past nine months studying whether U.S. taxpayers want to see a free, e-filing system run by the government — and is now preparing to launch a p... | US Federal Policies |
House Republicans have cast aside Ohio congressman Jim Jordan as the party’s pick to be the next Speaker of the House after he failed to gain support from a majority of the chamber on three separate ballots this past week.
Mr Jordan, a right-wing firebrand whose history of bomb-throwing and obstruction made his brand t... | US Congress |
With hours to go before ais poised to go into effect, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Saturday he would try to push a short-term funding bill through the House with Democratic help — a move that could keep government open but puts his speakership at risk.
"The House is going to act so government will not shut do... | US Congress |
Special counsel Jack Smith is still pursuing his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election a month after indicting Donald Trump for orchestrating a broad conspiracy to remain in power, a widening of the probe that raises the possibility others could still face legal peril.
Questions asked of two recent w... | US Political Corruption |
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Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks during his inauguration on Jan. 16, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. After pulling Alabama out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, Allen has now announced a new voter database.
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Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen speaks duri... | US Federal Policies |
Biden’s Hope To Kill Debt Limit Evaporates After Recent Deal
The recent debt crisis deal evaporated hopes for now of ending debt ceiling battles once and for all.
(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden’s deal with congressional Republicans staved off a federal default crisis for another two years — but also evaporated hope... | US Federal Policies |
Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search
Here's a story with a twist
A federal district judge has ruled that authorities must obtain a warrant to search an American citizen's cellphone at the border, barring exigent circumstances.
It is the first US court to do so, to the delight of the Electronic F... | US Federal Policies |
Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP candidate in 2024, is formally backing the Republican National Committee (RNC) “Bank Your Vote” initiative to push to get as many Republicans nationwide to vote early in 2024, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
“Radical Democrats have abused and taken advantage of abs... | US Federal Elections |
Candidate debates in Arizona to change for 2024 following challenges in last election. What to know
Candidate debates in next year's elections will see a new format, more advertising and working journalists as moderators under a plan approved by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
The publicly funded commission co... | US Federal Elections |
- As the Supreme Court weighs President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, college tuition keeps climbing.
- This year’s incoming freshman class can expect to borrow as much as $37,000 to help cover the cost of a bachelor’s degree, according to a recent report.
College is only getting more expensive. Tuition an... | SCOTUS |
I’m not the sort of person to wager money on Supreme Court rulings based on the tenor of oral arguments, but TNR contributor Matt Ford was one of many high court observers who thought there was reason to believe the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—which has served as an advocate for ordinary Americans against a sl... | SCOTUS |
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s GOP colleagues are looking to boot him as the firebrand Florida lawmaker leads a push to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Long peeved by Gaetz — who has targeted GOP leadership and undercut his party repeatedly — some Republicans are champing at the bit to expel the congressman if the House Ethics C... | US Congress |
- The House will vote Tuesday on Rep. Jim Jordan's bid to become speaker.
- Jordan did not appear to have enough Republican votes to secure the gavel as of Tuesday morning.
- The House has been leaderless for two weeks after eight GOP lawmakers ousted former speaker Kevin McCarthy.
- The lower chamber is in a state of ... | US Congress |
Trump’s Second-Term Agenda: Turn the DOJ From His Prosecutor to His Biggest Defender
With a potential Trump victory, Inauguration Day 2025 would likely mean the end of the federal criminal cases and DOJ support to stymie Georgia and New York
Donald Trump’s four indictments have come to define his 2024 presidential bid.... | US Political Corruption |
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 11 times in the last year and a half.
But the impact may not have hit most Americans, Moody's data suggests.
Americans don't have much floating-rate debt, which means many are likely locked into lower rates.
The Federal Reserve's historic rate hiking campaign may not have a... | US Federal Policies |
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