Documents taken in Trump raid included files marked top secret, report says
The FBI seized multiple sets of documents marked top secret from former President Donald Trump’s resort home Mar-a-Lago when agents carried out a search warrant...
Kinzinger on fight with Trump: ‘Yeah, he won. In the short term at least.’
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), one of two Republicans on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said in a new interview with WGN-TV that he believes former President Trump has won their short-term battle over the soul of the GOP. Asked in the exclusive interview if the former president…
Ex-Cop Faces 87 Months In Prison For Jan. 6 Riot—Tying For Longest Sentence
Topline A former Virginia police officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in federal prison for his role in the January 6 riot, tying for the most severe sentence for a Capitol riot-related case so far, as federal prosecutors and judges work their way through hundreds of defendants arrested in the wake of…
Man who fired nail gun at FBI building called for violence in days after Mar-a-Lago search
A man identified by two law enforcement sources as Ricky Shiffer, who died in a confrontation with police after he fired a nail gun at a Cincinnati FBI building, appeared to post online in recent days about his desire to kill FBI agents shortly after former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was searched.Two law enforcement…
Subpoena Preceded Search Warrant in Push to Retrieve Material From Trump
Former President Donald J. Trump received a subpoena this spring in search of documents that federal investigators believed he had failed to turn over earlier...
Alex Jones Texts Reportedly Given To January 6 Committee
Topline A lawyer representing two parents of a student killed in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting has given two years’ worth of InfoWars host Alex Jones’ text messages to the January 6 committee, CNN reported on Monday, a week after the attorney revealed Jones’ legal team had accidentally disclosed dozens of emails and text…
FBI’s Wray denounces threats to law enforcement after agency searches Trump’s home
OMAHA, Neb. — The director of the FBI had strong words Wednesday for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.Christopher Wray, who was appointed as the agency’s director in 2017 by Trump, called threats circulating online against federal agents and the…
U.S. Charges Iranian Operative With Plotting To Kill Ex-National-Security Adviser Bolton
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a member of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in connection with an alleged plot to kill former...
Trump takes the Fifth in N.Y. attorney general deposition
Former President Donald Trump declined to answer questions on Wednesday during a deposition with the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, asserting his...
Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds
The past two election cycles have seen an explosion of attention given to “echo chambers,” or communities where a narrow set of views makes people...
Mike Pence says FBI search of Trump’s home raises ‘deep concern,’ urges Garland to explain
Former Vice President Mike Pence expressed “deep concern” Tuesday about the FBI’s search of ex-President Donald Trump’s resort home Mar-a-Lago, calling it “unprecedented” and pressing the Department of Justice to...
Trump tax returns must be given to Congress, federal appeals court says in new ruling
Former President Donald Trump’s federal income tax returns and those of Trump business entities must be turned over to the House Ways and Means Committee, a federal...
FBI search at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home tied to classified material, sources say
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI "raided" his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and even cracked his safe, with a source familiar with the matter...
U.S. sanctions virtual currency mixer used by North Korean hackers to launder stolen funds
The U.S. Treasury on Monday sanctioned a virtual currency mixer that it says was used by a North Korean state-sponsored hacking organization to launder stolen funds. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE Aug. 9 (UPI) — The Biden administration has sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash on accusations of being used to launder billions of dollars of…
Biden admin to end Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” border policy after court order
The Biden administration moved on Monday to suspend the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. Driving the news: U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk earlier on Monday lifted an injunction that required the Department of Homeland Security to resume the policy, formally called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Justice Department lawyers requested the Trump-appointed Kacsmaryk to take…
GOP leader Kevin McCarthy vows probe of DOJ over raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday the House would investigate the Department of Justice if Republicans took the majority. Why it matters: McCarthy’s pledge was the crescendo to widespread Republican condemnations of the DOJ after the FBI raided former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. It comes as Republicans are preparing a litany of probes…
Axios to sell itself to Cox Enterprises, which plans to expand site’s coverage
Axios is being acquired by Cox Enterprises, the companies said Monday, with plans to expand the digital news site’s coverage to include more cities. The...
Trump says McConnell ‘got played like a fiddle’ on Democrats spending bill
Former President Trump laid into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday after Senate Democrats passed their long-awaited health care, tax and climate package. “Mitch McConnell got played like a fiddle with the vote today by the Senate Democrats,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “First he gave them the fake Infrastructure Bill, then Guns,…
Senate Democrats pass major climate and economic package, sending it to the House for likely passage this week
Senate Democrats narrowly passed a sweeping climate and economic package on Sunday, putting President Joe Biden and his party on the cusp of a big...
Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a debate on bots
Centi-billionaire Elon Musk provoked Twitter and challenged the company’s CEO Parag Agrawal to a “public debate” about fake accounts and spam in the midst of a contentious legal battle...