The Justice Department again defended Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appointment of former Trump personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan as an interim U.S. attorney in an appeal of a judge’s dismissal of the indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.
As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into a second week, her alleged captors are reportedly seeking a $6 million Bitcoin ransom, illustrating how cryptocurrency has reshaped the business of extortion. Guthrie, 84, the mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her home in Arizona, with investigators later confirming only limited details … Read more
No suspect named yet as TV host’s mom still missing a day after deadline set by ransom note from alleged kidnappers The search for television host Savannah Guthrie’s mother continued on Tuesday morning amid desperate family entreaties for her safe return. The FBI still has yet to identify a suspect or person of interest. Nancy … Read more
The top two congressional Democrats have, for now, rejected President Donald Trump and Republicans’ offer to avert a shutdown as the deadline rapidly approaches. For several hours Monday night, both Republicans and Democrats were near-radio silent about the nature of the counter-offer from the White House. That was, in part, because some lawmakers had no … Read more
From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history Blank spaces now exist where a series of panels about enslavement once appeared on the walls of the President’s House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The site, which honors the home of George Washington and … Read more
Thomas Massie says he may reveal the names under congressional privilege if justice department does not US politics live – latest updates Thomas Massie, a US congressman, has said he knows the identity of six more men who are “likely incriminated” by their inclusion in the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files after he viewed an unredacted … Read more
Phone records of sitting members of Congress were secretly obtained in a way that blocked lawmakers from invoking constitutional protections, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, alleged Tuesday during a hearing. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who is leading the hearing, signaled that their panel planned to grill hearing witnesses, … Read more
Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson announced Monday that he is suspending his campaign after his daughter was found fatally stabbed
Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, widely believed to have White House ambitions, is facing questions over the accuracy of a story about his family’s background involving being forced to flee the state of South Carolina due to threats from the Ku Klux Klan. “I am literally the grandson of someone who was run out of … Read more
US captain reflects on her playing career in France and the need for greater competition as she prepares for a summer move to Denver Lindsey Heaps is sitting in the heart of Lyon, a city that has witnessed her transformation from a self-described “baby” into the authoritative captain of the US women’s national team. Now … Read more
