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Man pleads guilty to cyberstalking, threatening Okla. Rep. Kevin Hern
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An Oklahoma man admitted Wednesday to cyberstalking Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., and threatening Hern and his wife, federal prosecutors announced. Keith Charles Eisenberger, 39, of Bartlesville, pleaded guilty to three [Read More…]
Trump investigation live updates: Former president calls for ‘immediate release’ of warrant
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI executed an unprecedented raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday in search of evidence reportedly tied to his alleged mishandling of government documents. [Read More…]
DOJ believes Trump held onto sensitive classified documents and associates questioned, sources say
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple sources familiar with the investigation say the Justice Department and the FBI believed former President Donald Trump continued to keep sensitive classified documents that had national security implications and [Read More…]
Congressional Republicans call Garland’s remarks on Mar-a-Lago search insufficient
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans were quick to pan Merrick Garland’s Thursday remarks on the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — calling the attorney general’s comments insufficient and insisting the Justice Department release [Read More…]
Watchdog felt it faced delays monitoring DHS, Secret Service texts — but never sent notice to Congress
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Career staff at the government’s watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security prepared a notice to Congress earlier this year about their difficulty obtaining Secret Service text messages connected [Read More…]
AG Merrick Garland says he signed off on Trump search, denounces attacks on law enforcement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement comes after FBI agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday afternoon spoke [Read More…]
Beto O’Rourke snaps back during laughter after he references Uvalde school shooting
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MINERAL WELLS, Texas) — On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent [Read More…]
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday afternoon spoke for the first time since FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Citing “the substantial public interest in [Read More…]
Donald Trump received subpoena in spring for documents not turned over to investigators: Sources
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump received a subpoena in the spring for documents related to what Trump is believed to have failed to turn over to federal investigators, [Read More…]
In Iowa, GOP leaders decry Mar-a-Lago search and vow investigations if they retake Congress
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by agents on Monday in relation, sources told ABC News, to documents that he took with him when he departed Washington, including [Read More…]
Trump and allies raising funds off FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are fundraising off Monday’s FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, providing another platform for Trump to capitalize financially on [Read More…]
New bill introduced after nursing mom’s airport experience went viral
Mint Images (WASHINGTON) — A new bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives three months after a nursing mom had ice packs intended to keep breast milk cold nearly confiscated by airport security. The [Read More…]
Rep. Judy Chu weighs in on Women’s Health Protection Act
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — California Congresswoman Judy Chu is the lead sponsor of the Women’s Health Protection Act. Along with the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, these two pieces of legislation [Read More…]
Can election deniers win big in the midterms?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images/FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s false allegation that the 2020 presidential election was stolen continues to reverberate among GOP political candidates who are running on anti-establishment platforms and eager to gain the support of [Read More…]
FBI director condemns threats to agents after raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Mark Wilson/Getty Images, FILE (OMAHA, Neb.) — Answering questions at the FBI Omaha, Nebraska field office, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he couldn’t talk about FBI agents searching Mar-a-Lago, the home of former President [Read More…]
Trump says he changed his mind about taking the Fifth, which he once said was for ‘the mob’
James Devaney/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump indicated that he pleaded the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday as he was deposed in a New York state civil investigation into his business dealings — which marks [Read More…]
What investigators needed to get a search warrant for Trump’s home, according to experts
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by federal agents Monday morning in what an outside expert called a “major escalation” of one of the investigations he faces. [Read More…]
Vermont on brink of sending a woman to Congress for first time in state’s history
Fotosearch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy retiring after 48 years in office and the state’s only representative, Peter Welch, hoping to fill his Senate seat after 16 years in the House, [Read More…]
Wisconsin Dems rally behind potential history-maker Mandela Barnes in lead-up to key race
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After several major candidates dropped out of Wisconsin’s Democratic Senate primary within a week of one another, the party has coalesced around Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes with the goal [Read More…]
White House takes credit for decline in gas prices
Grace Cary via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House credits the drop in gas prices to President Joe Biden’s million-barrels-a-day strategic oil reserve release and his engagement with oil companies. They say this strategy [Read More…]