Washington — The House Ethics Committee is taking no further action after investigating a complaint alleging possible misconduct concerning Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s interactions with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, the committee told Swalwell in a letter that he posted online. In 2021, the committee told Swalwell it was investigating …
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A jury of six men and three women began deliberations Tuesday in the civil lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of battery and defamation. The trial in New York City wrapped up one day earlier with attorneys for the writer E. Jean Carroll and Trump making their closing arguments, following …
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Washington — Former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga was confirmed Wednesday to serve as the 14th president of the World Bank and is set to begin his five-year term at the institution’s helm next month. Banga was nominated to the role by President Joe Biden in February and will succeed David …
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Washington — Amid a torrent of high-profile cases, including more than 1,000 prosecutions stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a bipartisan group of senators said they are optimistic about the prospects of new legislation to allow camera access inside America’s federal courts. The federal court system, …
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she will announce this summer whether former President Donald Trump and others would be charged in the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In a letter Monday to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, Willis asked law enforcement to increase security in …
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Nearly a dozen additional leaked U.S. documents include new details about Russian infighting over the war in Ukraine, concern that the United Nation’s chief has been too “accommodating” toward Moscow, pressure from Beijing on an Arab ally of the U.S. and Chinese technology threatening to “hijack” Western satellites and infiltrate …
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Austin, Texas — A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include screenings for cancer, diabetes and mental health. Other no-cost services, …
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The Justice Department can seize money that has recently flowed into the prison inmate account of white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr., the Ohio man who in 2017 rammed his car into a group of anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one. A federal judge in Virginia has ruled law …
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is undergoing treatment for shingles at a San Francisco hospital. Diagnosed with the infection in late February, the California Democrat missed multiple votes this week. “I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles,” Feinstein said in a statement Thursday. “I have been hospitalized and …
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James Alex Fields, the Ohio white supremacist serving a life sentence in prison for the deadly car ramming at the 2017 “Unite the Right” tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, is now accused of a series of misconduct at the federal prison in Springfield, Missouri. Fields is accused of making threats against …
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