Declassified records show Jack Smith's subordinates met former CIA Director John Brennan while preparing Trump's classified documents trial, prompting Chuck Grassley to accuse Smith of giving senators an evasive and misleading answer.
Newly released emails reveal sharp resistance inside the Justice Department to the Biden administration’s push for federal investigations of school board protesters, with lawyers calling the effort ridiculous, stupid, and openly political.
Jim Bakker built a sprawling Christian television empire before sex and fraud scandals brought it crashing down. The convicted televangelist, who later returned to broadcasting and faced another costly controversy, died at 86.
Queensland Police charged two teenage boys after jet skis allegedly caused a tinny carrying children aged 10 and 14 to capsize near Surfers Paradise, prompting local outrage and calls for stronger enforcement.
Ocasio-Cortez cast El-Sayed’s tight Michigan Senate race as a potential breakthrough for left wing candidates nationwide, while skeptics warned Democrats could mistake favorable midterm conditions for a sweeping endorsement of their party’s most radical faction.
Treasury stopped $175 million from reaching deceased recipients after screening more than 1.1 billion federal payments, while access to its Do Not Pay tool surged from roughly 4% of programs to more than 99%.
James Talarico’s campaign says his 2020 remarks were taken out of context, but resurfaced video shows the Democratic Senate nominee calling the policing system deeply broken and saying it must be replaced with something new and better.
A report says Abdul El-Sayed’s sister in law landed on a federal terrorist watchlist in 2016, adding another controversy involving the Michigan Senate candidate’s relatives and associates just as Barack Obama prepares to campaign with him.