Politics Jan 11 Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department after submitting Trump report The department disclosed Smith's departure in a court filing Saturday, saying he had resigned one day earlier. The resignation, 10 days before Trump is inaugurated, follows the conclusion of two unsuccessful criminal prosecutions against Trump that were withdrawn following his election…
Politics Jan 08 Justice Department says it will release part of special counsel Jack Smith’s Trump report The revelation was made in a filing Wednesday to a federal appeals court that was considering a defense request to block the release of the two-volume report while charges remain pending against two Trump co-defendants in a Florida case.
Politics Jan 07 New Orleans attack that killed 14 came amid political scrutiny and criticism for FBI The attack by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who was killed by police, took place in the waning days of the Biden administration and just over two weeks before FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to resign his position to make way for Trump's…
Politics Jan 07 Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into Donald Trump.
Nation Jan 03 New Orleans inching toward normalcy while mourning New Year’s rampage victims Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a pickup truck into revelers.
Politics Jan 02 WATCH: FBI says driver responsible for deadly New Orleans rampage acted alone in act of ‘terrorism’ Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, said Thursday that the evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack and professed allegiance to the Islamic State.
Nation Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year’s revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police.
Nation Dec 31 Treasury Department says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, unclassified documents The Treasury Department said in a letter to lawmakers Monday revealing the breach that "at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information."…
World Dec 27 Chinese hacking campaign hit a 9th U.S. telecom firm, White House says A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said…
Politics Dec 13 No undercover FBI agents at Jan. 6 riot, watchdog finds in rebuke to conspiracy theories The report Thursday from the Justice Department inspector general’s office knocks down a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events of Jan. 6, when rioters determined to overturn…