Politics Dec 14 Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump tweets President Donald Trump says Attorney General William Barr is resigning.
Politics Dec 13 Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies Nearly 30 people were arrested in Washington D.C. on Saturday after clashes broke out between Presidential loyalists and anti-Donald Trump demonstrators.
Politics Dec 09 Hunter Biden says he’s facing federal investigation over ‘tax affairs’ In a statement released by the president-elect's transition office, the younger Biden said he learned about the investigation on Tuesday. He did not disclose details of the matter.
Politics Dec 07 AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense Austin retired from the Army in 2016, which means he would require a congressional waiver of the legal requirement that a former military member be out of uniform for at least seven years before serving as secretary of defense.
Politics Dec 03 AP: Trump aide banned from Justice building after trying to get case info The official serving as President Donald Trump's eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive case information she could relay to the White House.
Politics Dec 01 Barr says Justice Department found no evidence of fraud that would change election outcome Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and has seen nothing that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Nation Nov 27 New rule could allow firing squads, gas for federal executions The amended rule, published Friday in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.”…
Politics Nov 23 AP source: President-elect Joe Biden taps ex-Fed chair Janet Yellen to lead treasury Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.
Nation Nov 13 Military voters fear they’re part of Trump campaign’s unsupported fraud claim Lawyers from Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr alleging they had uncovered what they described as “criminal voter fraud” in Nevada. Voting rights activists say hundreds of people on the list appear to be linked to…
Politics Nov 09 Barr authorizes election probes despite little evidence of fraud Barr's action comes days after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump and raises the prospect that Trump will use the Justice Department to try to challenge the outcome.