Sep 29 IRS contractor charged with leaking tax return information of Trump, other wealthy people By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Justice Department said in a statement Friday that 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., is accused of stealing tax return information and giving it to two different news outlets between 2018 and 2020. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:16 How the looming shutdown will impact government agencies and programs By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The highly partisan government funding plan from House Republicans imploded on the chamber floor Friday, leaving the country on the cusp of shutdown without a clear path out. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on every twist and turn in this… Continue watching
Sep 29 Brazil's President Lula recovering in hospital after successful hip replacement surgery By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Dr Roberto Kalil says the surgery took between two and three hours at Hospital Sirio-Libanes in the capital, and that it was a success. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 12:11 Remembering Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her trailblazing career By Geoff Bennett, Alexis Cox, Eliot Barnhart, Ian Couzens, Matt Loffman Trail-blazing Sen. Dianne Feinstein died at her home in Washington Thursday night. Hours before, she cast what would be her final vote on the Senate floor, raising her hand in favor of a short-term spending bill aimed at preventing a… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 11:44 Brooks and Capehart on why a government shutdown could last a long time New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the country barreling toward a government shutdown and the first hearings in House Republicans' impeachment inquiry of… Continue watching
Sep 29 FDA plans to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to begin regulating laboratory-based medical tests. It's a multibillion-dollar industry that regulators say poses a growing risk to patients. Continue reading
Sep 29 Ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark can't move Georgia case to federal court, a judge says By Kate Brumback, Associated Press A judge on Friday rejected a request by former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to move the Georgia election subversion charges against him from state court to federal court. Continue reading
Sep 29 Mexico's president slams U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba By Associated Press President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a broad criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Friday as the first of two high-level meetings between U.S. and Mexican officials got underway at the State Department in Washington. Continue reading
Sep 29 How a government shutdown could affect you By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press The ripple effects would come down to how long the shutdown lasts and varying contingency plans in place at impacted agencies. Continue reading
Sep 29 Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down By Anita Snow, Associated Press The economic impact of some parks are so huge that Arizona's Democratic governor and Utah's Republican governor will invest to keep Grand Canyon, Zion, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands national parks open. Continue reading