Aug 12 FBI seized ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to warrant By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The papers released Friday indicate the seized records include some marked as "sensitive compartmented information," a special category meant to protect the nation's most important secrets. Continue reading
Aug 12 Donald Trump won’t object to release of Mar-a-Lago search warrant By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A federal judge will decide soon whether to grant the Department of Justice's request to unseal the warrant that authorized the FBI to search former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. Continue reading
Aug 12 Arizona plans to use shipping containers to fill border wall gaps The move by Arizona comes without explicit permission on federal land, with state contractors starting to move in 60-foot-long shipping containers and stacking two of the 9-foot-tall containers on top of each other early Friday. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: Pelosi says Inflation Reduction Act is ‘historic and transformative’ By Associated Press Pelosi also commented on the retrieval of documents from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, calling it a "very serious" situation. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: Democrats pass landmark climate and health bill By Alan Fram, Associated Press Democrats have pushed their landmark climate and health care bill through Congress, handing an election-year victory to President Joe Biden. Continue reading
Aug 12 GOP spends big in state-level effort to change U.S. Constitution. By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Conservative groups pushing for a convention of the states as a way to amend the U.S. Constitution have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state legislative primaries to elect Republican lawmakers sympathetic to their cause. Continue reading
Aug 12 Trump calls for ‘immediate’ release of FBI’s Mar-a-Lago warrant By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is calling for the "immediate" release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate. Continue reading
Aug 11 Brazilians rally for democracy, seek to rein in President Jair Bolsonaro By Diane Jeantet, Débora Álvares, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press The event was held Thursday at the University of Sao Paulo’s law school. It carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens amassed to denounce a brutal military dictatorship, which lasted two decades. Continue reading
Aug 11 Sweeping climate bill will push American energy to go green By Seth Borenstein, Matthew Daly, Michael Phillis, Associated Press Congress is poised to pass a transformative climate change fighting bill. Friday's vote would be the first major climate package in the U.S. and would include close to $375 billion in spending. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 9:12 DOJ files motion to unseal search warrant used for Trump’s Florida residence U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant for former President Trump's home in Palm Beach, Florida. FBI agents executed the warrant at Mar-a-Lago this week. They were reportedly searching for… Continue watching