The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched President Biden’s Delaware home Friday and located six items containing classification markings. Investigators also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday. Bob Bauer, a personal attorney for Mr. Biden, said the search lasted about 13 hours. The classification …
Read More »The legislation the new House GOP majority is taking up in its first full week in power
Washington — With a House speaker elected, members sworn in and the rules for the 118th Congress adopted, the Republican-led House has begun the business of legislating, taking up a flurry of measures that advance the GOP’s agenda in the first full week of the new Congress. The first bills and …
Read More »Military to proceed with changing the names of bases honoring Confederate generals
The Pentagon has directed the military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin previously approved the recommendations submitted by the congressionally-mandated Naming Commission, and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William A. …
Read More »Navy concludes suicides of three sailors assigned to USS George Washington were not connected
The Navy’s investigation into the suicides of three sailors assigned to the USS George Washington concluded the deaths were not connected, but stress related to life in a shipyard environment was a “contributing factor” in at least one of the suicides. In April, Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Mitchell-Sandor, 19, Interior …
Read More »What to know about Moore v. Harper, the high
Washington — “Incredibly disruptive.” Wreaking “havoc.” “Potentially damaging for American democracy.” Those are just some of the characterizations of a legal theory that is at the center of a case set to be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Known as the “independent state legislature theory,” which largely laid …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries to make formal bid to be House Democratic leader, source says
Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is expected to make a formal bid to be House Minority Leader on Friday, according to a person familiar with his plans. The expected formal announcement will be made one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, one of the longest-serving party leaders …
Read More »After years of delays, the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built is underway
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier is now on its first deployment, five years after it was commissioned into service and 15 years after its naming. The brief deployment to the Atlantic is expected to further test the systems that delayed its debut. The carrier …
Read More »Timothy Thibault, top
Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed. But these officials also said that Thibault had reached retirement age, and they …
Read More »Government lawyers advised Barr not to bring obstruction charges against Trump after Mueller report, newly
A Justice Department memo from 2019 that was released Wednesday revealed government lawyers urged then-Attorney General William Barr to decline to bring obstruction charges against President Donald Trump based on their ruling that the then-president had not “corruptly” sought to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. “A fair evaluation …
Read More »Steve Dettelbach becomes first confirmed ATF director since 2015
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor, to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), making him the agency’s first confirmed director since 2015. Dettelbach takes the reins of the agency as the Biden administration and the Justice Department are fighting …
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