The Justice Department's appointment of prosecutor John Durham as a special counsel will give him the same autonomy previously held by Robert Mueller during President Donald Trump's first term.
"Following consultation with Mr. Durham, I have determined that, in light of the extraordinary circumstances relating to these matters, the public...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Monday he wants to begin confirmation hearings for Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s proposed Cabinet picks before inauguration.
“Hearings on President-elect Biden’s nominees should begin in January immediately after the Georgia runoff elections,” Schumer said, referring to the two Jan. 5 Senate elections...
President Donald Trump has raised more than $150 million since the presidential election after encouraging supporters to donate to his campaign’s legal fight against the election’s results.
Trump’s campaign began asking for donations for its Election Defense Fund in early November, but nearly 75% of the money raised will go...
Rep. Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., slammed President Trump for alleging the results of the 2020 election are fraudulent.
Trump claimed over the weekend that the election was “rigged.” In response, Mitchell said the president should drop his claims of widespread voter fraud “for the sake of our nation.”
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An Texas investigative firm looking into the financial dealings of Dominion Voting Systems said that its parent company had received a $400 million payoff from a Swiss bank with strong ties to the Chinese communist government one month before the US presidential election.
“UBS Securities is a swiss investment bank...
Former Michigan state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, who served as a volunteer poll-challenger in Detroit, testified that, in violation of state election laws, Dominion Voting Systems had connected its voting machines to the internet, making them more prone to hacking on Election Day.
Tuesday's hearing, led by Michigan's Republican lawmakers, followed...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 illegal ballots in the state's two most Democratic counties, an attempt to erase Joe Biden's lead in the battleground state in which he trails by nearly 20,700 votes.
Trump filed the day after Democratic...
(Headline USA) Dr. Scott Atlas, a medical adviser to President Donald Trump who was skeptical of some measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post.
A White House official confirmed that the Stanford University neuroradiologist resigned at the end of his temporary government assignment.
Atlas confirmed the news...
(Headline USA) Newly detained immigrants must appear before a judge within 10 days, rather than the weeks or months they’ve sometimes had to endure in recent years, a judge said Monday.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan was the first of its kind in the nation to...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the House of Representatives.
But it also appeared possible that the justices could avoid a final ruling...
(Headline USA) The head of San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission, which oversees millions of dollars in city contracts, was charged with bribery Monday in an ongoing federal probe of corruption.
General Manager Harlan Kelly was indicted for honest services wire fraud for allegedly accepting meals, cash and other gifts from...
(Headline USA) Democrat Christy Smith conceded Monday in a knife-edged loss to Republican rival Mike Garcia, who retained his Congressional seat in the 25th District north of Los Angeles.
“With final votes counted in this race, it’s clear we will not be able to close the 339-vote gap," Smith said...