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In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, California state Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, announces that he will take a month-long leave of absence while an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him are completed in Sacramento, Calif. When lawmakers return from the President's Day weekend, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2018, they will learn whether the investigation cleared Mendoza or sets him up for possible expulsion.
President Trump signed a memorandum instructing the attorney general to regulate the use of bump stocks, effectively banning the use of the devices that can allow rifles to mimic automatic weapons. Trump made the announcement at a Medal of Valor ceremony at the White House for firefighters and police officers - some of whom had intervened in shooting incidents.
Mitt Romney is running for Senate in such a strong position that his announcement video didn't even mention his name. He didn't even feel the need to say "I'm Mitt Romney."
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 212 illegal immigrants - 195 of them convicted criminals - in a five-day raid in Los Angeles, Calif. The raid resulted in the arrests of 212 illegal immigrants and the targeting of 122 businesses.
A Houston, Texas, man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick for the Southern District of Texas. According to documents and information provided to the court, Marcus T. Weathersby conspired with others to facilitate the fraudulent sale of second-hand prescription medications to a Utah-based wholesale distributor.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III today denied the accusations made by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption that he could be held liable for obstruction of justice after refusing to cooperate on the on-going Dengvaxia investigation. "I deny any accusation that I am obstructing justice.
The former Treasurer for the city of Zeigler, Illinois who pleaded not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and embezzlement appeared back in court on Feb. 15, 2018. Four months after federal embezzlement charges are leveled against the former treasurer in Zeigler, it looked like he would face a judge and take responsibility for the crime.
Vox has a useful run-down of the latest so-called compromise in the Senate that deserves to fail. Among the provisions: Tells ICE not to focus on unauthorized immigrants living in the US without criminal records.
Not only is there no law requiring the registration of handguns or rifles - the state has a law expressly prohibiting any such regulation. People call on Congress to do something, and all eyes turn to Washington after something like this .
'Drug smugglers' desperately dump 1,800 lbs of cocaine worth A 16.5m off the side of a speedboat during a high-speed chase with the US Coast Guard A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton apprehended the smugglers as part of an operation that seized seven tons of cocaine This is the shocking moment a suspected drug smuggler dumped millions of pounds worth of cocaine in the sea during a US Coast Guard chase. A person was caught on camera dumping 1,800lbs of cocaine into the waters, with an approximate street value of A 16.5 million.
A man who claimed his wife committed suicide in 1988 in Wisconsin has been arrested for her murder nearly 30 years later. Mark Bringe, now living in Arizona, was charged with first-degree murder this week in connection with the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Lorelei Bringe.
Law enforcement officials including agents with the FBI stand outside a home on Rice Lane in rural Vacaville after an early morning raid at the home. Law enforcement officials confirmed that it was part of an FBI investigation that was conducted at multiple locations in Northern California.
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday revived its support for construction of a new FBI headquarters, saying it planned to ask Congress in 2018 for the remaining $2.175 billion needed to help pay for it. The funding request, tucked inside the president's larger $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, would help cover the cost to tear down and rebuild the Federal Bureau of Investigation's aging 1970s-era headquarters building in downtown Washington, which has nets rigged to catch falling stones.
The following is an expanded version of the third item from my "Albany Insider" column that was cut for space from Monday's print editions: The embarrassment of seeing their star witness in the trial against former long-time Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco put behind bars for violating his cooperation deal with prosecutors could be another black eye for former crusading Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's legacy, legal and political sources say. Prosecutors had made it clear Howe's background was one of frequent lies and crimes.
Speaking on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday, Representative Eric Swalwell said his bill, which was introduced last week, aims to protect "journalists in every corner of our country if they are attacked physically while doing their job." The bill, which is called the Journalist Protection Act, would make it a federal crime to cause "bodily harm" to reporters.
This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. Attacks launched by cybercriminals wreak havoc and cause disruption as more of everyday life moves online.
On January 29, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , along with the Department of Justice and FBI's Criminal Investigation Division, announced both criminal and civil enforcement actions against three banks and six individuals for commodities fraud. The banks involved in the action include Deutsche Bank, USB and HSBC.
They're already being called "Your Honor" in courtrooms across the country, but this week some of America's newest federal judges are students. They're together for training on their new jobs, a workshop affectionately called "Baby Judges School."