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Special counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he's making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents -- a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.
President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supr... . FILE -In this April 26, 2004, file photo, Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The city of Flint officially is receiving a $30 million federal grant to pay for replacement of the Atherton East public housing complex and other improvements. Congressman Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Flint, and Michigan's two U.S. Senators announced the city's selection for a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant on Friday.
"A man who doesn't believe in climate change never should have been in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first place," Warren told The Hill . "And a government official that corrupt should have been fired by the President of the United States 28 scandals ago."
Before Scott Pruitt headed off to Washington to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, he made a national name for himself as Oklahoma's Attorney General suing the agency for its efforts to regulate toxins and pollution. Now Pruitt is leaving the EPA under his own cloud of suspicion.
On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher. In interviews with The Associated Press in recent weeks, seven former athletes and a former nursing student shared detailed allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1970s against the doctor, who killed himself in 2005 at age 67 and is only now under investigation.
The new leader of the Environmental Protection Agency is a former coal industry lobbyist who helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans' health and address climate change. Andrew Wheeler, the No.
California can limit police cooperation with immigration officials and require inspections of detention facilities but can't enforce a key part of a third state sanctuary law barring private employers from allowing immigration officials on their premises without a warrant, a U.S. judge ruled Thursday. The decision came in a lawsuit filed against the state by the Trump administration seeking to block all three laws.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in this April 26, 2018, file photo. CREDIT: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined virtual hands Thursday to celebrate the resignation of Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency.
Prominent charter school supporters are dishing out campaign money, as key gubernatorial races in several states have now begun in earnest. June primary contests set up a number of state battles for governor in the midterm elections this November, with both Democratic and Republican candidates that could change how public resources flow into charter and private schools in the coming years.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he's making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents - a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. The Marsha for Senate campaign announced earlier this week that a coalition called Veterans for Marsha has been formed to focus on the more than 1,000 veterans who are supporting Rep. Marsha Blackburn's bid to become Tennessee's next senator.
President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump's thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance? - In partnership with: There likely isn't such a thing as a "typical" violent white extremist in America in 2018. Still, Michael Miselis - a University of California Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe - - Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance? - In partnership with: There likely isn't such a thing as a "typical" violent white extremist in America in 2018. Still, Michael Miselis - a University of California Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe - - Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.
Republicans have long embraced the war on drugs. But recently many Republicans, including leaders like John Boehner, have shifted their stance on legalizing marijuana, thanks in part to veterans who say cannabis softens the symptoms of combat trauma.
CHRISTINA WONG is a graduate of the UW School of Law. She's a vocal advocate for social justice issues and chairs the steering committee for the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition.
Despite all the Democrats' special election wins, high voter turnout in primaries and polls showing strong party enthusiasm heading into the midterms, the fact remains that Democrats are still stuck at their lowest level of power in nearly a century. Even as President Trump's poll numbers have stabilized, party leaders see 2018 as a chance to seize back one key lever of government: The House of Representatives.
At a Fourth of July event in Fremont, Ohio, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) spoke out against a report that he turned a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State University when he was an assistant wrestling coach, saying the "things they said were just not true."
In 1989, a New York businessman who was worried about chronic federal budget deficits erected the National Debt Clock in midtown Manhattan to keep a running tally of how much the U.S. government owes. The total had reached $2.7 trillion, and Seymour Durst wanted "to call attention to the soaring debt and each family's share of it."