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Longtime critic of voting machines charged in firebombing of Colorado election office

DENVER (AP) — A longtime critic of voting machines and local government has been charged with arson for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail-like device into the office holding the voting equipment in his Colorado mountain community. William Wayne Bryant, in a brief court appearance Wednesday, ...
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Justice Dept to assess claims of ‘alleged weaponization’ of US intelligence community

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was forming a strike force to assess recent claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about “alleged weaponization of the U.S. intelligence community.” “This Department takes alleged weaponization of the intelligence community ...
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White House not denying that Trump’s name appears in Epstein files, official says

(Reuters) -The White House is not denying that President Donald Trump’s name appears in the files associated with financier Jeffrey Epstein, an administration official told Reuters on Wednesday. The official said the fact of Trump’s name appearing in the files had been acknowledged in briefing ...
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Senate kicks off fraught appropriations process against shutdown deadline

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote.But lawmakers have a long way to go to avoid a government shutdown, with 12 appropriations bills ...
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Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence plan focuses on deregulation, beating China

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Wednesday released its promised "AI Action Plan," a sweeping set of policy proposals aimed at boosting the United States' goal for dominance in artificial intelligence through sweeping deregulation.The plan was developed by the Trump administration's AI and crypto ...
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House Oversight Committee issues subpoena for Ghislaine Maxwell

(WASHINGTON) -- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on Aug. 11."The facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein's cases ...
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GOP House members want to run in other races. Trump is telling them to stay in their seats

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga was ready to launch a U.S. Senate bid. All he needed was President Donald Trump’ s blessing. But in a White House meeting last week, the president encouraged Huizenga to run for reelection rather than challenge former ...
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Exclusive-White House taps mining expert to head national security office, sources say

By Jarrett Renshaw and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House has tapped a former mining executive to head an office at the National Security Council focused on strengthening supply chains, three sources said, as a pared-down NSC zeroes in on a few of President ...
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US Supreme Court lets Trump remove consumer product safety commissioners for now

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court let Republican President Donald Trump on Wednesday remove three Democratic members of the government’s top consumer product safety watchdog, boosting his power over federal agencies set up by Congress to be independent from presidential control. Granting a ...
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Trump administration violated law in delaying US Head Start education funding, GAO report finds

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration’s temporary freeze on federal funds for the Head Start early education program for low-income children was illegal, a non-partisan government watchdog concluded in a report released on Wednesday, as the White House continues to challenge Congress’ authority ...
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DNI Gabbard Confirms Obama Has Been Referred to DOJ for Criminal Investigation 

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is confirming that former President Barack Obama has been referred to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation.   She did so during the White House Press briefing Wednesday.  The DNI investigated the origins of the 2016 ‘Russia hoax’ against ...
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White House blasts Wall Street Journal report that Trump is in Epstein files

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump in May that his name appeared in Justice Department files about Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in prison, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing senior administration ...
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