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Democrat Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick found guilty of 25 ethics violations

(WASHINGTON) -- A special panel of the bipartisan House Ethics Committee determined on Friday that Florida Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was guilty of 25 ethics violations, including commingling of campaign and personal funds.The determination came after the panel held a rare public hearing on ...
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Senate passes bill to fund all parts of DHS except for ICE and parts of CBP

(WASHINGTON) -- Senators at last agreed via voice vote early Friday morning to approve a funding package that funds the Department of Homeland Security besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) -- a critical step toward ending ...
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Georgia’s Fulton County to seek return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI

By Andrew Goudsward ATLANTA, March 27 (Reuters) - Georgia's Fulton County will ask a federal judge on Friday to order the return of 2020 election ballots the FBI seized as it pursues Republican President Donald Trump's false claims that his electoral defeat that year was ...
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US Education Dept to leave current headquarters as dismantling continues under Trump

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday the U.S. Education Department will leave its headquarters in Washington and relocate to a smaller office in the U.S. capital as the government continues efforts to dismantle the agency. "The U.S. ...
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Trump signs executive order asking federal contractors to eliminate DEI

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday asking federal contractors and their subcontractors to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion practices, the White House said. Trump has cracked down on public and private organizations - from ...
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Georgia’s Fulton County heads to court to seek return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge plans to hear arguments Friday on a demand by officials in Georgia's Fulton County that the FBI return seized ballots and other materials from the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee wrote in a scheduling order that the ...
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At CPAC, Republicans close ranks behind Trump on Iran war

By Nathan Layne GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 26 (Reuters) - Republicans at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference largely rallied behind U.S. strikes on Iran on Thursday, backing President Donald Trump on an issue that has dented his wider approval ratings and could jeopardize the party's ...
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White House AI czar Sacks to step down, moves to advisory role

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks is stepping down from his role, saying in an interview on Bloomberg Television on Thursday he had reached the end of his time as a special government employee. Sacks said ...
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Trump denies he’s ‘desperate’ to make deal with Iran, insists Tehran is ‘begging’ for one

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted Iran is "begging to make a deal" to end the war amid seemingly tenuous indirect talks between the U.S. and Tehran."I mean, I read a story today that I'm desperate to make a deal. I'm not," ...
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What to know about US ground troops headed to the Middle East

(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon is preparing to surge as many as 5,000 troops to the Middle East -- with some forces already in transit, according to two U.S. officials.It's a mix of Army paratroopers and Marines.Among them are some 1,500 paratroopers from the ...
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Minnesota elections office subpoenaed in non-citizen voting probe, official says

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - The Minnesota secretary of state's office has received a grand jury subpoena ordering it to turn over certain individual voter records as part of a federal investigation into whether non-U.S.-citizens are registered to vote or have unlawfully cast ballots, ...
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Nearly 500 TSA agents quit, US airport security delays drag on

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - Nearly 500 airport security officers have quit since the start of a partial government shutdown in February and long lines continued to snarl airport traffic around the country, the Homeland Security Department said on Thursday. The dispute that ...
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