Sessions responds to Nunes memo: ‘No department is perfect’ Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded on Friday to the release of a contentious memo by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee alleging intelligence abuses at the Justice Department, saying “no Department is perfect.” In a statement issued shortly after the memo’s […]
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ICE employment crackdowns haunt Bay Area undocumented immigrant workers Days after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on dozens of Northern California businesses, labor leaders and immigration activists worry one of the largest rounds of workplace audits in years will cast even deeper fears across immigrant communities, pushing them […]
Indiana wins federal permission to adopt Medicaid work requirements Indiana has become the second state to win permission from the Trump administration to require certain low-income residents on Medicaid to work, study or perform public service to qualify for the safety-net health insurance. Federal officials’ approval Friday came almost exactly […]
Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle resigns after sexual harassment allegations Humane Society of the United States chief executive Wayne Pacelle resigned Friday amid sexual harassment complaints and a backlash by major donors. The announcement of Pacelle’s departure comes one day after the charity’s board voted to retain the chief executive, […]
Arizona man charged with selling armor-piercing ammunition to Vegas shooter According to a complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix, Douglas Haig, 55, an aerospace engineer who sells firearms ammunition as a hobby, sold more than 700 rounds of ammunition to Paddock — including armor-piercing bullets that Haig did not […]
LMPD officer shot in the head during a shooting that also left one suspect dead A Louisville Metro Police narcotics detective is expected to survive after a bullet struck his head during a shooting that left one person dead Thursday afternoon in Buechel. The officer, who was taken to University […]
Behind Pence’s plan to rescue the Republican majority in 2018 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Vice President Mike Pence is launching one of the most aggressive campaign strategies in recent White House history: He will hopscotch the country over the next three months, making nearly three dozen stops that could […]
2nd teen in ‘Slender Man’ stabbing case to remain in institutional care for 40 years A Wisconsin judge has sentenced the second of two teenage girls accused of the 2014 attempted homicide of their friend by stabbing her in the woods to please the fictional character Slender Man. Morgan Geyser, […]
Manafort Co-Defendant Rick Gates’s Defense Team Seeks Exit Three lawyers for Paul Manafort’s co-defendant, Rick Gates, have told the court they want to quit in the criminal money-laundering conspiracy case, raising the possibility of a defense strategy shift and possible cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The lawyers filed […]
School shooting that injured four students now believed unintentional, police say; 12-year-old girl is booked A 12-year-old girl was booked on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm Thursday after a shooting at Sal Castro Middle School left four students injured, authorities said. Los Angeles police do not believe that […]
