Epstein Secrets

meet with a fellow attorney general in Utah" for a "previously planned meeting." His wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), joined him on the trip. The Chronicle says this "marks the third instance of a Texas public official leaving the state during the disaster that affected nearly every one of the state's

rt to the Congress, with testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; 10:00 AM • Senate Judiciary Committee concludes consideration of Merrick Garland to be AG - Nominations hearing considers Merrick Garland to be Attorney General, second and final day, with testimony from external witnesses * Hear

Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and under fire by Democ

onwide order marks Paxton's first win in what he's predicted will be a string of legal action against the Biden EFTA00148107 administration." The Chronicle calls the ruling "a bright spot...for Paxton," who tweeted, "Within 6 days of Biden's inauguration, Texas has HALTED his illegal deportation freeze.

and Names Coley To Lead Public Affairs At DO), Sources Say. Axios (1/26, Nichols, 1.26M) reports President Biden's Attorney General-designate Judge Merrick Garland "has tapped Anthony Coley, an Obama-era Treasury Department official, to serve as a senior adviser and to lead public affairs at the Department of J

at the recent closure of the Heights Hospital shows that local officials need more decision-making power to adequately respond to the pandemic." The Chronicle adds Jackson Lee "said that Abbott's March executive order 'poses an imminent threat of disaster for all the counties in the state' because it limi

of a 10-year term for the FBI director serves the important purpose of insulating the bureau from political pressure." Along with Biden's chose of Merrick Garland, who didn't endorse Biden, as his attorney general, the "decisions send a signal that the new president is serious about not interfering in prosecu

start dropping their guard and resuming old social habits, while a significant portion of the population has yet to get a single shot." However, the Chronicle adds the "mingling" of Californians who are vaccinated and those who are not is "creating some tricky social situations, reminiscent of the start o

acks as the 20th anniversary of the attacks looms." The Herald adds, "GOP lawmakers in DC — along with a few Democrats - wrote to both U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray to finally go public with the intel. It could expose how out of the 19 hijackers that day, 15 of them were citize

e in October 2019 after they sent "collected DNA for genealogy testing." Darnell's DNA matched that of an "unknown male on Purchase's remains." The Chronicle notes the FBI identified Purchase's remains in 1986 about three years after they were discovered. EFTA00149735 Minnesota Man Faces Murder Charge

pport of and commitment to a free and independent press,' Anthony Coley, the DOJ director of public affairs and a senior adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Thursday." The Hill (5/20, Choi, 5.69M) also reports. Wray Taps Merrill As New Hawaii SAC. Hono

hey're being attacked, as an increasing number of Asian Americans - especially elders - have been in Oakland" as well as throughout the country. The Chronicle adds that the rally was among the "dozens of such events scheduled around the globe." Axios Analysis: Federally Mandated Police Reform Linked To Su

eral lawmakers, including lone Republican Nicole Malliotakis and NY Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the `state secrets privilege' that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. Re