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committee funded by mega-donor Greg Lindberg, and specifically mentioned in Lindberg's federal bribery indictment, forfeited more than $475,000 to the U.S. Department of Justice shortly after the indictment was filed, new campaign finance records show." According to WRAL- TV, "N.C. Growth and Prosperity is a PAC that Lindber

panies." DO) Pressing States To Support T-Mobile/Sprint Merger. The Wall Street Journal (7/25, FitzGerald, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports the Justice Department is urging state officials to back a planned settlement that would allow T-Mobile and Sprint to combine by selling assets to Dish Network. The talks

hen the two spoke by phone on Wednesday, Pompeo assured Ghani that the US "remains committed to a conditions-based drawdown of troops, according to the State Department." Asked on Fox News Special Report (7/25, 1.53M) if he got any pushback after the President said he could wipe Afghanistan off the face of the Eart

and Border Protection Custody Act', possible consideration of 'H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act', and consideration of 'H.R. 3352 - Department of State Authorization Act of 201% as amended, 'H.R. 434 - Emancipation National Historic Trail Study Act', 'H.R. 759 - Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Cou

fusal to investigate these claims as secretary of justice." USA Today (7/25, Bacon, Ortiz, 10.31M) reports that "Vazquez's close political ties to Rossello, along with her own political history, have many people here viewing her as only a temporary solution." Soon after Rossello's announcement, "#WandaR

CIA had delivered bags of cash to his office for years, calling it 'nothing unusual.' ... According to the interviews, the CIA, the U.S. military, the State Department and other agencies used cash and lucrative contracts to win the allegiance of Afghan warlords in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Page

affer raised the issue with Biden. And other stories have said that staffers were intimidated to broach the issue with the then-vice president. -- The Justice Department's inspector general is set to release his report today concluding the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into the Trump campaign's relatio

e administration wants to expand the system of secure facilities where migrant families can be incarcerated for months or longer. In late November, Justice Department lawyers appealed a federal judge's decision that blocked the government's attempt to eliminate a 20-day time limit on most family detentions. ... F

gest-circulation daily newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, said in an unusual front-page editorial on Monday. ... In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Mr. Rossello said he had apologized to some of those named in the chat but still has work to do as governor." -- After criticizing Rossello, Trump credited him

News on Monday, Mr. Rossello said he had apologized to some of those named in the chat but still has work to do as governor." -- After criticizing Rossello, Trump credited himself as "the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico." From HuffPost's Julian Shen-Berro: "Trump falsely stated that Congre

Budget Talks Will Break Down if White House Bypasses Congress to Cut Foreign Aid, Pelosi Warns By Erich Wagner The Democratic leader stresses that the State Department must be allowed to continue spending money while Congress considers any rescission request, per a GAO legal analysis.... https://link.govexec.com/c

estigation ending without charges for those at Trump's business "should be of great concern to the American people and investigated by Congress and The Department of Justice." -- The president's current lawyer Jay Sekulow had little to say. He sent a terse, two-word statement: "Case closed." -- Read the 269 pages of s

NEWS: 1. Tens of thousands of Puerto Rican protesters continue to occupy the blue cobblestone streets of Old San Juan to demand that Gov. Ricardo Rossello resign amid allegations of corruption and the revelation of a scandalous group chat involving his inner circle. The mobilization against the 40-ye

y didn't his team interview Donald Trump Jr., the only American participant of the Trump Tower meeting that didn't talk to investigators? A former Department of Justice official said in the past that it is likely Trump Jr. didn't get interviewed because he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right, but this is a quest

gest-circulation daily newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, said in an unusual front-page editorial on Monday. ... In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Mr. Rossello said he had apologized to some of those named in the chat but still has work to do as governor." -- After criticizing Rossello, Trump credited him

News on Monday, Mr. Rossello said he had apologized to some of those named in the chat but still has work to do as governor." -- After criticizing Rossello, Trump credited himself as "the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico." From HuffPost's Julian Shen-Berro: "Trump falsely stated that Congr

s stopping and frisking people, mostly African American men,' he said, leading the Obama administration to intercede. `We took action against them; the Justice Department took action against them, held the police department accountable.- Biden seethed about Harris's busing attack during the previous debate: "He told

g for hours for news that the resignation was coming," Arelis R. Hernandez reports. "His public affairs secretary — one of the last men standing in Rossello's corner — said that afternoon that the governor would speak directly to the people before the end of the day, but no time was given and the conte

s stopping and frisking people, mostly African American men,' he said, leading the Obama administration to intercede. 'We took action against them; the Justice Department took action against them, held the police department accountable.- Biden seethed about Harris's busing attack during the previous debate: "He told

g for hours for news that the resignation was coming," Arelis R. Hernandez reports. "His public affairs secretary — one of the last men standing in Rossello's corner — said that afternoon that the governor would speak directly to the people before the end of the day, but no time was given and the conten

were given notice to report to an ICE office and leave the United States, the homeland security officials said." -- A second federal judge blocked the Justice Department's attempt to swap out its attorneys in the census case. Matt Zapotosky reports: "U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel in Maryland wrote in a six-page

and Angela Avila-Marrero, who was the executive director of the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration until late June. ... "Prosecutors said Rossello was not involved in the investigation, according to the Associated Press. The Page 13822 EFTA00044333 ytivumui senu Oil I VVILICI Ile I IdU UUL

it a crime to use a 'protected computer' without authorized access or in a manner that exceeds authorized access, but a report released last year by the Department of Justice's Cyber Task Force determined that the law `does not prohibit the act of hacking a voting machine in many common situations.' Georgia County Commissi

(7/18, Hernandez, Stein, 14.2M) reports that "tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have been taking to the...streets of the old city here demanding...Rossello resign amid allegations of corruption." According to the Post, "The protests, increasingly intense, are an outgrowth of widespread indignation that