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FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he’ll resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative claims he made in his prior role as a popular podcast host. The departure, which had been expected, would be among the highest-profile resignations of the Trump administration. It comes as FBI leadership has been buffeted... Читать дальше...

Though it's about 20,000 square feet, 706 Summit Cove is meant for two people.

The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela. Democrats forced the votes using war powers resolutions as Trump has stepped up his threats against the South American nation. Congress has questioned how the U.S. military is conducting a campaign that has destroyed 25 vessels allegedly carrying drugs and killed at least 95 people. The legislation would have forced the Trump... Читать дальше...

Jamaica has held a tribute to honor reggae giant Jimmy Cliff, with officials asking that people celebrate him and not turn the ceremony into a sad event. The crowd that filed Wednesday into a gymnasium in Kingston largely obliged. The charismatic Jamaican artist known for classics including “Many Rivers to Cross,” and his role in the landmark movie, “The Harder They Come,” died last month at 81 years old. Nearly a month later, many around the world were still in mourning and paying their respects. Читать дальше...

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges. Morgan Geyser cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet and fled her Madison group home on Nov. 22. Police arrested her at a truck stop outside Chicago the next day. A Waukesha County judge this year ordered a state psychiatric hospital to release Geyser to a group home after experts testified she had made progress battling mental illness. Читать дальше...

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Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday in a news release that China is demanding a public apology from the state in a complaint filed in the Intermediate People’s Court of Wuhan. The Chinese government also is seeking compensation equivalent to $50.5 billion plus legal fees and the right to claim further compensation. Читать дальше...

The founder of Tricolor Holdings and other company executives have been charged with what federal authorities say was a massive fraud that led to the subprime auto lender's bankruptcy. Daniel Chu, the company's founder and chief executive, was charged in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. The indictment accuses Chu of directing multiple executives since 2018 to defraud investors and lending institutions through various fraudulent schemes. A defense lawyer has not responded to a message seeking comment.

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country. It's a dramatic escalation in the White House’s pressure campaign on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The blockade threatens to choke off revenue from the world’s largest oil reserves that are key to Maduro’s grip on power. Maritime intelligence firm Windward says at least 30 vessels under sanctions are navigating near... Читать дальше...

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. The news is especially welcome for Democrats who said that the cuts — one of many attacks from President Donald Trump on climate programs and clean energy funding — would impact projects boosting the electric grid, threaten thousands of manufacturing and construction jobs... Читать дальше...

His first 49ers game back on the airwaves is set to come on Dec. 28 versus the Bears.