Successfully holding the attorney general in contempt is just the latest broadside by Republicans against the Justice Department.
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Sanford man accused of assaulting Capitol officer with bear spray during Jan. 6 riot
Christopher Belliveau, 38, was arrested in Berwick on Wednesday in connection with the 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol. He is charged with 5 felonies and 3 misdemeanors.
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Three deputies shot while responding to northern Illinois home, suspect also wounded, official says
Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle says the deputies were responding to a report that someone inside the home was threatening to kill themself or others.
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White House isn’t ruling out potential commutation for Hunter Biden after his conviction
President Biden definitively ruled out pardoning his son during an ABC News interview last week.
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Wreck of famed explorer Shackleton’s last ship found off Canada coast
The Quest was found using sonar scans, sitting on its keel under 1,280 feet of churning, frigid water, 62 years after it went missing.
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Elon Musk has made X more right-leaning, study shows
The percentage of Republican users who think X is ‘mostly good’ for American democracy has more than tripled since Musk purchased the site in October 2022.
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Biden and Zelensky will sign a security agreement when they meet at G7
Negotiators for the group have also reached an agreement on how to provide Ukraine with up to $50 billion backed by frozen Russian assets.
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Wells Fargo racial disparity case heads to class-action decision
At the heart of the case is a dispute over a credit-scoring algorithm that plaintiffs say disparately impacted minority applicants.
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U.S. expands Russia sanctions to target Arctic natural gas projects, semiconductor chips
The move comes as President Biden prepares to join Group of Seven leaders for a summit in Italy, where one of their top concerns will be securing new ways to bolster aid to Ukraine and further constrain Russia.
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What are the sticking points in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas?
Hamas this week accepted the broad outline but requested ‘amendments.’