President Trump said Wednesday he will “take a look at” pardoning a group of men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, calling the case — which has resulted in two convictions and two guilty pleas — a “railroad job.” “I will take a look at …
Read More »16 Michigan residents face felony charges for fake electors scheme after 2020 election
Washington — Sixteen Michigan residents are facing felony charges for falsely claiming to be presidential electors for former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election and submitting documents certifying they were the electors to the Senate and National Archives, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Each of …
Read More »Former GOP congressman and Jan. 6 select committee adviser Denver Riggleman now working with Hunter Biden
Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia — who served as a senior technical adviser to the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol — is working with the legal team advising President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, who is facing increasing scrutiny from House Republicans …
Read More »Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware launches historic bid for Senate
Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester made history as the first woman and first African-American to represent Delaware when she won a seat in Congress in 2017. Now she hopes to make history again, if she’s elected as the state’s first African-American female U.S. senator. “Representing the First State has been the …
Read More »Trump sues Michael Cohen, alleging breach of attorney
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against his former attorney, Michael Cohen, for more than $500 million, claiming Cohen breached his “fiduciary duty” and attorney-client privileges in order to be “unjustly enriched.” The suit, filed in federal court in Florida, comes after the former president pleaded not guilty …
Read More »Microsoft turns to court order to take down ransomware hacking tool that targeted hospitals
Microsoft and a group of cybersecurity firms received help from the courts with the massive takedown Thursday of a notorious hacking tool that had been co-opted by cybercriminals to target hospitals and healthcare systems. Joining forces with cybersecurity firm Fortra and the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), the …
Read More »Arizona governor’s press secretary resigns after tweeting meme about threatening to shoot “transphobes”
The Arizona governor’s press secretary, Josselyn Berry, has resigned after tweeting a meme about threatening to shoot “transphobes.” According to The Associated Press, Berry tweeted an image Monday from the 1980 movie “Gloria” that depicted a woman with two guns drawn, and it bore a caption that read, “Us when we …
Read More »Kids to require parental consent to access social media apps under new Utah law
Children and teenagers in Utah are to lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and would face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive apps. The two bills Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law …
Read More »White House cybersecurity strategy pivots to regulation
The White House has unveiled a national cybersecurity strategy calling for comprehensive regulation of the nation’s vital services, acknowledging in a 38-page blueprint that reliance on voluntary cybersecurity measures has stopped short of preventing billions in economic losses following a spike in ransomware attacks, as well as “inadequate and inconsistent …
Read More »Suspect arrested in assault on Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in D.C. apartment building
Washington — Police announced that a suspect has been arrested in connection with an assault Thursday morning on Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat from Minnesota, in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building. Craig suffered bruising in the attack, her office said. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department reported Thursday night …
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