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Attorney General William Barr told the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, that he was fired in a letter Saturday amid a power struggle over who will fill one of the most important federal law enforcement positions in the nation.  This is breaking news. Please check back for updates

Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission” on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Bill Clark In a stunning Friday night announcement, the U.S. Justice Department

U.S. National Security Advisor, John Bolton, meets with journalists during a visit to London, August 12, 2019. Peter Nicholls | Reuters WASHINGTON – A lawyer for the U.S. government said Friday that former national security advisor John Bolton’s decision to publish a damning book about his time serving President Donald Trump is “a flagrant breach of”

For 25 days, Americans have been demanding from the country’s civic and corporate leaders their plans to tackle police brutality and systemic racism during protests that have gripped the nation following the killing of George Floyd.  On Friday, Juneteenth, many of those leaders have a big first opportunity to put into action the rhetoric that

A demonstrator holds a sign with the image of Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers, during a protest against the death George Floyd in Minneapolis, in Denver, Colorado on June 3, 2020. Jason Connolly | AFP | Getty Images Kentucky’s attorney general on Thursday asked the

Former Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren arrive on stage for a Democratic primary debate in Westerville, Ohio on October 15, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren has said she would agree to become Joe Biden’s running mate if he asks her to join him on

National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 9, 2018. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump asked China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to help him win the 2020 U.S. presidential election, suggesting that China’s boosted purchases of U.S. agricultural products could

Attorney General William Barr speaks in Washington, December 10, 2019. Al Drago | Reuters The Department of Justice is taking aim at tech’s liability shield with a new set of legislative proposals released on Wednesday. The proposed reforms are the latest action aiming to weaken legal protection established through Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act,

With protesters around the country pressing their fight against police brutality and racism, President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at tracking misconduct by law enforcers and creating incentives for departments to improve their practices. The president, during a speech in the White House Rose Garden that heaped praise on the police

Joe Biden and the Democrats have been hauling in record fundraising totals ever since he won a landslide of primaries during Super Tuesday in March, which helped propel him to become the party’s presumptive nominee for president. Much of that success is due to small-dollar donors. Biden’s campaign announced Monday that it, along with the

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about U.S. trade relations with China and Hong Kong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 29, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on police reform tomorrow, he said Monday, as activists ramp up pressure for an overhaul

The Supreme Court said Monday that workers cannot be fired for being gay or transgender, a blockbuster ruling for LGBT rights. The historic 6-3 decision was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative appointed by Donald Trump. “An individual’s homosexuality or transgender status is not relevant to employment decisions,” Gorsuch wrote. “That’s because it is

In this May 22, 2018 file photo Democratic candidate for Georgia Gov. Stacey Abrams waves in Atlanta. John Bazemore | AP In some ways, Stacey Abrams is an outlier among the names being floated as potential vice presidential running mates for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  For instance, she moonlights as a romance-suspense novelist.  And

Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, speaks during a campaign event with former Vice President Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, not pictured, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Monday, March 9, 2020. Erin Kirkland | Bloomberg | Getty images Joe Biden is seeking a woman to be his 2020 running mate, and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer is

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to West Point graduating cadets during commencement ceremonies at Plain Parade Field at the United States Military Academy on June 13, 2020 in West Point, New York. Pool WEST POINT, N.Y. — In his first graduation address to the cadets of the United States Military Academy, President Donald Trump touted the colossal

Members of the D.C. National Guard stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial monitoring demonstrators during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday said that while President Abraham Lincoln — who freed Black

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin testifies with Jovita Carranza, Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration during the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Hearings to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act on Capitol Hill on June 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Senate Democrats want Treasury Secretary Steven

Michael Flynn, former U.S. national security adviser, exits federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 24, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A lawyer for former national security advisor Michael Flynn on Friday called his prosecution a “travesty of justice,” but a federal appeals court appeared skeptical of her request that