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How a grieving mother tried to ‘build a bridge' with the militant convicted in her son's murder
After hours of talking about faith and family, redemption and war, the grieving American mother had an additional question for the Islamic militant convicted in her son’s murder. Do you know, Diane Foley asked, where my son is buried? The exchange is described in a new book by Foley that recounts face-to-face encounters she had with the British-born Islamic...
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Rachael Rollins Formally Resigns as US Attorney in Wake of Ethics Probes
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins formally resigned Friday after wide-ranging investigations by two federal watchdog agencies found she sought to use her position to influence a local election and lied to investigators. In a letter to President Joe Biden obtained by The Associated Press, Rollins thanked the White House for supporting her during her contentious nomination process and said...
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US Attorney for Mass. Resigning After Justice Dept. Ethics Probe
UPDATE: The watchdog report on Rollins was released Wednesday. Read it here. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday. The Justice Department’s watchdog has yet to release its report detailing the findings of...
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Detention Hearing Postponed in Case of Mass. Air Guardsman Accused of Leaking Classified Documents
The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with leaking highly classified military documents briefly appeared in federal court Wednesday, answering several questions as his detention hearing was postponed.
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Barricades Go Up at Trump Tower, Manhattan Court as NYC Readies for Possible Protests
All eyes are on Manhattan this week for the possibility that Donald Trump could be indicted by a grand jury investigating hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. The NYPD was seen erecting barricades Monday outside Trump Tower and Manhattan Criminal Court following the former president’s weekend claim that his arrest is imminent — and...
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Inside the Case Against ISIS Militants Charged in Americans' Beheadings
As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles,” an incongruously…
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Senate Considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe as New Intelligence Chief Amid Shakeup, Pandemic
A Senate panel is considering Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe’s nomination for director of national intelligence, holding the in-person hearing amid President Donald Trump’s shakeup of the intelligence community and under drastic new distancing rules to protect Capitol Hill from the coronavirus.
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Fact Check: Trump Wrong on Bolton, More Claims From Trial
President Donald Trump stated falsely Monday that House Democrats never called his former national security adviser to testify in their impeachment inquiry. Actually they did.
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Trump Lawyer Argues Dems Want to ‘Overturn' Last Election
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have opened their impeachment trial defense in a rare Saturday session by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the results of the 2016 election. They say the Democrats’ investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine was not a fact-finding mission but rather a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House. The legal team arguments...
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Trump Impeachment Trial to Begin With Rules Fight, Long Days
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding to render judgment on his Ukraine actions as Americans form their own verdict at the start of an election year.
