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Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia — A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Is Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney …
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Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska — Oleg Deripaska has been sanctioned by the U.S. — A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.
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Former Top FBI Official in New York Charged in Money Laundering — Prosecutors say Charles McGonigal, who was chief of counterintelligence in the city, took payments from Oleg Deripaska to investigate a rival Russian oligarch. — A former high-level F.B.I. official has been indicted …
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Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia — A Russian Court and Government Interpreter Also Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia — A former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI …
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Man found dead after police standoff in Torrance was the Monterey Park shooting suspect, sheriff says — The man found dead inside a white cargo van after a standoff with police in Torrance, California, has been confirmed as the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in Monterey Park Saturday night, according to police.
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Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America's first suburban Chinatown — Sometime between 1970 and 1990, Monterey Park became America's first suburban Chinatown, where swift demographic changes heralded conflicts over language, signs, a changing business scene and political voice.
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What we know about the suspect in the Monterey Park massacre
What we know about the suspect in the Monterey Park massacre
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California's strict gun laws don't eliminate violence, but they have helped
California's strict gun laws don't eliminate violence, but they have helped
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The Spectre of Anti-Asian Violence in the Monterey Park Shooting
The Spectre of Anti-Asian Violence in the Monterey Park Shooting
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Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van
Sheriff: Suspect in dance club shooting killed self in van
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How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene — The close alliance that has developed between the speaker and the hard-right Georgia Republican explains his rise, how he might govern and the heavy influence of the extremes on the new House G.O.P. majority.
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Former President Donald Trump posed for picture with former Philly mob boss Joey Merlino at South Florida golf club — They share an affinity for golf and an aversion to cooperating witnesses who “flip” to help federal investigators.But former president Donald Trump and former Philly mob boss Joseph …
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A 23-Year-Old Mayor Tried Trump's Stolen Election Playbook. Only It Worked. — “I've... seldom seen a political takeover that was this sleazy, and yet this well-orchestrated,” one local columnist wrote. — A small Kansas town is reeling after a baby-faced 23-year-old manipulated procedural technicalities …
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George Santos' lies are casting a harsh spotlight on a powerful Republican who endorsed and raised money for him — Cascading revelations about New York Rep. George Santos' pattern of lies and deception are putting increased scrutiny on powerful New York Rep. Elise Stefanik …
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Inflation Is Cooling, Leaving America Asking: What Comes Next? — After six months of declines, inflation seems to be turning a corner. But the road back to normal is an uncertain one. — Martin Bate, a 31-year-old transportation planner in Fort Worth, spent the middle of 2022 feeling that he was …
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Florida teachers told to remove books from classroom libraries or risk felony prosecution — Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are being told to make their classroom libraries — and any other “unvetted” book — inaccessible to students, or risk felony prosecution.
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Biden Lawyers Initially Thought Official Files Went to Think Tank Only — The mistaken premise helps explain why nearly two months elapsed before Mr. Biden's lawyers searched the garage of his Delaware home for classified records. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's lawyers told …
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Even Democrats Are Now Critical of Biden Over Documents Fiasco
Even Democrats Are Now Critical of Biden Over Documents Fiasco
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Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP's tough path to consensus — Republicans won't bring an immigration bill to the floor this week after members raised concerns about its scope and the process — House Republicans' attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early …
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Finally: A Bain Man Makes It To The White House … Zients will take over for Ron Klain in February. The former head of the White House's COVID response, Zients amassed a vast fortune working for Bain & Company and other management consulting firms. But at Bain, according to the Wall Street Journal …
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1/23/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — Punchbowl News AM Pentagon prepares for McCarthy to go to Taiwan January 23, 2023 BY PUNCHBOWL NEWS STAFF THE TOP Happy Monday morning. News: The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for Speaker Kevin McCarthy to travel abroad …
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Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims — Fox News' attorneys have set out the starkest defense yet against the accusation the network defamed an election-technology company when it broadcast false claims that the company had cheated then-President Donald Trump of victory in the 2020 election.
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Majority in U.S. Still Say Gov't Should Ensure Healthcare — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government.
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Borrow the opposition playbook? House GOP weighs the ultimate ‘tit for tat’ — Republicans are confronting a strategic dilemma as they prepare to unleash their new investigative powers on the Biden White House: Should they take a page from the Democrat-run Jan. 6 select committee?
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Democrats name Schiff and Swalwell to Intelligence panel, picking fight with McCarthy — WASHINGTON — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Monday tapped Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell to continue serving on the House Intelligence Committee, picking a long-anticipated fight …
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Pennsylvania Republicans Quietly Plot Their Revenge After 2022 Wipeout — Bad candidates cost Pennsylvania Republicans big in 2022. They're already working to lock down better ones for 2024. — The last election couldn't have gone any worse for Pennsylvania Republicans: the top of their ticket …
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Ruben Gallego announces run for Arizona Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema — Gallego's entry could make a three-way race in the battleground state in 2024; it's unclear currently if Sinema plans to run for reelection — Rep. Ruben Gallego announced he will run for Senate in Arizona on Monday …
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Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site — The ex-president is planning his first tweets with a few months to go on his Truth Social contract — IN THE MONTHS ahead of what's likely to be a brutal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign are laying …
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