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The first comprehensive assessment of the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, found that officers from local, state, and federal agencies collectively failed to take swift action, a broad indictment of police action at Robb Elementary School.The 77-page report, released Sunday by a special Texas House committee, spread responsibility for “systemic failures” broadly among

July 17, 2022

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have reportedly tied the knot three months after becoming engagedagain and 20 years after the actor first got down on one knee. TMZ reported Sunday morning that the couple is, collectively known as ‘Bennifer’ obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada. The license was taken out on Saturdayand is in their legal names,

July 17, 2022

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Saturday that the Supreme Court was “clearly wrong” and “overreaching” when it legalized same-sex marriagenationwide in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in 2015. The remarks from Cruz, who has been open about his interest in another presidential run, came just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that guaranteed a constitutional right to

July 17, 2022

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Tehran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has yet to decide whether to build it, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei told Al Jazeera’s Arabic service on Sunday. According to the advisor, Tehran will directly respond against Israel should its security be targeted.”In a few days, we could enrich uranium up to 60% and easily produce 90% enriched uranium … Iran has the technical

July 17, 2022

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Russia launched a missile strike Sunday on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv which has been the target of several strikes in recent weeks. The Associated Press reports that an industrial and infrastructure facility was the target. Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his daily address Saturday, urged Ukrainians to develop “a kind of emotional sovereignty” over the disinformation and propaganda that Russia and others have

July 17, 2022

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Stand-up comedian, writer, and actor Jak Knight died at 28 on Thursday night in Los Angeles; his family confirmed TODAY.No cause of death was given, and his family asked for privacy. Knight was best known for co-creating and starring in the Peacock comedy series “Bust Down.” Variety reported he had also recently finished filming “First Time Female Director,” the feature directorial debut of Chelsea Peretti. The project was

July 17, 2022

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Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in the US as BA.5 – the newest subvariant of Omicron – becomes dominant in the country, raising concerns that the immune-evasive variant will lead to another wave of illness and death.The Biden administration announced a plan to address the BA.5 wave that largely relies on the same tools of vaccines, treatments, and tests.Yet the newest challenge hits a nation whose

July 17, 2022

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A Ukrainian cargo plane that crashed in northern Greece last night was carrying nearly a dozen tons of mortar shells and land mines to the Bangladeshi army. The Antonov An-12 light aircraft had eight Ukrainian crew members, all of which were killed. An official at cargo firm Meridian told Reuters: ‘Of course, they didn’t survive this.’Eyewitnesses filmed the fireball crash in the early hours today, with explosions

July 17, 2022

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The FBI probed the role of a Russian-born professional poker player in Elon Musk’s charitable foundation, investigating concerns about potential foreign influence, according to a new report.Igor Kurganov, 34, briefly became a key figure in Musk’s inner circle, overseeing vast sums in pledged donations, until the billionaire’s top fixer and money-man Jared Birchall demanded his ouster in May, according to a Wall Street

July 17, 2022

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Ricky Martin’s nephew, who has accused him of incest and abuse, has ‘mental health problems, according to the Livin’ La Vida Loca singer’s brother.The revelation comes amid new claims that Ricky’s nephew Dennis Yadiel Sanchez has a lengthy criminal record in his native Puerto Rico and once threatened to kill a female co-worker. Fox3 reports that Sanchez’s colleague Claudia Ramrez Martell

July 17, 2022

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President Joe Biden has accused a Saudi official of lying about the topics discussed in his private meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while again downplaying his infamous fist bump with the prince. Early on Sunday, Biden arrived back at the White House from his four-day Middle East tour and briefly took questions from reporters on the South Lawn. Hours earlier, just after Air Force One had taken off

July 17, 2022

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Former Trump adviser and right wing podcaster Stephen K. Bannon promised the contempt of Congress charges against him would become a “misdemeanor from hell” for the Biden administration, but after judicial rulings against his proposed defense, legal experts said his trial set to start Monday could be more of a quick trip through court. At a recent hearing that left Bannon’s legal strategy in tatters, his lawyer

July 17, 2022

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Washington Nationals star outfielder Juan Soto expressed irritation Saturday hours after a report he turned down a record contract with the rebuilding club. The Athletic, citing unidentified sources, reported Soto turned down a $440m, 15-year contract offer to remain with the Nationals that would have been the most lucrative in baseball history. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426.5m deal in

July 17, 2022

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A Reuters Institute survey found that a rising number of people are avoiding the news or just don’t believe it.This might be just another negative news story. And if it is, there is evidence that many of you will turn away in despair. The Reuters Institute revealed last month that 42% of Americans actively avoid the news at least some of the time because it grinds them down or they just don’t believe it. Fifteen percent

July 17, 2022

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Russia has turned off the gas. It claims it’s because the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline needs repairs. But it’s a sure sign Europe’s energy crisis nightmare is becoming a reality.German authorities are afraid Russia will attempt to destabilise Europe by not restarting gas flows after a scheduled ten-day maintenance period.Nord Stream is a major artery for delivering Russian gas to Germany. Typically, it accounts for about 35

July 16, 2022

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A listeria outbreak in Big Olaf ice cream products that has sickened nearly two dozen people in 10 states forced the brand to recall all of its flavors and products this week, the Food and Drug Administration says. The outbreak resulted in one death, one fetal loss and 22 hospitalizations, the FDA said. “Based on epidemiological information collected by CDCand the [Florida Department of Health], Big Olaf ice cream products are a

July 16, 2022

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Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones will begin testing in Texas soon. The drone delivery tests are happening in College Station, Texas, along with a test area announced last month located in Lockeford, California. The current MK27-2 design (shown above) has a hexagonal shape that Amazon says increases stability as well as propellers that the company claims will minimize high-frequency soundwaves.

July 16, 2022

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TikTok’s global chief security officer (CSO), Roland Cloutier, is stepping down as the company transitions to using Oracle’s US-based servers to store Americans’ data (via The Wall Street Journal). The company shared an internal memo about the shift in a post on its newsroom, which states Cloutier will assume an advisory role, with TikTok’s head of security risk, vendor, and client assurance, Kim Albarella, taking over

July 16, 2022

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NASCAR star Bobby East, 37, died after being stabbed at a California gas station. Police have arrested Trent William Millsap, 27, who allegedly stabbed the three-time US Auto Club (USAC) champ in the chest while he was fueling up in Westminster on Wednesday. East was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deadPolice said Millsap, a transient who frequents the area, was also accused of stabbing another

July 16, 2022

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The jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will visit a bloodstained crime scene, view graphic photos and videos and listen to intense emotional testimony — an experience they will have to manage entirely on their own. Throughout what is expected to be a monthslong penalty trial that starts Monday, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will order

July 16, 2022

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The former White House strategist Steve Bannon has publicly claimed Donald Trump does not lie. But according to a new book, Bannon told aides: “Trump would say anything, he would lie about anything.”The former president lies “to win whatever exchange he [is] having at that moment”, Bannon said. Bannon is quoted in The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020,

July 16, 2022

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Nearly 100 people have been hospitalized and hundreds became ill after consuming a lentil-based product from Daily Harvest, the Food and Drug Administration said, citing complaint reports, as more lawsuits have been filed against the popular vegan food company, including one on behalf of an infant who was breastfeeding. As of Thursday, 96 hospitalizations and 277 illness events around the country had been

July 16, 2022

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A little-known Donald Trump campaign operative delivered lists of false electors to Capitol Hill in a bid to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to two people familiar with the episode. Mike Roman, then Trump’s 2020 director of Election Day operations, delivered those false elector certificates — signed by pro-Trump activists in Michigan and Wisconsin — to Rep. Mike Kelly’s (R-Pa.) chief of staff

July 16, 2022

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Ricky Martin has been accused of incest by his 21-year-old nephew and could face up to 50 years in prison if convicted, reports indicate. The singer was hit with a restraining order stemming from a domestic violence incident in Puerto Rico earlier this month, however the victim’s identity had been withheld. His brother, Eric Martin, has since identified the alleged victim as the singer’s nephew, Dennis Yadiel Sanchez,

July 16, 2022

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Elon Musk responded formally on Friday to Twitter’s lawsuit against him, saying the court should reject Twitter’s request for a short trial in the next two months and arguing the case will be more complicated and technical than Twitter makes it out to be. Twitter sued Musk on Tuesday to force him to complete his acquisition of the company after he said last week that he was terminating the deal. Musk has argued he

July 16, 2022

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Six people were killed, and several were injured after a dust storm fueled by 60 mph wind gusts caused a massive 21-vehicle pileup on a Montana highway. Fifteen cars and six semi-trucks crashed into one another Friday evening on Interstate 90 near Hardin. Preliminary investigation revealed the high-speed winds, which created dust storms and near blackout conditions, were the likely cause of the mass causality crash. Video

July 16, 2022

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The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack has issued a subpoena to the US Secret Service for text messages from 5 January and 6 January 2021 understood to have been erased, pursuing what investigators suspect might be an instance of corruptly destroyed records. The subpoena issued late on Friday – the first to an executive branch agency – compelled the production of messages and after-action reports concerning

July 16, 2022

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Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former president Donald J. Trump, died accidentally of blunt impact injuries to her torso,according to New York City’s chief medical examiner. The office, which announced its determination in a news release on Friday afternoon, said it would have no further comment on the death of Ms. Trump, 73. Two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter had said on Thursday that the police were investigating whether

July 16, 2022

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Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico’s navy confirmed Friday.The source was not authorized to speak publicly and agreed to confirm the action only if not quoted by name. No further details about the capture were immediately available.

July 15, 2022

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Another chapter of the Deshaun Watson saga has just closed. On Friday, attorney Tony Buzbee reported that 30 women claiming sexual misconduct have come to settlements with the Houston Texans. This comes after it was alleged that the Texans organization was complicit in providing Watson with massage therapists and creating appointments. After the news was released, the Texans were instantly hit with lawsuits from Watson’s accusers.

July 15, 2022

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President Biden greeted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump Friday as he arrivedhere for a controversial meeting with the Saudi leader, capping his first trip to the Middle East with a high-stakes diplomatic engagement where he is expected to address a range of issues from oil production to human rights to the war in Yemen. Biden descended Air Force One on a light purple carpet and was greeted by a small coterie of Saudi officials.

July 15, 2022

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President Biden reiterated his commitment to the elusive “two-state solution” — the long-sought vision in which an independent Palestinian state and Israel coexist — on Friday, as he spoke alongside Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. “The United States and my administration will not give up on trying to bring the Palestinians, Israelis and both sides closer together,” Biden said. He added that he believes that

July 15, 2022

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The New York attorney said Friday it’s postponing the depositions for Donald Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, because of the death of Ivana Trump.because of the death of Ivana Trump. The three were set to answer questions under oath next week in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ long-running civil tax fraud investigation into the Trump Organization. “In light of the passing of Ivana Trump yesterday, we received a

July 15, 2022

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Jayland Walker, the Black motorist killed by Ohio police last month, suffered 46 gunshot wounds in the hail of officer gunfire, the medical examiner’s officerevealed Friday. The 46 shots were from entrance and graze wounds, Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa Kohler said at a news conference announcing a summary of the autopsy findings. Walker, 25, died of blood loss from internal injuries and the cause was gunshot wounds. His

July 15, 2022

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Ivana Trump spent her final hours eating at her favorite New York Italian restaurant, the distraught owner has revealed. Paola Alavian, who owns Altesi’s – a stone’s throw from Ivana’s townhouse in Manhattan – said the 73-year-old “ordered only a small amount of food” before being found dead hours later. Ms Alavian said Ivana was acting normal but looked “maybe a little bit tired”. “As always she asked me how I was doing – she was always supporting

July 15, 2022

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Members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol are discussing the next steps in their investigation, including whether to seek an interview with former Vice President Mike Pence and potentially ex-President Donald Trump, according to one of the Republican members of the panel. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R., Ill.), the panel member who will be leading some of the questioning at next Thursday’s prime-time hearing,

July 15, 2022

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The BA.5 omicron subvariant, which is now the most prevalent coronavirus strain in the United States, is four times more resistant to COVID-19 vaccinesaccording to a new study. The strain, which is considered “hypercontagious,” according to the Mayo Clinic, is more defiant against messenger RNA vaccines, which include Pfizer and Moderna. The BA.5 strain represented 65% of cases from July 3 to 9, according to data from the Centers

July 15, 2022

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Facebook will allow some users to have multiple profiles as part of a test, the company announced today,signaling a major shift as Meta looks for new ways to encourage users to stay on the platform amid increased competition from rivals. As part of the test, some Facebook users will have the ability to create up to four additional profiles tied to their original account. The idea is that additional profiles can be used for different purposes, like one for

July 15, 2022

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The New York attorney general’s office is expected to begin questioning Donald Trump and two of his children over allegations of financial fraud today after the former president failed in his legal bid to block what he has called a politically motivated “witch hunt”. Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Jr, were summoned to give sworn depositions after state attorney general, Letitia James, said a three-year civil investigation

July 15, 2022

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Sen. Joe Manchin III told Democratic leaders Thursday he would not support an economic package that contains new spending on climate change or new tax increases targeting wealthy individuals and corporations, marking a massive setback for party lawmakers who had hoped to advance a central element of their agenda before the midterm elections this fall. The major shift in negotiations — confirmed by two people familiar with

July 15, 2022

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The son of former Honduras President Porfirio Lobo and three other young men were executed allegedly by gunmen with the MS-13 early Thursday after they left a nightclub in the country’s capital. Surveillance – camera footage showed at least five armed men driving up to the front of a parking lot exit ramp and running inside the building where they forced Said Lobo Bonilla, 23, and the other men out of two SUVs.Lobo Bonilla, 23-year-old Luis Zelaya

July 15, 2022

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Texts sent between US Secret Service agents on 5 and 6 January 2021 were erased after the agency’s oversight body sought the communications in a review into the Capitol attack, according to a letter from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The disclosure in the letter, sent on Thursday to the House homeland security and Senate homeland security and government affairs committees,

July 15, 2022

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A fleet of 52 school buses have set out to form a mile-long procession to Sen. Ted Cruz’s Texas homecarrying 4,368 empty seats for each of the children killed by gun violence since 2020. The procession, dubbed the ‘NRA Children’s Museum,’ was set up by artist Manuel Oliver, the father of Joaquin, 17, who died in the Parkland school shooting in 2018. Oliver said said the name and destination of the mobile exhibit were chosen to highlight how pro-gun

July 14, 2022

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Ivana Trump, the glamorous Czech-American businesswoman whose high-profile marriage to former President Donald J. Trump in the 1980s established them as one of New York’s quintessential power couples of that era, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 73. Mr. Trump announced her death in a statement on Truth Social, the conservative social media platform he founded. No other details were provided. “I am very saddened to inform all of

July 14, 2022

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At least 89 people have been killed in a week in clashes between gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, where prices are soaring and fuel shortages are getting worse, threatening crucial humanitarian aid for residents. “At least 89 people were murdered, and 16 others are missing,”the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights said in a statement, adding that the partial assessment of this violence also reports “74 wounded

July 14, 2022

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A federal judge on Thursday again denied a request from Steve Bannon to delay his criminal contempt trialsaying he was confident a fair and impartial jury could be seated despite the extensive media coverage of the onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols had earlier in the week rejected a bid by Bannon’s lawyers to delay his trial, which is scheduled to start Monday with jury selection.

July 14, 2022

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Ukrainian officials said Russian missiles struck the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and wounding about 90 others. Police said three missiles hit an office building in the center of the city, located about 270 kilometers southwest of the capital, Kyiv. The strikes, coming from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea, damaged residential buildings in the area and engulfed 50 cars in a nearby parking lot.

July 14, 2022

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Mario Draghi said he would resign as Italian prime minister on Thursdayafter a political party in his ruling coalition in Rome refused to participate in a confidence vote earlier on in the day. “I will tender my resignation to the president of the republic this evening,” Draghi told the cabinet, according to a statement released by his office. “The national unity coalition that backed this government no longer exists,” he The 5 Star Movement

July 14, 2022

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A 28-year-old Georgia woman who suffers from a rare condition was left paralyzed after a routine trip to her chiropractor last month, a report and relatives said. Caitlin Jensen was rushed to the emergency room after receiving a neck adjustment at a chiropractor in Savannah on June 16, according to WJCL-TV. She was found to have four dissected arteries in her neck, which led to cardiac arrestand a traumatic brain injury,

July 14, 2022

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she wanted “to deck” a heckler who called her his “favorite big-booty Latina”while filming her walk up the Capitol steps on Wednesday. Right-wing instigator Alex Stein approached the 32-year-old New York Democrat and proceeded to sexually harass the congresswoman by calling her “sexy” and repeatedly commenting on her backside. “You’re my favorite big-booty Latina — I love you, AOC, you’re my favorite,”

July 14, 2022

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President Biden defended his decision to meet with the Saudi crown prince who orchestrated the killing and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the Saudis must be involved in any effort to stabilize a volatile region. Biden made the statement during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on the second day of a five-day trip to the Middle East. “My views on Khashoggi have been

July 14, 2022

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U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting Thursday with Israeli leaders, with security issues, the war in Ukraine and U.S.-Israeli relation on the agenda as Biden makes his first trip to the Middle East since taking office. A senior Biden administration official told reporters talks with caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid would feature the signing of a joint declaration that includes “a commitment to never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear

July 14, 2022

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The Netherlands announced on Wednesday it has become the latest country to detect a case of the Covid Omicron subvariant BA. 2.75, as experts expressed concern about the strain’s rapid spread. The subvariant, nicknamed “Centaurus”, first emerged in India in May and has since spread to around 10 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Australia.It “has also now been identified in

July 14, 2022

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Lawmakers will question IRS head Charles Rettig today regarding a report from the New York Times last week that showed two former top FBI officials, who were critical of former President Trump, had been audited by the agency in 2017 and 2019. Former FBI Director James Comey and Former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe led investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible coordination with

July 14, 2022

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