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Evidence unsealed in federal 2020 election interference case against Trump
A judge has unsealed more evidence collected by special counsel Jack Smith in the federal 2020 election interference case against Donald Trump. CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi has the ...Top stories - CBS News - October 18 -
Judge unseals evidence in Trump federal election interference case
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal election interference proceedings unsealed nearly 1,900 pages of heavily redacted evidence that special counsel Jack Smith assembled to build his case ...Top stories - CBS News - October 19 -
'You’re fired': How Trump will declare war on the federal government if he wins
The former president plans to revive the spoils system by firing as many as 50,000 careerists and replacing them with loyalists.Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
Investigating baseless claims of non-citizens voting in U.S. federal elections
CBS News is investigating efforts by self-appointed "election protection advocates" who say they are policing voter rolls in North Carolina by looking for suspected undocumented immigrants trying ...Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
One of El Chapo's sons begins plea negotiations with Chicago federal prosecutors
Ovidio Guzman López is facing narcotics trafficking charges.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
Return-to-office mandates are causing more federal workers to unionize
Department of Justice trial attorneys are seeking to form the first attorneys' union in the department's history in response to a return-to-office mandate, citing concerns about productivity, ...Politics - The Hill - October 22 -
IRS announces new federal income tax brackets for 2025
The IRS has announced higher federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2025. Here's what taxpayers need to know.Business - CNBC - October 22 -
IRS announces new federal income tax brackets for 2025
The IRS has announced new federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2025.Top stories - NBC News - October 22 -
Musk voter lottery might violate federal law: DOJ
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has warned Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC that its daily $1 million giveaways to registered voters in swing states might violate federal law, according to several ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Trump's lawyers again ask to dismiss federal election interference case
The filing argues that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed and that funding for his office should be cut off.Top stories - ABC News - October 25 -
OceanGate Faces Federal Investigation a Year After the Titan Submersible Implosion
A US Attorney's office is investigating the company behind the doomed expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, sources tell WIRED, even as a civil suit is already underway.Tech - Wired - 6 days ago -
Federal judge orders Virginia to reinstate more than 1,500 to voter rolls
A federal judge ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,500 people to the state’s voter rolls Friday after the Biden administration sued, claiming the removals took place too close to the upcoming ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools
His visit to Arizona's Gila River Indian Community was his first as president.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Trump blasts federal judicial decision on Virginia election rolls
Former President Trump on Friday blasted a federal judge’s ruling that Virginia must restore more than 1,500 people to the state’s voter rolls, falsely claiming Vice President Harris was behind the ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Vance says eliminating federal income taxes is not ‘realistic’ as Trump floats it
Donald Trump has floated the idea of eliminating the federal income tax. In an interview with Meet the Press, his running mate, JD Vance, says the idea is not “realistic,” calling it an ...Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago -
Oracle applies to join Epic and others in new federal medical record network
Oracle announced Monday that it intends to join a federally-backed medical information exchange network called TEFCABusiness - CNBC - 3 days ago -
Why the Federal Reserve Rate Cut Isn’t Lowering Your Loan Rates
Fed rate cuts and lending rates do not always experience like-to-like movement. Here’s a quick look at rates, and what to expect moving forward.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
Biden hosts formal ceremony to celebrate federal support for Hispanic-serving institutions
President Biden hosted a formal ceremony to publicly celebrate his executive order establishing an initiative to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions.Top stories - NBC News - 15 hours ago -
'No white knight coming': Federal authorities will face limits responding to election lies
Federal law enforcement are preparing for election threats and minsinformation, but they're limited by law and already mistrusted by Donald Trump's supporters.Top stories - NBC News - 4 hours ago -
Trump again asks appeals court to move New York hush money case to federal court
Former President Trump has again asked an appeals court to move his New York hush money case into federal court in a bid to stall his sentencing or toss his conviction.Top stories - ABC News - October 15 -
Drug kingpin Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami
Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, who co-founded the notorious drug trafficking organization Black Mafia Family, is serving out the remainder of his prison sentence in a residential reentry program in ...Entertainment - ABC News - October 17 -
A federal disaster fund that had 50,000 applications after twin hurricanes is now out of money
A federal disaster fund has received 54,000 applications from those impacted by the recent hurricanes, but the money won't be available for weeks.Top stories - NBC News - October 18 -
Federal officials say E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has sickened at least 49 people
Federal officials say E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has sickened at least 49 peopleHealth - ABC News - October 22