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Ex-Senate Employee Charged With Lying About Contacts With Reporters

10:24am June 08, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

A former Senate staffer has been arrested for allegedly lying to the FBI about his contact with reporters. James Wolfe appears to be caught up in the Trump administration's crackdown on leakers.

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Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to be faulted by a forthcoming inspector general's report set for release next week.

DOJ Report — Expected To Be Stinkbomb For Comey And Lynch — Now Set For Release

6:18pm June 07, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The Justice Department's internal watchdog has told Congress that he'll appear soon to discuss his report about the handling of the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server.

An undated mugshot shows Bobby Paul Edwards of Conway, S.C., a South Carolina restaurant manager who has pleaded guilty to enslaving a mentally challenged employee.

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S.C. Man Pleads Guilty To Enslaving Mentally Disabled Man

3:55pm June 07, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Former restaurant manager Bobby Paul Edwards admits that he used threats and physical violence and threats to force the man to work more than 100 hours a week without pay for years.

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., represents a district where 70 percent of his constituents are Hispanic and nearly half are foreign born.

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Immigration Debate Shines Spotlight On Divided House GOP

12:23pm June 07, 2018

House Republicans are struggling to find consensus on an immigration bill that can unify the GOP's ideological divide over how to address the legal status of people brought to the U.S. as children.

A still from surveillance footage, released by the police department in Mesa, Ariz., shows officers surrounding a man after they punched him to the ground.

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Arizona Police Officers On Leave After Video Showed Them Punching Unarmed Man

11:58am June 07, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The Mesa Police Department is investigating footage from May 23 that shows officers hitting a black man in the face as he stood against a wall.

In Aizu, Japan, Hirono is pictured in the middle with her brother Roy to the right.

The Quiet Rage Of Mazie Hirono

11:55am June 07, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The Hawaii senator is the chamber's only immigrant. The Democrat, who asks every nominee for any position if they've ever been accused of sexual misconduct, has a passion belied by her cool affect.

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Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin, pictured in 2014, has lost his re-election bid amid a controversy in which he legally pocketed money not spent on meals for inmates at the county jail.

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Alabama Sheriff Who Took Money Meant For Inmates' Meals Loses Primary

11:26am June 07, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Todd Entrekin of Etowah County personally profited off hundreds of thousands of dollars intended to buy food for inmates. That was legal — but it didn't seem to sit well with voters.

A federal court hears arguments in a case brought by Democratic lawmakers about whether the Trump Organization's business dealings with foreign governments violates the Constitution's Emoluments Clause.

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Trump Organization Deals In Asia Fuel Debate On Emoluments Lawsuit

5:00am June 07, 2018

by Peter Overby

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the conflict between Trump's foreign-policy decisions and his business ventures "epitomizes why the founders put that emoluments clause into the Constitution."

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent escorts an immigrant suspected of crossing into the United States illegally along the Rio Grande near Granjeno, Texas.

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May Marks Another Increase In Border Arrests Despite Trump Crackdown

8:54pm June 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

For the third consecutive month, border arrests top 50,000 even as the administration has announced a zero tolerance policy and sent the National Guard to the southern border.

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Eric Holder On His New Political Boundaries

3:35pm June 06, 2018

The former Attorney General has a plan to change how district lines are drawn.