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NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
18 hours agoNYC Council grills Mamdani's Department of Investigation commissioner nominee over campaign activities and donation | amNewYork
Nadia Shihata was nominated as DOI commissioner but faced scrutiny over her past support for Mayor Mamdani during her confirmation hearing.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 week agoBipartisan Skepticism Greets Director Squires at First House Oversight Hearing
The House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing addressed various USPTO issues under Director John Squires, revealing bipartisan skepticism and concerns over patent quality and IPR changes.
fromemptywheel
1 week agoThe Two Subpoenas for Kash Patel's Communication Records - emptywheel
Twice now, someone close to Kash Patel has seeded stories with Jana Winter that mischaracterize details of investigative actions against the current FBI Director, including misleading claims about subpoenas.
Law
Privacy professionals
fromTheregister
1 month ago70 US lawmakers demand probe into ICE's data purchases
Seventy US lawmakers demand investigation into whether DHS agencies illegally purchased Americans' location data without warrants, as ICE resumes purchases despite prior findings of illegal activity.
Law
fromAbove the Law
4 weeks agoThe Justice Department Is Lowering Its Ethical Guardrails - Above the Law
The Justice Department eliminated a policy classifying senior political appointees as 'further restricted' under the Hatch Act, removing safeguards requiring election law enforcers to maintain strict political neutrality.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months agoHouse Republicans are investigating Jan. 6. NPR fact-checked the first hearing
Republican-led subcommittee held first Jan. 6 hearing, criticized the Biden administration, promoted conspiracy theories, and examined stalled pipe-bomb investigations amid post-riot pardons.
US politics
fromAxios
3 weeks agoDems plan probes into companies, colleges that cooperated with Trump
Democratic senators plan investigations into Trump administration cooperation with major institutions, corporations, and wealthy individuals, leveraging broader House subpoena authority and targeting private entities unable to claim executive privilege.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks agoFrom 'Hold Me In Contempt' To 'Elect Me To Congress' - Above the Law
Former Justice Department attorney Julie Le, who criticized the immigration system's workload demands, is now running for Congress in Minnesota's 5th District as a Democrat challenging Ilhan Omar.
US politics
fromTruthout
4 weeks agoCongressional Stock Trading Ban Backed by Trump Is Full of Loopholes
Trump's proposed stock trading ban for Congress would do very little to prevent insider trading due to significant loopholes allowing lawmakers to retain existing stocks and trade through family members.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
1 month agoBipartisan lawmakers worried about shaky progress on modernized government worker background check system
The National Background Investigation Services system for federal employee vetting faces a decade-long delay until fiscal 2028, costing $2.4 billion with $2.2 billion more needed, impacting national security and government contractors.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoCongressional Republicans will also investigate missing Epstein files related to Trump
NPR's previous reporting found internal FBI and Justice Department outline documents related to allegations from a woman who, according to documents within the database, claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Trump, "who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."
US politics
US politics
fromAxios
1 month ago"The subpoenas are coming," bipartisan firm warns corporate America
Congressional Democrats will intensify oversight of large corporations, supplementing administration probes with piercing corporate investigations and targeting AI, healthcare, crypto, utilities, trade, and pricing.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoRepublican Senator Defends Target of Trump DOJ Investigation: I Will Be Shocked if He Has Done Anything Wrong'
The New York Times reported on Sunday that the probe relates to renovations to the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and whether Powell lied to Congress about them. Powell responded by releasing a video saying the renovations and his testimony to Congress are pretexts to hide the real reason, which is that the chairman has resisted President Donald Trump's pleas to dramatically slash interest rates to try to boost economic activity.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months agoClintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to threat of contempt vote
WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finalized an agreement with House Republicans Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against them. Hillary Clinton will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26 and Bill Clinton will appear on Feb. 27. It will mark the first time that lawmakers have compelled a former president to testify.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months agoPurge the Public Servants
In this new season, I'm asking how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of U.S. politics, and talking to Americans whose lives have been changed as a result. Today's episode examines the destruction of the civil service: the removal of professionals, and their replacement with loyalists. I've seen this kind of transformation before, in other failing democracies. Everyone suffers from the degradation of public services.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoSenate Republican Says Independence and Credibility' of DOJ Is Now in Question' After Powell Probe
A criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell raises questions about DOJ independence and prompted opposition to confirming Fed nominees until the matter is resolved.
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