Articles by Jeff Mordock
President Trump Tuesday called on Apple to unlock the iPhones belonging to the Saudi Air Force cadet who killed three people last month in a terror attack at a Florida Navy base.
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January 14, 2020
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An off-duty Secret Service agent shot and killed a dog in New York City, the law enforcement agency confirmed Tuesday.
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January 14, 2020
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A Democratic state attorney general Tuesday offered support for Attorney General William P. Barr's demand that Apple assist the Justice Department in unlocking the iPhones belonging to the Saudi Air Force cadet who killed three people last month in a terror attack at a Florida Navy base.
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January 14, 2020
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A Royal Saudi Air Force cadet who opened fire last month at a Florida naval base and killed three American service members in an act of terrorism marked last year's anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by declaring on social media "the countdown has begun."
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January 13, 2020
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The Iowa Democratic Party hailed its plan for "satellite" caucus sites this year as a boon for disabled voters who for the first time would have easy-access options to join the democratic process.
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January 12, 2020
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The Justice Department's two-year inquiry into Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation is winding down without producing significant results, The Washington Post reported Thursday night.
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January 10, 2020
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The man accused of stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York last month was charged with five additional federal hate crimes Thursday.
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January 9, 2020
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The New York City Bar Association has asked Congress to investigate Attorney General William P. Barr, saying he's turned Justice Department prosecutors into "political partisans," according to a letter released Thursday.
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January 9, 2020
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The chairman of a powerful Senate committee on Thursday demanded that Attorney General William P. Barr disclose whether the Obama-era Department of Justice hacked the computers and phones and an investigative reporter.
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January 9, 2020
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Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are stepping back from their roles as senior members of the British royal family, sending shock waves across the pond, the couple announced Wednesday.
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January 8, 2020
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Federal prosecutors would be barred from reading emails sent by prisoners to their attorneys under a new bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday by two members of the House Judiciary Committee.
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January 8, 2020
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Rod Rosenstein, the former high-ranking Justice Department official who oversaw ex-special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, has joined law firm King & Spalding, the firm announced Wednesday.
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January 8, 2020
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Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that President Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn should serve up to six months in jail, an abrupt reversal of their previous request to spare him prison time.
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January 7, 2020
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Background checks on gun purchases hit a record of 28.3 million in 2019, amid calls for tighter gun restrictions by the Democratic presidential candidates.
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January 6, 2020
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House Democrats and the Trump administration are squaring off in federal court over the impeachment probe, testing the bounds of congressional oversight and executive privilege in a pair of cases that could reshape the balance of power between each end of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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January 3, 2020
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House Democrats on Friday will demand a federal court to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the impeachment inquiry, testing the limits of executive power to defy Congress.
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January 2, 2020
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Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted he misled investigators about his role in a media leak and apologized for it, according to transcripts of his interviews with investigators released Thursday.
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January 2, 2020
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Religious leaders are struggling to find ways of protecting their sanctuaries without sacrificing their sacred settings amid a 2,500% increase in deadly attacks at houses of worship since 1999.
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December 31, 2019
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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said in a court filing that the Justice Department violated his rights to privacy and free speech when it fired him over a slew of text messages critical of President Trump.
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December 31, 2019
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Federal prosecutors filed hate crime charges Monday against the man accused of stabbing five people at a Hanukkah celebration over the weekend in New York.
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December 30, 2019
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