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Politics & Government

A House Panel Will Investigate Trump DOJ Surveillance Of Lawmakers And Journalists

10:19pm June 14, 2021

by Benjamin Swasey

A Democratic-led committee will probe efforts by the Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice to seize metadata from devices belonging to members of Congress, journalists and the then-White House counsel.

Carlos Yazzie (right) grills with his family. After he was arrested, he was left unmonitored for six hours and died of acute alcohol poisoning.

Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails. We Found Death, Neglect And Disrepair

11:28am June 10, 2021

by Nate Hegyi

At least 19 people have died since 2016 in tribal detention centers overseen by Indian Affairs, our investigation found. Several died after correctional officers failed to provide proper medical care.

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Attorney Bruce Castor represented former President Donald Trump at his Senate trial after the House of Representatives impeached Trump for the second time. Castor is now defending two people facing misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol ri

Politics & Government

Trump Impeachment Lawyers Are Now Representing Capitol Riot Defendants

4:53pm June 08, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

Bruce Castor is best known for a rambling performance defending former President Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial. Now, Castor is representing people charged in the U.S. Capitol riot.

Dozens of people in Micronesia are suing the Bank of Guam for seizing stimulus checks they deposited. The bank did so to help the IRS recover tax payments issued in error.

Overseas Bank Helped Recover IRS Stimulus Checks To Non-Americans. It Didn't Go Well

3:31pm June 05, 2021

by Sacha Pfeiffer

After accidentally sending stimulus checks to ineligible foreign citizens living overseas, the Internal Revenue Service is now asking some banks to help recover money, creating a legal mess.

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Microsoft says the same group that breached the software company SolarWinds seems to have launched another hack, this time using phishing attacks on a number of human rights agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development.

National

What Microsoft Officials Know About Russia's Phishing Hack Targeting USAID

7:04pm May 28, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

The Russian group that attacked SolarWinds focused on another government supplier in its latest hack: an email marketing company used by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.

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Emergency personnel responded to reports of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility on Wednesday. The gunman killed nine people and took his own life.

National

San Jose's Mayor Says The Gunman Set Fire To His Own Home Before Killing 9

3:03pm May 27, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Santa Clara County said a ninth victim in Wednesday's shooting died in a hospital. This brings the death toll to 10, including the gunman.

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World News

Martin Bashir Apologizes, But Denies His BBC Interview Harmed Princess Diana

1:56pm May 23, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The former BBC reporter said his interview with Diana didn't factor into her life's downward spiral following the interview. "Everything we did in terms of the interview was as she wanted," he says.

The CDC's early coronavirus test was poorly designed, and it also came with problematic instructions, NPR has learned.

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks

6:37pm May 21, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

An internal CDC report obtained by NPR shows the CDC's original coronavirus test kits didn't just have a fundamental design flaw, but instructions sent to labs to run the test were problematic, too.

Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center is one of the largest safety-net hospitals in the United States.

Hospitals Serving The Poor Struggled During COVID. Wealthy Hospitals Made Millions

4:00pm May 20, 2021

The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.

A new report says a division within the Department of Homeland Security missed signs of potential violence before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Report: DHS Division Failed To Analyze Intelligence Ahead Of Capitol Violence

2:19pm May 18, 2021

A forthcoming report says DHS officials had the intelligence they needed to predict that the pro-Trump rally would become violent. What was missing was DHS telling the people who needed to know.

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