The appointment of special counsels has become a routine procedure for the Justice Department in recent months as several investigations into high-profile politicians and figures related to everything from classified documents to foreign business dealings continue to play out.
House Republicans are launching an investigation into the Biden administration's disbursement of billions of dollars for immigrant shelters to government contractors following a jarring admission by an official who brokered the deals.
Touch-screen voting machines are now permitted across New York after the state Board of Elections voted to allow counties to purchase new systems last week. Now, voters can cast their ballot electronically, an update to traditional voter-marked paper ballots.
Rachel Morin went jogging on the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, last Saturday. The sun was still up when the blonde, blue-eyed mother of five set off on her 6 p.m. run at the popular 6.2-mile wooded trail. It would be the last time anyone would hear from the 37-year-old fitness enthusiast again.
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement on Friday that he’d elevated the United States attorney investigating Hunter Biden to a special counsel could spell trouble for House Republicans’ investigations of the Biden family.
The federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case warned any more "inflammatory" statements he makes could speed up the start of his Jan. 6-related criminal trial.
Virginia is the latest state to join the effort to prevent a California law from interfering with agricultural production nationwide. A total of 17 states are pushing to eliminate multiple state regulations in an attempt to regain control of agribusiness within their borders.
Pennsylvania households who have yet to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payment can expect to collect up to $1,902 over the next three days before the program wraps up for August.
