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Australian Attorney General Christian Porter comes forward to deny historical rape allegation
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Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused a storm of speculation in the nation's Parliament. Speaking at a p...
Trump’s surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
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Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration's current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines -- which were tested an...
Cuomo changes plan and asks New York attorney general and chief judge to select independent lawyer to review sexual harassment claims
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New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the court of appeals to jointly select an independent attorney to conduct "a thorough review" of sexual h...
Donald Trump Jr. deposed by DC attorney general as part of inaugural funds lawsuit
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Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, DC, attorney general's lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing. In a court document dated Tuesday, DC Attorney Ge...
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologizes again for slow mail
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologized on Wednesday for slow mail during the peak holiday season, deeming it "unacceptable." "I apologize to those customers who felt the impact of our delays," DeJoy said at a Hou...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton traveled to Utah during devastating winter storms
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, left Texas and traveled to Utah last week while the state was being rocked by severe winter storms. Paxton's campaign spokesperson, Ian Prio...
New Jersey attorney general is investigating claims that police officers repeatedly punched an Arab teen without provocation
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The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating after video footage shows multiple police officers assaulting a Muslim Arab American teenager. Osamah Alsaidi, 19 at the time, was assaulted and arrested by ...
Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, has confirmation hearing set for February 22
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President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 22 and 23 for his confirmation hearing. The dates were announced b...
Three Breonna Taylor grand jurors among petitioners seeking to impeach Kentucky attorney general
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Three former grand jurors are among the "concerned Kentucky citizens" petitioning the Kentucky Legislature to impeach state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, according to Kevin Glogower, one of the attorneys represen...
Canada’s governor general steps down after employees accuse her of creating a ‘toxic’ workplace
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Ottawa Julie Payette, a former Canadian astronaut and the country's governor general since 2017, announced she would step down Thursday after she was accused by current and former employees of creating a "toxic" work...
Biden’s solicitor general will play critical role in early efforts to undo Trump policies
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Washington President Joe Biden will name a powerhouse lawyer, Elizabeth Prelogar, to serve as acting solicitor general, in an acknowledgment that the office charged with representing the government before the Supreme...
Trump’s acting attorney general leaves without creating controversial special counsels
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Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is resigning Wednesday at noon, ending a tenure marked by the things that didn't happen, including no special counsels appointed despite pressure from the White House. In his n...
New York Mets fire general manager Jared Porter after reportedly sending explicit pictures to female reporter
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The New York Mets have fired general manager Jared Porter after he reportedly sent explicit pictures to a female reporter in 2016. ESPN reported that Porter sent unsolicited, explicit texts and photos "culminating ...
Acting secretary of defense orders NSA chief to install Trump loyalist as agency’s general counsel
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The acting secretary of defense is trying to install a Trump loyalist as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency, according to three sources familiar. Christopher Miller, who just two days earlier said he co...
DC attorney general wants to interview Donald Trump Jr. as part of Trump inaugural funds abuse probe
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The DC attorney general's office has notified President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., that it would like to interview him as part of its investigation into misuse of his father's inaugural funds, a spokesper...
New York attorney general sues NYPD over ‘brutal’ handling of George Floyd protesters
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New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the New York City Police Department and its leadership over its "excessive, brutal and unlawful" handling of George Floyd protests, James said in a news release. Jam...