Author: Colleen Long
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Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol
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WASHINGTON • A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area. Authorities were investigating what led the suspect, identified as 49-year-old Floyd…
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Biden anti-crime effort takes on law-breaking gun dealers
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WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden announced new efforts Wednesday to stem a rising national tide of violent crime but questions persist about how effective the federal efforts will be in calming what could be a turbulent summer. Biden’s plan focuses on addressing gun violence, providing money to cities that need more police and offering community…
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Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
WASHINGTON — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Video shows the driver…
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U.S. gov’t seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
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WASHINGTON • Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies. The most recent seizures occurred Wednesday when Homeland Security agents intercepted hundreds of thousands of counterfeit 3M…
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Justice Department drops Yale admissions discrimination suit
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WASHINGTON • In another reversal of Trump-era policy, the Biden administration on Wednesday dropped its discrimination lawsuit against Yale University that alleged the Ivy League school was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants. Federal prosecutors said the Justice Department’s underlying investigation, aimed at ensuring Yale complies with federal anti-discrimination laws, continues. The government…
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Michigan certifies Biden win despite Trump’s GOP overtures
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LANSING, Mich. • Michigan election officials on Monday certified Democrat Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid President Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge the results of the election. The Board of State Canvassers, which has two Republicans and two Democrats, confirmed the results on a 3-0 vote with one abstention. Allies of Trump and…
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Trump ups pressure on Barr to probe Bidens before election
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WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr to immediately launch an investigation into unverified claims about Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice Department muddy his political opponent and abandon its historic resistance to getting involved in elections. With two weeks to go before…
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Justice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violence
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WASHINGTON • In a memo to U.S. attorneys Thursday obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department emphasized that federal prosecutors should aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence — and even sedition charges could potentially apply. The sedition statute doesn’t require proof of a plot to overthrow the government, the memo read. It instead…
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Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities
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WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump is using the Department of Homeland Security in unprecedented ways as he tries to bolster his law and order credentials by making a show of force in cities around the nation in the lead-up to the November elections. His plan to deploy federal agents to Chicago and perhaps other Democratic-run…
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Whistleblower: Trump team ignored warnings on drug, virus
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WASHINGTON • A government scientist was ousted after the Trump administration ignored his dire warnings about COVID-19 and a malaria drug President Donald Trump was pushing for the coronavirus despite scant evidence it helped, according to a whistleblower complaint Tuesday. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, filed the complaint…