Author: Eileen Sullivan
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Senate confirms Trump’s pick to run the CIA
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the CIA despite some Democratic objections that Rep. Mike Pompeo has been less than transparent about his positions on torture, surveillance and…
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Trump says for first time: I think Russia hacked Dems
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump speculated Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies might have leaked details about a classified briefing with him that included unsubstantiated allegations that Russia had collected compromising sexual and financial information about him. He said any such information was not true: “It’s all fake news. It’s phony stuff. It didn’t happen.” “I…
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US official says Russia undoubtedly meddled in US election
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, with Defense Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre II, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: “Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta
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Clinton Foundation donors got face time with her at State
WASHINGTON — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president. Donors who were granted time with Clinton…
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Gov’t sources: Boston bomb suspect went to Russia
WASHINGTON — Government officials say Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later. The 26-year-old Tsarnaev died in a police shootout overnight. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they couldn’t publicly talk about an investigation in progress. One says that Tsarnaev traveled…
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Source: Officials see potential suspect in bombing
BOSTON — Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon have an image of a potential suspect in the deadly bombing but do not know his name and have not questioned him, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. The news came with Boston in a state of high excitement over a possible breakthrough…
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Ricin in Obama letter, odd packages scramble Hil
WASHINGTON — Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge. An FBI intelligence bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said the letters to Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,…
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Pressure cookers used in Boston bombs, official says
WASHINGTON — The explosives used in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing were contained in 6-liter pressure cookers and hidden in black duffel bags on the ground, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. One of the explosives contained shards of metal and ball bearings, and another contained nails, the person…
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Cellphone use heavy, but still operating in Boston
WASHINGTON — Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. A law enforcement official, citing an intelligence briefing, said cellphone service had been shut down Monday in the Boston area to prevent any potential remote detonations of explosives. But officials with…
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Fewer excited gun-buyers in Colo. and Conn.
WASHINGTON — In Colorado and Connecticut, scenes of the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012, people were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the year than in most other states, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data. The biggest surges in background checks for people who want…