Federal Agencies
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Trump nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin served as Treasury Secretary during Trump's first term in office.
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DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns
Horowitz said the DEA wasn't following its own policies on those searches, which often included seizing cash.
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SEC Chair Gary Gensler announces he will resign on inauguration day
Trump is expected to be sworn into office on January 20, 2025.
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VA to offer tele-emergency care nationwide to improve access
The expansion of care, which was tested in recent months, has shown promise for veterans.
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Inspector general report on DOJ's response to Jan. 6 likely won't be released before election
“Is it going to be done before the inauguration?” asked Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. “That is certainly my hope,” Horowitz responded.
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Secret Service agent accused of sexual misconduct against Harris campaign aide: Report
The news of the misconduct allegation came on the same day the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released an interim report finding a series of Secret Service failures before and during former President Trump's outdoor rally in Butler, Pa. in July where he was shot.
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Biden's commerce secretary on Trump: 'Let’s extinguish him for good'
When pressed on what she meant by "extinguish," Raimondo said to vote Trump out so he "goes away"
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FBI report: Violent crime dropped nationally in 2023
Property crimes, including burglary, have gone down by about 2.4% since last year but vehicle theft went up by 12.6%.
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Blinken no-shows House hearing with him as sole witness on Afghanistan withdrawal, sends letter
Blinken is now poised to become the third Biden cabinet member to be sanctioned this year by House Republicans.
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Ex-AG Barr joins criticism of DOJ's release of Trump bounty letter: 'No apparent justification'
"It served no purpose other than to risk inciting further violence," former Attorney General William Barr said.
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Secret Service agent accidentally shoots himself, expected to survive
The agent was reportedly on duty when the incident occurred in a residential part of the city's Northwest corridor.
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HHS sued for resisting FOIA for transgender official's role in trans surgery standards for kids
Rachel Levine's staff conveyed the federal government's top transgender official wanted age minimums removed in the World Professional Association of Transgender Health's Standards of Care 8.
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Secret Service head says Trump shooting in July was agency 'failure'
An interim agency report said that a "consistent theme gathered from state and local law enforcement personnel who helped secure the Butler rally was the presence of communications deficiencies."