
Bank failure: Kansas Heartland Tri-State Bank closed by FDIC
Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kansas, failed on Friday, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation taking control.
1970-01-01 08:00

San Francisco security guard who fatally shot Bako Brown charged $1,500 in fines
The security guard who fatally shot Banko Brown, a transgender man who was suspected of shoplifting from a San Francisco Walgreens in April, must pay $1,500 in fines for code violations, says the agency that regulates security services in California.
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Senate confirms slate of State Department nominees as Tuberville's military hold remains
The Senate confirmed a slate of high-profile State Department nominees late Thursday night, including ambassadors to Italy, Jordan, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, Niger, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
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'The family feels like he got trapped': How a low-profile Mar-a-Lago employee got tangled up in Trump's legal problems
A day after he was named as a co-defendant in the criminal case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents, a picture is starting to emerge of Carlos De Oliveira, the little known Mar-a-Lago employee who is accused of trying to delete security camera footage at Trump's Florida resort after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for it last year.
1970-01-01 08:00

Bidens publicly acknowledge their seventh grandchild for the first time
President Joe Biden on Friday publicly acknowledged a daughter of his son Hunter for the first time, breaking a long-held silence on the matter by describing the situation as a "family matter."
1970-01-01 08:00

Prosecutors urge judge to jail Sam Bankman-Fried, saying there are no conditions to stop him from witness tampering
Federal prosecutors urged a judge to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried's bail to stop him from tampering with witnesses before his criminal fraud trial, saying there are likely no conditions that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur will abide by to satisfy their concerns.
1970-01-01 08:00

'Washington has to thread a very difficult needle' on Niger response, experts say
The United States and its Western allies are faced with a difficult conundrum as they navigate potential responses to the military takeover in Niger if democratic rule is not restored.
1970-01-01 08:00

DOT proposes new car standards that would modestly raise fuel economy and push the sale of EVs
The Biden administration on Friday proposed modest increases to fuel efficiency standards for the vehicles most Americans drive. The proposal fits alongside the administration's push for increasing the share of electric vehicles on the roads.
1970-01-01 08:00

Trump claimed classified document discussed on tape isn't real. But he still returned it to the National Archives
The top-secret document that former President Donald Trump discussed at a 2021 meeting at his New Jersey golf club was included in the 15 boxes returned to the National Archives in January of last year, according to a source familiar with the matter. But Trump has denied it was real.
1970-01-01 08:00

Federal ghost gun regulations temporarily revived by Justice Alito
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito agreed on Friday to temporarily freeze a lower court order that bars the government from regulating so-called ghost guns -- untraceable homemade weapons -- as firearms under federal law.
1970-01-01 08:00

Trump attempts to reverse losses in hush money case and RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump is attempting to reverse court rulings in two of the many politically charged cases involving the former president.
1970-01-01 08:00

Samuel Alito tells Congress to stay out of Supreme Court ethics controversy
Congress should stay out of the Supreme Court's business and stop trying to impose ethics rules on justices and clerks, Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal editorial page Friday.
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