WASHINGTON — The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of unlawfully hoarding federal secrets. Agents searched journalist Hannah Natanson’s home in suburban Alexandria, Va., a source familiar with the matter told The Post. Agents seized Natanson’s phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch, according to the Washington Post. The target of the investigation is Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a Maryland system administrator who has a top-secret security clearance, the newspaper reported. 3 Agents seized Natanson’s phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch, according to the Washington Post.

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At least a dozen federal prosecutors have resigned or announced plans to leave, officials and current and former department staff say, a tally that reflects both immediate exits in Minnesota and senior personnel shifts in Washington. The personnel moves followed internal disputes after department leaders moved to restrict Minnesota state investigators from participating in or accessing evidence in the federal inquiry into Good's death. Justice Department officials declared that Minnesota lacked jurisdiction to investigate the killing, and senior administration figures issued rapid public statements that several prosecutors said preceded a full, independent review. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the departures raised serious concerns about political pressure on career Justice Department personnel and the ability of the department to pursue thorough criminal inquiries. The departures have immediate policy implications for Minnesota prosecutions and for public confidence in the Justice Department's capacity to investigate federal use of force independently.

Gavin Newsom (D) is sharing his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s obscene gesture toward a Michigan autoworker. AdvertisementThe headline-making exchange, which was caught on camera by an onlooker, continued with Trump mouthing an F-bomb. Later that day, Newsom shared TMZ’s footage of the moment on X while taking his own jab at the president. “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” he said. As of Wednesday afternoon, two online campaigns raising money for Sabula during his suspension have collectively raised more than $600,000.

But the subpoena demanding the Clintons come to Capitol Hill didn’t just come from Trump’s allies. Democrats refused to participate in the Republican effort to dramatize the Clintons’ subpoena defiance. AdvertisementHouse Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) also complained that no Democrats joined him in pretending to wait for the Clintons. It’s possible the Clintons could argue that because they provided some information, they didn’t actually blow off the subpoena. ), a senior member of the oversight committee, said Republicans were merely using the Clintons to distract from Trump’s relationship with Epstein.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump enacted a new 25% tariff on “certain advanced computing chips” on Wednesday, according to a White House fact sheet. However, chips imported to support building up the US technological supply chain would be exempt. In enacting the tariff, Trump cited national security concerns and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows presidents to address such concerns with tariffs on specific products. Trump previously said Nvidia would be permitted to sell its H200 chip in China but that the US would take a 25% cut. Trump initially said last February he planned to impose 25% chip tariffs by April.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGThe United Auto Workers union said it plans to defend a Ford factory worker who was suspended after calling President Donald Trump a “pedophile protector” while he toured one of the company’s Michigan factories. He also blasted Trump for hosting a campaign event where several people wearing “Auto Workers for Trump” were not actually autoworkers. “Donald Trump serves himself. He’s always served himself.”AdvertisementTrump was in Detroit to tour the Ford factory with CEO Jim Farley and board chairman Bill Ford. The White House has defended Trump hurling an expletive and giving the middle finger to a worker during the tour.

Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics under TrumpOn his show, Joe Rogan criticized some of the tactics ICE is using to identify undocumented immigrants. Rogan endorsed Trump on the eve of the 2024 election. CNN political commentators Ana Navarro and Joe Borelli react to the clip.

"Peter assumed with that background I must know a lot about soccer," Rothenberg writes. Certainly we wouldn't have been able to start Major League Soccer at that time if the World Cup wasn't successful." "You can argue that the '94 World Cup was really the linchpin to that entire explosion in the sport." The World Cup hasn't been the same since, with FIFA's revenue growing to a projected $13 billion for the 2026 cycle. "I didn't do it for credit," he says, speaking about both the World Cup and the book that explains how it happened.

But the record rains have left the region’s roads awash in them, and crews are trying to keep up. “LA potholes got me looking like I hit a d— pedestrian,” one TikTok poster recently wrote over a photo of a sedan with a bent and rimless wheel. “Increased potholes are a very common occurrence during wet weather events.”Bureau of Street Services workers repair potholes following recent storms in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)When it rains, moisture seeps into fissures in the road and weakens the asphalt, which can break apart and buckle under the weight of passing cars and trucks. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)In January 2005, at least 1,200 potholes opened up after weeks of record-setting rainfall, according to an L.A. Times report.

Flanagan has pointed to both votes as reasons why Craig shouldn’t be trusted with the Senate nomination. Asked if that worried her, Flanagan called fraud “completely unacceptable” and deferred to Walz’s efforts bringing criminals to justice. But Craig warned that the scandal could put the Senate seat at risk if Flanagan becomes the nominee. Both Democrats are also in agreement on withholding funding for ICE ahead of a Jan. 31 appropriations deadline in Congress. Minnesota voters don’t go to the polls to determine their Senate nominee for another six months.

The Trump administration is suing two California cities over ordinances that ban the use of natural gas piping and appliances in new buildings, despite the fact that both cities said they have not enforced those bans in several years. Natural gas, which is mainly methane, is a major cause of climate change when it leaks out without being burned. “These natural gas bans hurt American families and are outright illegal,” Atty. Natural gas bans have become a political hot button in California, with cities such as Berkeley moving to phase out the fossil fuel in favor of electrification. The complaint asks the court to rule that federal law overrides the cities’ natural gas bans, and to permanently block their enforcement.

On October 29, 2023, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician and neonatologist based at Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, published an op-ed in the New York Times. The newspaper that had helped to platform the struggle and suffering of Dr. Abu Safiya and his community had now betrayed him. According to his lawyers, by the middle of 2025, Dr. Abu Safiya had lost nearly 100 pounds and had developed a number of medical conditions. The most deafening silence in all of this is on the part of the New York Times itself. Dr. Abu Safiya deserves better than being reduced to a few advertising clicks for a news organization that does not care whether he lives or dies.