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Month: November 2024

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Matt Gaetz, el elegido de Trump para secretario de Justicia, ha sido crítico y objeto de investigación del Departamento de Justicia

CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Matt Gaetz, un político leal a Donald Trump y representante conservador de Florida, estará sujeto a la aprobación del Senado una vez que sea designado formalmente por el próximo presidente. Si Gaetz es confirmado, asumiría el mando de la principal agencia de aplicación de la ley del país, la misma que

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Matt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he’s been tapped to lead, and has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct. That probe effectively ended Wednesday, though,

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Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access. Members of the House Privileges and Elections Committee met on Wednesday to debate

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Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas says he was detained in airport over being ‘disoriented’

Associated Press/Report for America House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.C. earlier this month. The Republican congressman said he became “disorientated” after he took Ambien and drank alcohol before a flight to Texas. McCaul was reelected this month to an 11th term

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Man suspected of killing OC couple, burying bodies in deserts in Riverside and San Bernardino counties

Several days after filing murder charges against a 30-year-old man suspected of killing a Brea couple, prosecutors today released additional details, saying the victims’ bodies were both burned, along with their two Tesla cars.    Huanting Gong of Glendale was charged Thursday with two counts of murder with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and

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California teen pleads guilty in Florida to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, entered the plea to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another, the U.S. Attorney’s Office

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California teen pleads guilty in Florida to making hundreds of ‘swatting’ calls across the US

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said. Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, entered the plea to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another, the U.S. Attorney’s Office

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Special counsel Jack Smith looking at stepping down before Trump takes office and is discussing how to end prosecutions

By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith intends to step down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office and is discussing the mechanics of winding down the federal prosecutions against him with Justice Department leadership, a DOJ official familiar with the discussions said. Trump has threatened

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