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‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing

By Zachary Cohen, Alayna Treene and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to government records related to the security clearances granted to Elon Musk and

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Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending

By Katelyn Polantz, Jamie Gangel, Dana Bash and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to open a grand jury investigation that she viewed as premature, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

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Judge overseeing NYC Mayor Eric Adams case to consider DOJ motion to dismiss on Wednesday

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to consider the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the charges. This will be the first public face-off since seven federal prosecutors, including the interim US

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Community gathers for annual Indio President’s Day Parade

People gathered Monday morning in Indio for the annual Presidents’ Day parade. Cheerleaders — marching bands — police — and firefighters along with a number of community groups all marched through the downtown area. The holiday honors our nation’s presidents.     Today’s holiday initially celebrated our first president George Washington’s birthday but was changed in 1970

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