Republican Senator Tim Scott on Wednesday said he does not believe Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell broke the law when he testified to Congress last summer, and would say that to any prosecutor who came asking. The remarks are the first direct pushback from the chair of the Senate Banking Committee against a criminal investigation...
US Spy Chief’s Office Investigated Voting Machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the previously unreported events. The sources said the goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had...
Fresno Man Dies in Nursing Home, Coroner Seeks Family
The Fresno County Sheriff–Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating relatives of 46-year-old Daniel Joseph Lawrence of Fresno, who recently died in a nursing home. Coroner’s staff said they have searched numerous personal records but have been unable to contact any family members. Locating immediate relatives is required...
Fresno County Authorities Seek Public’s Help to Identify Check Fraud Suspect
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman suspected of passing fraudulent checks through an ATM near Ashlan and Millbrook avenues in Fresno. Authorities said the woman used the ATM to pass the fraudulent checks. Investigators believe she was traveling in a dark-colored...
Starmer Faces Storm of Criticism Over Ties Between Ex-Ambassador and Epstein
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Thursday tried to dampen a wave of anger from lawmakers in his own party, and even some calls to step down, after new revelations about the friendship between his former ambassador to the United States and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....
Union Leaders’ Message for Newsom: Regulate AI if You Want to Be President
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States then he must address artificial intelligence’s impact on workers. That’s the message sent today in Sacramento by members of the AFL-CIO, a union with a combined...
Pentagon Asked to Probe SpaceX for Potential Chinese Ownership
Two Democratic U.S. senators urged the Pentagon on Thursday to conduct an immediate review of SpaceX amid allegations that Chinese investors have secretly acquired stakes in the closely held rocket maker, citing potential national security risks, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim wrote...
Trump Says He Will Stay out of Netflix-Paramount Fight Over Warner Bros
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to stay out of the Netflix and Paramount Skydance fight over Warner Bros Discovery. "I haven't been involved," Trump said in an interview to NBC News. "I must say, I guess I'm considered to be a very strong president. I've been called...
Illinois Man Admits to Hacking Snapchat Accounts to Steal Nude Photos
An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to phishing the Snapchat access codes of nearly 600 women in order to hack their accounts and steal nude photos, which he kept, sold or traded on the internet. Kyle Svara, 26, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges including computer...
Selma Man Dies in Nursing Home, Fresno County Authorities Seeks Family
Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office are asking for help locating relatives of Antonio Garcia Gonzalez, 56, of Selma, who recently passed away in a nursing home. Staff at the Coroner’s Office have searched multiple personal records but have been unable to contact any family members. Locating immediate relatives is required before...