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A grand jury in Virginia indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, marking the second Trump foe to face federal prosecution in recent weeks.James was charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution. The indictment alleges that James bought a house in Norfolk, Virginia, in 2020 with a mortgage that required her to use it as a second home, but she ultimately rented it to a family and used it as an investment property. It accuses her of misrepresenting how the house was used to get a lower…

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An election judge sets up a Dominion voting machine during a public accuracy test of voting equipment on Aug. 3, 2022, in Burnsville, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. “As of today, Dominion is gone,” the company said in a press release Thursday. “Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control.” Dominion’s website now redirects to libertyvote.com. President Trump and his allies, including Rudy Giuliani, have falsely blamed Dominion and…

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury – CBS News Watch CBS News A grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking the second Trump foe to face federal prosecution in recent weeks. Scott MacFarlane reports. Source link

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has opened an investigation into nearly 2.9 million Tesla vehicles after reports of traffic safety violations linked to the electric car maker’s Full Self-Driving system, according to a filing on the government regulator’s website.The probe by the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation involves Tesla vehicles equipped with “FSD (Supervised)” and “FSD (Beta)” versions of the the company’s self-driving systems. Both require “a fully attentive driver who is engaged in the driving task at all times,” NHTSA said in a document filed as part of the probe. Reports of traffic violations include vehicles operating with…

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on January 8, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on one count of bank fraud, after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute one of his longtime political foes. The indictment was confirmed by a source who was not authorized to discuss the charge publicly. James, a Democrat who pledged to investigate Trump during her campaign, eventually sued Trump and his company for inflating…

Of all the communities across America impacted by the government shutdown, the population of endangered black-footed ferrets may be among the smallest and most vulnerable. This rare species, safeguarded under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, teeters on the brink of extinction, with about 300 existing in the wild. Now, with biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service furloughed because of the shutdown, a critical release of 400 captive-bred ferrets, designed to strengthen their wild populations, is in jeopardy. “It just really makes us all very nervous,” said Chamois Andersen, a senior leader at Defenders of Wildlife, a key non-profit partner…

The IRS is adjusting the income limits for its federal income tax brackets to account for the impact of inflation, an annual reset that could provide relief for some Americans when they file their taxes next year. The IRS makes these adjustments, typically in October or November, to avoid what it known as “bracket creep,” which is when inflation pushes people into higher tax brackets, potentially forcing them to dole out more money come April.  The upshot: Americans will have to earn more income next year before reaching a higher tax bracket. For example, the upper tax limit on a…

Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who’ll be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, with President Trump among the most high-profile — and controversial — contenders. On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner. The committee says the award goes to the person or organization that has done the most “for fraternity between the nations and the abolition…

Legal analyst weighs in on lawsuit challenging National Guard deployment in Illinois Legal analyst weighs in on lawsuit challenging National Guard deployment in Illinois 02:22 A judge is set to rule on a lawsuit filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago seeking to prevent the National Guard from being deployed by the federal government over their objections. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul argues in the suit, filed Monday, that “Defendants’ deployment of federalized troops to Illinois is patently unlawful.” He continues, “Plaintiffs ask this court to halt the illegal, dangerous, and unconstitutional federalization of members of the…