.By Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the move, saying he and Burr had agreed it was in the Senate's best interests.
FBI officials showed up at Burr's home with the warrant on Wednesday, marking a significant escalation into the Justice Department's investigation into whether Burr broke the law with a well-timed sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet,
The Justice Department declined to comment. His attorney did not respond to phone and email messages, but said last month that the law is clear that any senator can participate in stock market trading based on public information "as Sen. Burr did."
Newsom said Sunday he supports increased access to condoms for teens, but vetoed the bill because it would have cost too much.
Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion.
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower.
A witness claimed that former president Donald Trump revealed potentially sensitive information about U.S. military capabilities to a former businessman.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Elon Musk to compel testimony about his purchase of Twitter.
A private memorial service for Sen. Dianne Feinstein drew crowds outside of San Francisco's City Hall.
A Wisconsin man was arrested for illegally bringing a loaded gun to the Wisconsin capitol and hours later bringing an assault rifle.
A witness claimed that former president Donald Trump revealed potentially sensitive information about U.S. military capabilities to a former businessman.
The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela.
Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
