.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."
A man accused of threatening President Joe Biden was shot and killed by the FBI as they sought to serve a warrant for him in Utah.
The shooting happened around 6:15 a.m. as special agents tried to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City.
President Joe Biden will make his case for bringing back factory jobs in the U.S. during a speech in New Mexico.
Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney in Atlanta investigating Trump, is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week.
A U.S Navy sailor charged with passing sensitive information to China was encouraged to do so by his mother.
Ohio voters rejected a ballot measure that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments, including an upcoming vote on abortion.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves won the Republican nomination for a second term on Tuesday.
Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney in Atlanta investigating Trump, is expected to present her case to a grand jury next week.
Former President Donald Trump spoke out against a potential protective order that would prevent him from disclosing evidence in the 2020 election case.
Ohio voters rejected a ballot measure that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments, including an upcoming vote on abortion.
