Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra are expected to provide details of the probe at a news conference Thursday morning.
Authorities did not provide detailed information about the case.
House Judiciary Committee asked the Department of Justice this week to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign colluded with the Obama administration last year.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin informed Congress on Friday that action would be needed on the debt ceiling by September 29th.
“Based upon our available information, I believe that it is critical that Congress act to increase the nation’s borrowing authority by September 29, 2017. I urge Congress to act promptly on this important matter,” Mnuchin wrote in a letter addressed to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
The Treasury Department estimates it will run out of funds to pay its debts and interest on that date and financial markets will be watching loosely for action. If Congress fails to act, the U.S. would default.
The date falls on a Friday and coincides with the last weekday of fiscal 2017.
In the immediate aftermath of North Korea testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered talks with the US about adding more Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile interceptor systems to South Korea.
While the move may seem like a common-sense defensive measure, it actually indicates that South Korea may be getting ready for a fight with the North.
The THAAD has a perfect record of intercepting shorter-range ballistic missiles in test conditions, but cannot handle the reentry speeds of an ICBM. Furthermore, if a missile fired from North Korea is landing in South Korea, it’s not an ICBM.
The THAAD can only block shorter-range missiles, and it does so with a powerful radar that scares the pants off the Chinese. China hates the THAAD because it fears the US could potentially use its powerful radar to negate China’s nuclear ICBM force, and thereby erode its nuclear deterrent. China routinely protests THAAD and pressures South Korea economically into giving it up.
So why would Moon take a huge political risk by increasing defences against missiles that aren’t even supposed to target his country?
One day after the NYT reported the latest major scandal involving Warren Buffett’s favorite bank, in which the bank was busted less than a year after its miss-selling fraud cost the former CEO his job, revealing that the bank charged some 800,000 customers for auto insurance they did not need (with some still paying for it), the demands for resignation have arrived.
In a statement from NYC Comtroller Scott Stringer, he demands that Wells Fargo must immediately “jump-start” necessary board change by replacing Chairman Stephen Sanger with a new independent chairperson following the latest “mismanagement” revelations.
In surprisingly harsh words, Stringer does not hold anything back against the worst performing bank stock today (WFC -2.8%):
The burial place of a 1.5-year-old boy with a deformed elongated skull was unearthed by archaeologists in Crimea. The scientists immediately dubbed the finding an ‘alien’ due to the unusual structure of the skull.
Another Thursday…another FADERNIGHT with Jon Rappoport and his No More Fake News Room Live…followed by Open-Lines and back to back to back phone calls…another great night on F2B.
An interview with Kiersten and Steven Sedlmayr with special guests Ralph and Jodi Stanton. In 2011 Ralph was exposed to an uncontrolled release of plutonium while working on-site at Idaho National Labs. This is a story about how Divinia Water has helped him to regain his health.
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(Stillness in the Storm Editor) I’ve been a David Lynch fan for most of my life—Dune is one of my favorite movies. I hadn’t seen Twin Peaks until very recently, and I was blown away by how much symbolic content pours through each episode.
North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the East Sea late Friday, South Korea’s military said.
The missile was launched from Jagang Province, northern North Korea, at around 11:41 p.m., according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The launch was immediately reported to President Moon Jae-in, who has convened an emergency meeting of his national security team at 1 a.m. Saturday, it said.
Buildings were evacuated and streets closed Friday morning, disrupting the workday routine, as officials scrambled to shut down a gas line that had been accidentally punctured by a contractor operating heavy equipment in Kendall Square.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., has fired an IT worker who was arrested at Dulles International Airport on bank fraud charges while attempting to leave the country.
Imran Awan, 37, was fired Tuesday, according to David Damron, spokesperson for Wasserman Schultz, who formerly served as chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.
hey were found around 3:40 a.m. in the area of Dolsie Grove and Pohick, authorities stated. Officers found a late model white 4 door Acura in the middle of the road. The engine was running. Found in Lorton, Va. The home of Imran Awan.
I just returned from watching this amazing movie and I would like to do a short analysis of it because there is an incredible amount of positive and disturbing disclosures featured throughout this film.
Raymond Joseph Liddy, 53, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, was released on $100,000 bond and placed on house arrest with GPS monitoring.
An investigation into Liddy was launched after an electronic service provider sent a tip to authorities. Raymond Liddy is the son of G.Gorden Liddy, the chief opretive in the Watergate scandal.
An architect, innovator, teacher, developer… Peter is someone who pushes the boundaries on every thought. Never afraid to challenge the normality of existence and provide solutions to the most pressing problems in existence. Humanity has called and Peter has answered.
Much like in the 2002 film Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise, authorities in the east Asian country want to catch criminals before they have done any wrongdoing.
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The police in the surveillance state have enlisted the help of AI to determine who is going to commit a crime before its happened.
Li Meng, vice-minister of science, said: “If we use our smart systems and smart facilities well, we can know beforehand… who might be a terrorist, who might do something bad.”
One of the ways China is hoping to peek into the future is with facial recognition firm Cloud Walk which is trialling software that gathers data on where people are what they are doing.
Humans could become extinct if sperm counts in men continue to fall at current rates, a doctor has warned.
Researchers assessing the results of nearly 200 studies say sperm counts among men from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, seem to have halved in less than 40 years.
President Donald Trump continued his now week-long public attacks against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, on Wednesday, firing off a pair of tweets asking why the Justice Department head has not “replaced” acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.