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Updated: Feds Indict New York Mayor Eric Adams on Charges of Bribery, Fraud and Soliciting Foreign Campaign Contributions
The Times reports that Adams has insisted he will not resign, but if he does, Jumaane Williams, the public advocate, would become acting mayor.
Senate Report: Secret Service Failures at Trump Rally Shooting Were Preventable
A bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday revealed that multiple Secret Service failures ahead of former President Trump’s July rally, where a gunman opened fire, were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.”
Retired Judge Dies in Apparent Suicide During FBI Shootout Over Bribery Charges
A retired upstate New York judge and former prosecutor allegedly shot himself to death Tuesday morning during a shootout with FBI agents attempting to arrest him on bribery and corruption charges, according to law enforcement sources.
FBI Reports Largest Drop in Murders in More Than 60 Years
The U.S. saw the sharpest drop in murders ever recorded in 2023, as homicides continued to decline from the pandemic-era spike, according to a report released Monday by the FBI.
FBI Names New Director of the Criminal Investigative Division
By Steve Neavling B. Chad Yarbrough, who was serving as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, has been named director of the Criminal Investigative Division. A native of the Dallas area, he joined the bureau as a special agent in 2006, and was first assigned to the Dothan Resident Agency of…
Public Confidence in Secret Service Drops Sharply After Assassination Attempt on Trump
Public confidence in the Secret Service has plummeted following the July assassination attempt on former President Trump, according to a Gallup poll released Monday, with ratings of the agency’s performance sinking by 23 percentage points.
FBI and Coast Guard Board Ship Managed by Firm at Center of Key Bridge Scandal
Federal agents, including the FBI, boarded the Maersk Saltoro, a massive container ship that is managed by the same company at the center of an investigation involving the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year.
