In a letter released Tuesday, the leaders of the House Oversight and Homeland Security committees signaled they are willing to subpoena Inspector General Joseph Cuffari if he does not comply with their requests.
Katherine Lee
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny put in solitary confinement after starting union for convicts
Navalny was sentenced to nine years at a high-security facility on fraud and contempt charges, which he has repeatedly claimed are politically motivated.
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Trump foe Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming Republican primary
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, described Tuesday’s outcome as ‘the first step in a much larger fight’ and said, ‘Our work is far from over.’
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Rain on the way today likely to bring some drought relief to Maine
We have waited a long time for this…a storm that will bring drought relief to places that need it most in Maine. A rare August nor’easter will begin to take shape as low pressure deepens as it moves into the Gulf of Maine on Wednesday. Rain bands will start moving into Maine from east to […]
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Iran denies involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie but blames him
In 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding the author’s death, and while Iran has not focused on Rushdie in recent years, the decree still stands.
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WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
Russian news agencies reported that lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession.
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Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
More than 220 U.S. Starbucks stores, including one in Biddeford, have voted to unionize since last year.
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Ohio gunman appeared to threaten FBI after search at Trump’s estate
A law enforcement official says a gunman who died in a shootout after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati office appeared to have posted calls on social media for FBI agents to be killed.
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Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Rushdie’s 1988 novel, ‘The Satanic Verses,’ was viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, who saw a character as an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, among other objections.
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Trump Organization, CFO’s tax fraud trial set for October
Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump’s post-presidency, a New York judge ordered Friday that his company and its longtime finance chief stand trial in the fall on tax fraud charges.