Scrutiny builds over FBI's discovery of empty folders at Mar-a-Lago
Among the material allegedly seized from former President Trump’s home were numerous empty folders that once contained classified information or intel designated to be returned to the military, renewing questions over fallout from the potential mishandling of records and if they have since been recovered. In an inventory from the Justice Department unsealed by a judge Friday, the government detailed that interspersed with Trump’s personal belongings were 48 empty folders with classified banners as well as another 42 empty folders that were labeled “return to staff secretary/milita
Read MoreSerena loses to Tomljanovic at US Open; could be last match
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night, eliminated from the U.S. Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 before an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Unwilling to go quietly, Williams staved off five match points to prolong the three-hours-plus proceedings, as some spectators stood to watch, camera phones at the ready. No one — save, of course, Tomljanovic — wanted this to end. It did on Tomljanovic's sixth chance, when Williams netted a shot. Williams t
Read MoreJudge denies Steve Bannon’s request for a new trial after contempt of Congress conviction
A federal judge on Friday rejected Steve Bannon’s request for a new trial following his conviction on contempt of Congress charges, allowing his sentencing to remain on schedule for next month. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said in his ruling that a new trial is only warranted when a “serious miscarriage of justice” might have occurred, but Bannon’s arguments do not demonstrate that. Bannon’s argument mostly focused
Read MoreJudge sides with Biden in narrow ruling over oil lease pause in Wyoming
A federal judge sided with the Biden administration in a case related to its oil and gas leasing pause in Wyoming. However, because of another case, the government still appears to be barred from continuing its leasing pause in several other states. At the start of his tenure, President Biden temporarily paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. This pause prevented new rights to drill for the fuels on federal lands from being auctioned off. Judge Scott Skavdahl, an Obama appointee,
Read MoreIRS unintentionally posted some private taxpayer information to its website
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unintentionally posted some private individuals’ tax information on its website last week before taking it down, officials said in a letter to Congress on Friday that was obtained by The Wall Street Journal. Anna Canfield Roth, the acting assistant secretary for management in the Treasury Department, said in the
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