Month: February 2025

In a remarkable email, the acting deputy attorney general criticized bureau leaders, saying they had refused to comply with repeated requests for information about agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigation.

WEST POINT — An internal memo from the deputy commandant at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point orders a dozen student clubs to be disbanded — all focused on diversity at the school that trains cadets to be commissioned Army officers. The memo, which was initially verified by the Washington Post, was signed by Deputy Commandant Chad R. Foster and dated Feb. 4. It also ordered the cancellation of all trips, meetings, events and other…

The US president creates uncertainty and injects more instability, our international editor writes.

BOSTON — Top House budget writers released a $425 million spending bill to fund state-run shelters that seeks to temporarily cap the emergency assistance program at 4,000 families starting next year and allow state officials to block from the system anyone who is not a Massachusetts resident. The move marks a dramatic policy shift in the Democratic-led House, where chamber leaders have …

Sen. Mark Finchem is the latest to invoke legislative immunity to wiggle out of a traffic ticket. Isn’t it time we put an end to this archaic law?

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The letters are the first examples of the national security and intelligence workforce being included in broader efforts to downsize the federal government by the Trump administration.