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Interior Department Withheld Trump Nominee Docs Ahead Of Confirmation, Watchdog Finds

Democratic lawmakers are demanding a criminal investigation, saying political appointees "orchestrated a coverup to protect" Secretary David Bernhardt.
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Oregon Senators Demand Probe Into 'Paramilitary Assaults' By 'Occupying' Homeland 'Army'

Sen. Ron Wyden is demanding to know what constitutional authority the Department of Homeland Security has to snatch protesters off the streets.
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Democrats Propose Federal Jobs Program As Millions More File For Unemployment

More than 44 million Americans have filed for unemployment in a 12-week period because of COVID-19.
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Watchdog Launches Probe Of Police Attacks On Protesters Before Trump Posed With Bible

Interior Department's inspector general investigation was sparked by Democratic lawmakers' complaint that excessive force was used on a peaceful crowd.
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Internet Spying Reform In Deep Trouble After Privacy Advocates Pull Support

The push to prevent warrantless government surveillance of Americans' search history under FISA hit a roadblock this week.
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Senate Rejects Bid To Prevent Warrantless Government Surveillance Of Internet Use

The move to block warrantless surveillance of Americans' web browsing and search data scrambled partisan lines, with 10 Democrats key to its defeat.
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Low-Income Americans Could Get Cash Aid Under New Senate Plan

Senate Democrats have a plan to help states struggling to give basic assistance to the very poor.
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Steve Mnuchin Grilled On 'Double Standard' For Biden, Trump Documents

Mnuchin has complied with GOP queries on Biden while blocking a Dem request for Trump's taxes.
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Saudi Arabia Helps Violent Fugitives Flee U.S. Justice System, FBI Says

Some of the Saudi citizens who have received help from the kingdom face rape, child pornography and manslaughter charges.
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Civil Liberties Advocates To GOP: We Told You So On Reforming The FISA Court

Republicans defended the secretive FISA court, even after a 2013 National Security Agency leak. FBI surveillance of a Trump campaign aide changed that.
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