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Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters' phone records, watchdog finds

Dec. 10, 2024 14:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting...

What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

Nov. 25, 2024 20:56 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a federal sex trafficking investigation and ethics probe made his ability to be confirmed...

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

Nov. 20, 2024 20:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker...

What to know about Matthew Whitaker, Trump’s pick to be America's ambassador to NATO

Nov. 20, 2024 15:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO — set to make him the nation's representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing. Whitaker has a legal and...