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FBI seeking photos, videos to identify suspects in Florida Memorial Day beach shooting

May. 31, 2023 11:50 AM EDT

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is looking for any photos and videos that could help identify suspects in a Memorial Day shooting at a popular Florida beach promenade in which nine people were wounded, including a 1-year-old child. The FBI issued a statement Wednesday asking for...

GOP chairman moves to hold FBI director Wray in contempt over Biden doc

May. 30, 2023 23:28 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday he is moving forward with holding FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress because the department has not turned over a bureau record that purports to relate to President Joe Biden and his family. ...

Fight still ahead for Texas' Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

May. 28, 2023 21:04 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was just the first round of a Republican brawl over whether to banish one of their own in America’s biggest red state after years of criminal accusations. Paxton and his allies, from former...

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

May. 27, 2023 20:53 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years...

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

May. 27, 2023 19:37 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A timeline of events that have led to three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, 60, being impeached Saturday. The vote by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives also means Paxton is immediately suspended from office. 2015 ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton invites supporters to rally at state Capitol to protest vote to impeach

May. 26, 2023 20:13 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday urged his supporters to protest at the state Capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings that threaten to oust him. The House has set a Saturday vote to consider...

Special counsel Durham to testify before Congress next month about his report on Trump-Russia probe

May. 26, 2023 10:16 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House committee next month about his recently completed report on the FBI's investigation of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Durham is due to appear on June 20 in a closed-door session...

Texas lawmakers issue 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton

May. 25, 2023 23:14 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state's Republican majority had largely met with silence until now. In an unanimous decision, a...

Microsoft: State-sponsored Chinese hackers could be laying groundwork for disruption

May. 24, 2023 20:13 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — State-backed Chinese hackers have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and could be laying the technical groundwork for the potential disruption of critical communications between the U.S. and Asia during future crises, Microsoft said Wednesday. The targets...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton likely broke laws, Republican investigation finds

May. 24, 2023 15:48 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Republican-led investigation on Wednesday accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of committing multiple crimes in office — including felonies — during an extraordinary public airing of scandal and alleged lawbreaking that plunged one of the GOP's conservative stars...