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Today in History: December 14, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Dec. 14, 2024 00:04 AM EST

Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took...

FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign before Trump takes office in January

Dec. 12, 2024 11:06 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray told bureau workers Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job. ...

Publishing executive Bob Miller to head Phaidon Press. He's worked on dozens of bestsellers

Dec. 10, 2024 10:06 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime publishing executive who has worked on bestsellers by Oprah Winfrey,Matthew Perry and dozens of others will soon be CEO of Phaidon Press Inc., a leading maker of art and fashion books and numerous other genres. Bob Miller, who most recently was publisher...

Trump says he'll nominate Kash Patel as FBI director to remake the agency. Here's what happens next

Dec. 01, 2024 16:34 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning announcement that he will nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal crimes. Patel, a...

Trump pick Kash Patel must prove he'll restore public faith in the FBI, a leading GOP senator says

Dec. 01, 2024 14:55 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his move to install ally Kash Patel as the next director of the Justice Department's top investigative...

What to know about Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI

Nov. 30, 2024 23:19 PM EST

Kash Patel has called for radical changes at the FBI and was a fierce and vocal critic of the bureau’s work as it investigated ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Now the steadfast Trump ally has been tapped to lead the federal law enforcement...

Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, an ally who would aid in his effort to upend law enforcement

Nov. 30, 2024 23:08 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America’s premier law enforcement agency and rid the government of perceived “conspirators.” It’s the latest bombshell Trump has thrown at the...

Will Trump's return lead to a new wave of bestselling books?

Nov. 26, 2024 18:25 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — As she anticipates her estranged uncle's return to the White House, Mary Trump isn't expecting any future book to catch on like such first-term tell-alls as Michael Wolff's million-selling “Fire and Fury” or her own blockbuster, “Too Much and Never Enough.” ...

Trump's election may usher in leadership change at FBI

Nov. 08, 2024 15:34 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lavished Christopher Wray with praise when he named him FBI director in 2017, introducing him as an “impeccably qualified individual” and a “model of integrity.” So much has changed in the seven years since. With Trump poised to...

Here's what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign

Oct. 28, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be pivotal in deciding the winner. Here's what...