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California Gov. Gavin Newsom made an about-face in his efforts to thwart President Donald Trump’s agenda of deporting illegal immigrants in the country. The 57-year-old revealed he is ready to immediately veto a bill that would force Golden State prison system from cooperating with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, KCRA reported. The proposed legislation – Assembly Bill 15 authored by Los Angeles-area Rep. Mike Gipson – would block the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from detaining potential prisoners for several reasons. “…on the basis of a hold request, providing an immigration authority with release date information, or responding...

George Conway said Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that it iujpossible Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff during the Capitol riot, has been cooperating with the federal investigation into Trump. Cooper said, “CNN’s reporting also that the Trump team has not identified anyone else who received a target letter, according to sources. I’m wondering what you read into that. Does it mean that other Trump associates aren’t being charged, or do you think there are other targets that haven’t been revealed yet? It also raises questions about if there is somebody who is cooperating? Is a...

MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is likely already cooperating with the criminal investigations into the retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and the events surrounding January 6, 2021. Kirschner said, “The more we absorb this mega report of 850 pages from the J6 committee, the more it becomes clear Mark Meadows has emerged as the single most important potential cooperating for federal prosecutors. There’s like a leverage palooza, given what we have learned about Mark Meadows’ suspected crimes. We already knew he was referred for prosecution...

A right-wing activist who helped organize the “Stop the Steal” rallies is reportedly cooperating with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Ali Alexander, a right-wing provocateur and longtime Republican operative, is cooperating with the House panel’s probe following a subpoena in October. He appeared for a deposition Congressional investigators subpoenaed Alexander, who was born Ali Abdul Akbar, on Oct. 7. He was listed on a permit application for the “One Nation Under God” event, which was meant to be a rally for “the election fraud in...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Friday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily” that the Select Committee investigating the 1/6 Capitol riot is hoping some defendants being prosecuted by the Department of Justice will testify against Republican members of Congress and former President Donald Trump. Anchor Kasie Hunt said, “You’re chairman of the Select Committee, Bennie Thompson, has said publicly that there’s supposed to be a meeting between Select Committee Democrats and the Department of Justice to see how willing they are to cooperate with your investigation. Has that meeting happened yet?

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is “negotiating” with the Capitol Police over whether to stop blocking access to a computer seized from her as part of a criminal cybersecurity investigation, Fox News reported Wednesday. Soon after resigning as head of the Democratic National Committee in wake of it being hacked, the Florida Democrat’s top information technology (IT) aide, Pakistan-born Imran Awan, was named as the lead suspect in a separate information breach involving House data. But instead of cooperating with Capitol Police, she used a hearing on the law enforcement group’s budget to threaten “consequences” for Police Chief Matthew R. Verderosa...

Former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner is cooperating with authorities in the FBI investigation of his laptop that contains emails that prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation to reopen its probe into Hillary Clinton's use of an unauthorized email server. The news that Weiner is cooperating, reported by Fox News' Bret Baier on Sunday, would help law enforcement with the investigation, since officials didn't yet have a warrant to read through the material found on the device. Though FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Friday his agency found emails related to Hillary Clinton's private email server, he didn't yet have a...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2006 – Iraqi citizens are tired of insurgents and their violent tactics and are turning against them, providing tips to coalition and Iraqi security forces and, in some cases, taking action themselves, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said today. In January 2006, Iraqi civilians provided more than 1,300 tips to coalition and Iraqi security forces, Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said at a news briefing. That is a huge improvement from the 47 tips received in January 2005, Lynch said. Of all the valid calls received by the Ministry of Interior's national...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and other U.N. member states have refused to fully cooperate with investigators looking into corruption in the oil-for-food program in Iraq, blocking access to information about politically sensitive actions of Security Council nations, say leaders of the probe. Findings of the independent investigation - expected in midsummer - will likely lead to dozens of criminal prosecutions by legal authorities in various countries for bribery, sanctions busting, money laundering and fraud, the officials told The Associated Press. After two interim reports focusing on key U.N. figures, the investigation is tackling broader issues, including the...

<p>UNITED NATIONS - In a critical assessment, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix says Iraq's disarmament has been "very limited" because Baghdad hasn't provided crucial evidence about its chemical, biological and missile programs, according to the draft of his new report to the U.N. Security Council.</p>