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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virginia's Democratic governor, Terry McAuliffe, is under investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department over campaign fundraising, CNN reported on Monday, citing U.S. officials briefed on the probe.
The investigation is focusing, at least in part, on whether contributions to McAuliffe's 2013 gubernatorial campaign, including $120,000 from a Chinese businessman, Wang Wenliang, violated the law, according to CNN.
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– The spokesman for the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has given the details of the minister’s detention – Mr Femi-Kayode was reportedly “whisked away” by the operatives of the EFCC to Lagos without notifying his lawyers or family member – “The question now is, with this naked abuse of our constitution, who is next, […]
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Mark Easton visits Eastbourne to find out how big the generation gap is when it comes to the EU referendum.
The FBI is investigating whether Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's 2013 campaign accepted illegal contributions, federal officials confirmed to NBC News.
WASHINGTON -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doesn't hesitate to use the word "rape" when talking about Mexican immigrants, the Chinese government or former President Bill Clinton -- all of whom it helps him politically to condemn.
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DENVER (AP) — The Latest on schools across the country evacuated because of threats (all times local):
In recent months, hoaxers playing online games have allegedly used proxy servers and other high-tech identity-disguising tools to anonymously threaten schools online or in phone messages with electronic voices to trigger a huge police response, including SWAT teams. Media outlets across the United States, from New England to Wisconsin and California, as well as in the United Kingdom are reporting school evacuations because of threats. In Colorado, an elementary school in the Denver suburb of Parker... Читать дальше...
California politics updates: Gov. Brown warns against 'scorched earth' presidential campaign, lawsuit seeks to extend voter registration May 23, 2016, 2:13 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what we're watching: Gov. Jerry Brown...
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This is actress and star of iconic TV show Mad About You Helen Hunt.
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This is actress and not-star of Mad About You (but star of many other things) Jodie Foster.
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The short story/tweet is intriguing and romantic, with a twist ending that we never saw coming.
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Fifty-one percent of registered voters say they approve of the job Obama is doing as president.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno Aces right-hander Archie Bradley has been named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week after hurling eight shutout-innings in his only start last week.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno Aces right-hander Archie Bradley has been named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week after hurling eight shutout-innings in his only start last week.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno Aces right-hander Archie Bradley has been named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week after hurling eight shutout-innings in his only start last week.
The United States has lost negotiating leverage to press Vietnamese human rights reforms by fully repealing the embargo on lethal arms sales to the country, US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce said in a press release on Monday.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman rejected the notion that he, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other U.S. officials have adopted a strategy that is too reactive — gradually increasing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria whenever bad news dictates.
Prosecutors say Maria Kukucova shot Andrew Bush twice in the head and once in the shoulder at his home in the beach resort of Estepona.
The government's plan to give tenants a say in the running of their apartment blocks is unworkable and expensive, say critics who complain it does very little to advance tenants' interests while only adding to owners' financial and administrative burdens.