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The Justice Department said Friday it is investigating illegal dumping in the city of Houston — including dead bodies — that officials said are left in Black and Latino neighborhoods in the nation’s fourth largest city

A jury found Steve Bannon guilty on two criminal charges of contempt of Congress for his refusal to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 panel.

WASHINGTON — Then-President Donald Trump’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 constituted a dereliction of duty, the House committee investigating the insurrection said in its prime-time hearing Thursday.

The National Association of Immigration Judges has asked the federal government to restore its union recognition after the Trump administration stripped its official status and the system’s chief judge resigned after two years on the job

The high court will decide if DHS followed law when it told immigration agents to focus on immigrants with more serious criminal convictions.

The association representing immigration judges across the country asked a federal labor authority Thursday to restore its collecting bargaining powers.

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday is billed as a look at what former President Donald Trump did in the 187 minutes between the start of the insurrection and when he urged his supporters to leave the Capitol.

Steve Bannon’s lawyers are expected to begin their defense as Bannon's contempt of Congress trial enters a new phase on Thursday

The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted with its gear could capture sensitive information from military bases and missile silos that the company could then transmit to China, two people familiar with the matter said.