Eric Tucker

3 weeks ago | argus-press.com | Eric Tucker |David Klepper |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's top intelligence officials stressed to Congress the threat they said was posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling, testifying in a hearing Tuesday that unfolded against the backdrop of a security breach involving the mistaken leak of attack plans to a journalist.

2 months ago | argus-press.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Matt Brown |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list" and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president's adversaries or launch investigations for political purposes.

Jan 13, 2025 | argus-press.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on President-elect Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down a emergency challenge aimed at keeping under wraps the report expected to detail unflattering revelations about Trump’s failed effort to cling to power in the election he lost to President Joe Biden.

Jan 12, 2025 | argus-press.com | Eric Tucker |Alanna Durkin Richer |Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it intends to release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep under wraps for now the rest of the report focused on the president-elect's hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Jan 6, 2025 | argus-press.com | Eric Tucker |Jim Mustian |Kevin McGill |Jack Brook