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It is incredibly abnormal for a sitting attorney general to float the possibility of interfering with an election,
-- especially one who believes the Justice Department is not independent from the president
(I…

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“It’s disgusting,”
said Justin Levitt,
a professor at Loyola law school in Los Angeles and a former deputy assistant attorney general.
“There’s no point other than partisan politics behind that sizzle re…

Federal prosecutors on Oct. 22 announced the arrest of a Virginia politician and a half dozen others in connection with an alleged bribery and racketeering scheme.
According to an indictment filed Oct. 14 in the Eastern District of Virginia, state Sen. Lille Louise Lucas and six other co-defendants
are charged with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, conspiring to launder money, laundering money and committing bribery by distributing large quantities of illegal marijua…

Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas arrested, indicted on federal charges
Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas faces bribery and racketeering charges linked to her medical cannabis business.

Security personnel around the world are on high alert following the discovery of eight TLS certificates with private keys so weak they could allow anyone to mint trusted browser and app credentials for any site on the Internet.
As of late morning Tuesday, browser makers and some major apps and programming languages had blocked all eight of the intermediate certificates.
There are no reports of certificate transparency logs, which track the issuance of all browser-trusted certifi…

The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.

Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning,
there is still nobody in Washington who will take responsibility,
while Trump administration officials continue pointing fingers firmly at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
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Analysis: Ukraine’s Starshield access is still crippled, and no one is taking the blame
Eleven days after Ukraine's Starshield terminals started mysteriously malfunctioning, there is still nobody in Washington who wants to take responsibility, while Trump administration officials continue pointing fingers firmly at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 23 that U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered Musk on Oct. 21 to lift the restrictions on Ukraine's Starshield terminals, claiming Trump was "frustrated the system's speeds remained capped at around 100 mi

Trump’s press adviser at the State Department apparently got drunk at a Wizards game
and assaulted someone in the crowd.
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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social)
Trump’s press adviser at the State Department apparently got drunk at a Wizards game and assaulted someone in the crowd.

The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday, department officials described the candidacy of a third contender in the race
— another Republican named Dan J. Sullivan Jr.
— as a bid to mislead supporters of Sen. Sullivan into voting for the wrong candidate.

DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses
In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.

Health authorities in France reported the first-ever recorded human infection and death associated with the Shamonda virus.
The patient passed away in a hospice in Lyon and was reportedly already suffering from a serious underlying illness.

France's agricultural and health departments have stated that they do not see a health risk to the general population at this stage, as the virus is not considered highly transmissible to or between humans.

Trump-Linked Crypto Company Accused of
‘Public Corruption’ in New Lawsuit
Donald Trump and a cryptocurrency company linked to his family members were sued Thursday over accusations that the president has
“corruptly” profited off of more than $2 billion in payments from a foreign government.
The lawsuit, filed by a shareholder for another crypto venture, centers two transactions between
World Liberty Financial,
a cryptocurrency company founded by Trump and …

Trump-Linked Crypto Company Accused of ‘Public Corruption’ in New Lawsuit
The lawsuit takes issue with transactions between the Trump-linked cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial and entities linked to the United Arab Emirates.

Delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas, a ProPublica analysis found.
The rates of ballots rejected for arriving late this year doubled or tripled in areas affected by the cuts compared to the 2022 primary.
That wasn’t the case elsewhere.
Postal Service leaders say special procedures in place for the Nov. 3 election should prevent similar delays,
but experts warn that mistakes a…

Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service
A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.