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A State Department employee was arrested Tuesday for maintaining and concealing extensive contacts with the Chinese government. Candace Marie Claiborne, described in a federal lawsuit unsealed Wednesday as a “U.S. State Department employee who possesses a Top Secret security clearance,” was charged with “obstructing an official proceeding” by making false statements to authorities and hiding […]

SEATTLE — Seattle is suing the federal government over President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on so-called “sanctuary cities,” Mayor Ed Murray said Wednesday. The announcement comes two days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will turn up the pressure and withhold grants from “sanctuary” jurisdictions for not doing

FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia’s campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, but Obama administration officials blocked him from doing so, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell Newsweek. Well before the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of

A Cyprus bank investigated accounts associated with Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief, for money-laundering, but instead of cooperating with the investigation, Manafort closed the accounts, NBC News reported. Sources told NBC Manafort was associated with 15 bank accounts and 10 companies on Cyrpus. Court documents indicate at least one of those accounts