| Veteran GOP strategist predicts Trump's debate performance will suffer thanks to tax bombshell Posted: 29 Sep 2020 02:23 PM PDT  GOP political consultant Mike Murphy predicts President Trump will be distracted at tonight's debate as a result of reports on his taxes.
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| Mitch McConnell ‘refusing to debate his election rival if there is a female moderator’ Posted: 29 Sep 2020 11:57 AM PDT  'He continues to resist allowing women to host debates,' said McConnell's opponent in the Kentucky Senate race
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| Fact check: Picture of 'Black Lives Matter protesters' attacking a white man is misleading Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:47 PM PDT  The event where the picture was taken was not a Black Lives Matter protest, USA TODAY found. It was an event in St. Louis involving a statue.
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| Hundreds of earthquakes continue to rattle Southern California, USGS says Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:50 PM PDT  The area south of the Salton Sea has been shaken relentlessly since Wednesday afternoon, data shows.
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| The Irish Supreme Court ruled that Subway's sandwich rolls don't meet the legal definition of bread because they have too much sugar Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:50 AM PDT  The five-judge panel ruled that Subway's bread was too sugary to be considered a staple food that is exempt from value-added tax.
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| Hundreds of migrants set out from Honduras amid pandemic Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:05 PM PDT  Hundreds of migrants began walking Wednesday night from this city in northern Honduras toward the Guatemala border, testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the novel coronavirus. Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave from the San Pedro Sula bus station Oct. 1 have been circulating on social media for weeks. The caravan comes just two weeks after Guatemala reopened its borders after keeping them sealed for months to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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| Space station crew woken up to hunt for air leak Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:35 AM PDT  Ground controllers say the leak is coming from a Russian module on the International Space Station.
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| Trump tries to undermine the legitimacy of the election with baseless claims at debate Posted: 29 Sep 2020 08:12 PM PDT  President Trump made several false claims about the accuracy and integrity of American elections during the first presidential debate on Tuesday night.
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| Kentucky Attorney General Moves to Delay Release of Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Records Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:56 AM PDT  Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's office on Wednesday announced that it is moving to delay the public release of grand jury records in the case of Breonna Taylor, whose fatal shooting by police in March has ignited protests across the nation.Cameron's office filed a motion Tuesday night to delay the release of the grand jury records by a week with the aim of protecting the identities of witnesses, especially private citizens, named in the audio recording. The recording was originally slated to be released publicly later on Wednesday.The motion requests to "redact personal identifiers of any named person, and to redact both names and personal identifiers of any private citizen."Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Ann Bailey Smith is expected to rule on Cameron's motion on Wednesday.Taylor, a black 26-year-old emergency medical worker, was shot eight times in her Louisville, Ky. apartment on March 13 as police officers executed a search warrant for two men who were known to reside there. The warrant was issued because police suspected that a man connected to a drug ring was receiving packages containing drugs at Taylor's apartment, but no drugs were found in the botched raid.Last week, the Kentucky attorney general's office announced first-degree wanton endangerment charges against one of the officers who shot into Taylor's apartment. The officer was not charged with murder, and the other two officers involved in the fatal shooting were not charged.Hours after the charges were announced on Wednesday of last week, protesters took to the streets in Louisville and "set fires, caused property damage and failed to disperse after being warned," police said. Two Louisville police officers were shot and sustained serious injuries, and nearly 100 protesters were arrested during the night's demonstrations.
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| A 3-Michelin star restaurant in Napa has burned down in California's latest wildfire Posted: 29 Sep 2020 02:06 PM PDT  The Restaurant at Meadowood was engulfed by Napa Valley's Glass Fire on Monday morning and couldn't be saved.
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| The White House is upping its offer to Democrats to pass a new stimulus bill including $1,200 direct payments, report says Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:06 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are yet to strike a deal but say they are hopeful and talks will continue.
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| Marco Rubio on Trump-Biden debate, Supreme Court and Russia probe Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:52 AM PDT  Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reacts to the presidential debate and other topics on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| Las Vegas marks 3rd year since deadliest US mass shooting Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:14 AM PDT  The sun rose Thursday over a somber ceremony marking the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as Las Vegas remembered the excruciating night when 58 people were killed at an outdoor country music festival in 2017. "Three years ago today, a heinous act of violence rained down on our city, our county and our state," Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak told a modest gathering at an open-air amphitheater at the Clark County Government Center. "Victim families will forever be in our hearts from 1 October," he said, "and we will never, never forget what happened that day or the lives that were lost and the lives that were changed."
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| Turkey, Iran deploy 'game-changing' drones in north Iraq Posted: 30 Sep 2020 10:02 PM PDT  Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting "game-changing" drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions.
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| Biden's spotlight on son's addiction earns praise from advocates Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:06 AM PDT  One moment of empathy from Joe Biden broke through the muddle Tuesday and was lauded by addiction specialists.
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| Man arrested after hiding in teenager’s bedroom closet for more than a month Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:57 PM PDT  Police say he made multiple trips to have sex with girl after meeting on chat app
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| Narrabri gas field: Australia approves controversial project Posted: 29 Sep 2020 09:30 PM PDT  The major fossil fuel project was overwhelmingly opposed by local residents and environmentalists.
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| Republicans move forward with plan to investigate presidential election in Pennsylvania Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:39 AM PDT  A proposed Select Committee on Election Integrity would give lawmakers the power to investigate, review and make recommendations on the 2020 election.
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| Artillery pounds Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:14 AM PDT 
Another video released by the ministry showed military hardware located in the direction of the Jabrayil district was destroyed on September 29. Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh said there were attacks from both sides at several directions along the line of contact that divides them. The fighting has spread well beyond the borders of the enclave, threatening to spill into all-out war between the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Dozens of people have been reported killed and hundreds wounded since the new wave of fighting broke out on Sunday.
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| Justice Department must release redacted portions of Mueller report dealing with criminal charges before Election Day, judge rules Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:55 PM PDT  A judge ruled that the DOJ improperly censored portions of the Mueller report dealing with potential criminal charges and Russia's hacking of the DNC.
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| Yorkie's death at airport facility fuels legal fight Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:03 AM PDT  It may not rate as an international scandal, but the death of a Yorkshire terrier in U.S. custody is fueling a messy legal battle over the importation of a group of purebred canines imported from Russia. The dog died in September at a private facility at New York's Kennedy Airport used to hold animals from overseas that are denied entry to the U.S. by federal officials. "It's been really, really rough for me to deal with her death," Rachel Hobbs, of Dayton, Ohio, said in a recent interview.
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| She tried to board a flight barefoot in Miami, airline says. Then came the meltdown Posted: 30 Sep 2020 12:52 PM PDT 
Another day, another public meltdown. But this latest melee wasn't over masks.
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| Another QAnon Mom Has Allegedly Kidnapped Her Kid Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:34 AM PDT  A QAnon supporter in Utah has allegedly abducted her 6-year-old son in an incident marking the latest collision between the pro-Trump conspiracy theory, child custody disputes, and quack "sovereign citizen" legal theories.Emily Jolley, a self-proclaimed psychic and "mindfulness teacher," is believed to have taken her son Terran on Sunday, according to the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake. Jolley does not have legal custody of her son, and allegedly abducted him during a once-a-month supervised visitation.The whereabouts of Jolley and her son are unknown, and an Amber Alert issued for Terran is still active. It's not clear why Jolley initially lost custody of her son.But this alleged kidnapping goes beyond a custody dispute.Instead, it's the latest in a growing trend of QAnon supporters obsessed with child trafficking and fringe legal theories allegedly kidnapping or planning to kidnap their own children.In August, The Daily Beast reported on a network of QAnon believers and bogus legal experts across the country who focus on mothers who have lost custody of their children. Convincing the women that their children have been funneled by Child Protective Services into the kind of sex-trafficking networks envisioned in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, they then tell the women to use ludicrous legal maneuvers borrowed from the anti-government "sovereign citizen" movement.Sometimes, these custody fights turn criminal. In one case, a QAnon believer in Kentucky allegedly kidnapped her twin daughters, and was later found hiding out with a group of anti-government sovereign citizens. In another, a Colorado mother whose son had been taken to a foster home allegedly plotted an armed raid on the home with QAnon believers, who then used a nationwide network to hide her when she became a fugitive.Jolley has ties to the sovereign citizen movement, according to Det. Dan Moriarty, a detective investigating Terran's disappearance."The mom does really seem like she aligns with the sovereign citizen stuff," Moriarty told The Daily Beast.Jolley's Facebook page is filled with references to QAnon, the conspiracy theory that imagines that Donald Trump is in a shadowy war against a nefarious cabal of Satanist pedophile-cannibals in the Democratic Party and Hollywood.In December, Jolley posted an article claiming that Child Protective Services abducts children and drains them of "adrenochrome"—a blood-like substance QAnon believers claim that "cabal" members drink to stay alive.In April, she posted a movie poster-style meme that juxtaposed a picture of Donald Trump with the letter "Q," with text claiming that Trump is poised to arrest members of a sinister cabal.In May, she reposted advice for people "in the Q movement" filled with sovereign citizen-style language that claimed Trump would soon lift all credit card and mortgage debt. Jolley has also posted supposed evidence about "the mass arrests of pedophiles," claimed there is a "giant human trafficking ring operating in Washington DC," and posted various QAnon-related articles alleging that various prominent celebrities are sex criminals.Jolley's Facebook posts also echo other pro-QAnon parents who have allegedly abducted their children, with references to Child Protective Services' supposed involvement in human trafficking. And she has one more thing in common with other QAnon parents who have wound up at the center of such cases: She is a member of the Facebook page for E-Clause, a supposed legal services group run by non-lawyers that offers bogus legal tactics similar to those deployed by the sovereign citizen movement. The women accused of child abduction-related crimes in Kentucky and Colorado were also connected to E-Clause.Timothy Butler, Terran's father, told a Utah TV station that he suspects Jolley is being harbored by a group of sovereign citizens.In a Facebook livestream on Tuesday night promoting the effort to locate Terran, Jolley's twin sister, Erica Wanner, said Jolley became interested in sovereign citizen legal tactics as a way to regain custody of her son."That's when she sought out that sovereignty group," Wanner said in the Facebook video.Fake sovereign citizen legal theories appear to have played a role in the abduction. When police asked Jolley's mother where she had gone, the woman provided them with an apparently bogus document from the "Supreme Court of the Utah Common Law Constitutional Court," according to a local news report.There's no actual legal entity with that name, but sovereign citizens often use the phrase "common law" to prop up their own, fictitious legal systems, suggesting Jolley was trying to deploy "sovereign" legal theories. Moriarty, the detective investigating the case, declined to discuss the "common law" document to protect the ongoing investigation.Jolley's mother was later arrested and charged with second-degree felony obstruction of justice over the kidnapping.On Wednesday, Moriarty said police were still looking for clues about where Jolley and her son could be."People just are not talking, and it's really just gone underground," Moriarty said.Alleged child abductions aren't the only crimes that have been connected to QAnon. An armed man disappointed by the failure of QAnon's predictions to come true shut down a bridge near the Hoover Dam with an armored truck in 2018. Two murders have been connected to the group, including the slaying of a mafia boss who was reportedly the target of a QAnon believer's alleged attempt to perform a citizen's arrest and deliver him to a nonexistent QAnon tribunal.Despite the crimes connected to QAnon, Trump praised QAnon believers in August, calling them "people who love our country."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Suspect accused of targeting Michigan family with Black Lives Matter sign Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:29 PM PDT  "In this city, we do not tolerate any type of crime, but particularly racist terrorism," Warren Mayor James Fouts said. "And make no mistake about it, this was a racist terrorist."
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| Anglo-Saxon skull found with nose and lips cut off is first physical evidence of brutal punishment for adultery Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:03 AM PDT  An Anglo-Saxon skull found in Hampshire with its nose and lips cut off is the first physical evidence of the brutal medieval punishment for adultery. Remains of the young girl, thought to have been aged between 15 and 18, were discovered during a search of a site in the village of Oakridge, in Basingstoke, in the 1960s. Her facial injuries (below) included a cut across her mouth and one through the nose which was so deep it sliced through the surrounding bone, archaeologists and scientists have discovered in a fresh analysis of the cranium. A prominent cut across her forehead also suggests someone had attempted to scalp her. Gruesome punishments were known to have been part of the legal system in Anglo-Saxon times, with thieving slaves and adulteresses among those who could be mutilated for their crimes. However, this is the first time physical evidence of such punishments has been uncovered.
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| Pompeo delivers warning to Italy over China's economic influence, 5G Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:38 AM PDT |
| Colombian fishermen rescue 94 Haitian migrants adrift at sea Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:03 AM PDT  Fishermen spot the migrants' boat adrift in the Caribbean sea and tow it to safety.
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| Mnuchin presents counteroffer on COVID bill in meeting with Pelosi Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:34 AM PDT  The treasury secretary said he and Pelosi are prepared to give negotiations over a coronavirus relief bill "one more serious try."
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| US Army to upgrade bigger units with new electronic warfare gear Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:36 AM PDT  The Army has outlined plans for a new electronic warfare, signals intelligence and cyber capability for larger echelons.
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| Fact check: Biden says 1 in 1,000 Black Americans have died from COVID-19. Is it true? Posted: 30 Sep 2020 12:27 PM PDT  "... And if he doesn't do something quickly by the end of the year, one in 500 will have been killed."
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| Wife of Smallville star Allison Mack defends convicted Nxivm cult leader Posted: 29 Sep 2020 02:56 PM PDT  Actress Mack faces prison sentence for role when sentenced later this year
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| Space Force Now Has an Official Uniform Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:57 PM PDT  The U.S. Space Force members will wear the Operational Camouflage Pattern as the official service duty uniform.
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| US makes fresh pitch to Latin America in bid to counter China's influence Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Experts say Growth in the Americas programme is attempt to reassert US control – and seems likely to anatagonise Beijing Growing tensions between the US and China have prompted clashes at the United Nations, accusations of spying and rumblings of a global trade war.In Latin America, the rivalry has recently prompted a public relations battle over which superpower could provide ventilators and PPE during the pandemic, outcry over a Chinese deepwater fishing fleet and renewed pressure over the adoption of Huawei technology in 5G networks.Now, the US seems intent on countering China's growing commercial influence in the region, with a program challenging Beijing's involvement in infrastructure developments and energy mega-projects.On a recent visit to Suriname and Guyana – which have both recently made major offshore oil discoveries – Mike Pompeo made a direct sales pitch on behalf of US companies."No state-owned operation can beat the quality of the products and services of American private companies," said the US secretary of state. "We've watched the Chinese communist party invest in countries, and it all seems great at the front end and then it all comes falling down when the political costs connected to that becomes clear."Pompeo – the first secretary of state to visit either country – also used the opportunity to sign up both nations to the Growth in the Americas programme, more frequently referred to as America Crece, its Spanish translation, which seeks to "catalyze private-sector investment in Latin America and the Caribbean".The project is seen as a direct response to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the $1.5tn foreign and economic policy to establish maritime trade and invest in infrastructure projects in dozens of countries.Nineteen countries in the region have signed up to the BRI, with Chinese firms – many of them partly state-owned – winning major mining, energy and transport projects. Since 2005, China-based firms have invested over $123bn in the region and Chinese banks have loaned $137bn."It's clear that America Crece is a US response to the BRI; Pompeo has consistently criticized what he considers onerous conditions attached to Chinese infrastructure loans," said Rob Soutar, managing editor of Diálogo Chino, a website specialising in China-Latin America relations."Inside China, a number of academics see America Crece as the US attempt to reassert control over Latin America as its unique area of influence – a new version of the Monroe doctrine," he said.In September 2018 the US recalled its top diplomats in Panama, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic after the countries each ended diplomatic relations with Taiwan and established ties with China.But since then, US pressure appears to have increased, the growth of BRI partnerships has slowed, and Chinese investments in strategic countries such as Panama appear to have hit a speed bump.The America Crece program offers no new budget for regional infrastructure projects, but it does give the US policy a name and a direction."The BRI wants to create infrastructure that supports Chinese interests – built by Chinese companies and with Chinese banks making money on the loans. America Crece, by contrast, involves projects with business cases that make sense for the region and support good governance," said Dr Evan Ellis, a professor of Latin American Studies at the US Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute.But the view that Chinese investment relies solely on backroom deals with Beijing is no longer correct, said Soutar. "In recent years there's been a major shift in the way Chinese firms invest in the region. Increasingly, they invest in equity or form international consortiums to win competitive tenders, such as the Bogota metro system."> We advise Mr Pompeo to respect facts and truth and stop spreading rumors about China> > Chinese embassy in SurinameAnd while America Crece is theoretically open to investment from all countries, Colombian president Ivan Duque's description of the programme as a "new phase of Plan Colombia" has given ammunition to those who view it as a way to secure lucrative contracts for US companies.Under the 2000-16 Plan Colombia – which focused on tackling the country's twin guerrilla and narco-trafficking problems – much of the $10bn in aid went to US arms and security firms.Having fallen down the list of US foreign policy priorities under the Obama administration, US diplomatic efforts in Latin America have been revived in recent years. Donald Trump has sought to attract votes in Florida by taking a tough stance on socialist governments in Cuba and Venezuela, but the need resist China's "predatory trade practices" is one of the few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on.The new, straight-talking strategy seems designed to antagonise China."We advise Mr Pompeo to respect facts and truth, abandon arrogance and prejudice, stop smearing and spreading rumors about China," the Chinese embassy in Suriname said.And while geopolitical rivals search to gain influence over natural resources, infrastructure and trade routes, the best interests of Latin America itself could be sidelined, said Soutar."Both the BRI and America Crece invest overwhelmingly in fossil fuel infrastructure, locking Latin America into a high-carbon development pathway. The region desperately needs investment to rebuild after Covid, but this should be channelled towards low-carbon, climate-resilient development if it's to generate sustained, long-term benefits."
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| Hundreds of thousands of Americans are about to max out their state unemployment benefits Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:45 AM PDT  It's been nearly nine months since the coronavirus pandemic launched America into its steepest unemployment crisis in recent history. But another emergency could be around the corner if the federal government doesn't act.Over the past few weeks, Americans who lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic have started to hit the maximum number of weeks their states will allow them to receive unemployment benefits. They've since been registering for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, a federal unemployment program meant to make up for expired state benefits.New and continuing unemployment claims did fall in the past week, but 183,000 Americans filed for PEUC benefits in the week ending Sept. 12, Labor Department numbers out Thursday revealed. That's a steady jump from weeks before, and economists expect those new registration numbers will only continue to grow.> Continuing claims for expanded benefits (PEUC) jumped again. NOT GOOD. Labor market scarring is continuing to grow. pic.twitter.com/BqycGZDzhL> > — AnnElizabeth Konkel (@AE_Konkel) October 1, 2020But the PEUC benefits won't last forever. They provide Americans with up to 13 weeks of benefits, and the program as a whole will expire at the end of 2020. Some states, including New York, have introduced extended benefits programs to cover those still unemployed after PUEC expires, but others, as well as the federal government, have nothing coming up after Dec. 31.The federal government's other unemployment program, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, extends 39 weeks of benefits to self-employed people and contractors who aren't eligible for state unemployment benefits. It covers about half of Americans receiving unemployment benefits right now, but it's also set to expire Dec. 31 unless Congress and President Trump agree on another pandemic stimulus package extending it.More stories from theweek.com 7 savagely funny cartoons about the Trump tax revelations Gen. Stanley McChrystal endorses Biden a decade after being fired for criticizing him Marvel casts newcomer in the role of its 1st Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel
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| Polish divers hope Nazi shipwreck holds key to Amber Room treasure Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:41 AM PDT  Polish divers say they have found the wreck of a German World War Two ship which may help solve a decades-old mystery - the whereabouts of the Amber Room, an ornate chamber from a tsarist palace in Russia that was looted by the Nazis. Decorated with amber and gold, the Amber Room was part of the Catherine Palace near St Petersburg, but was last seen in Koenigsberg, then a Baltic port city in Germany but now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. It was from Koenigsberg that the Karlsruhe steamer set sail in 1945 with a heavy cargo, before being sunk by Soviet warplanes off the coast of Poland.
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| House likely to vote on revised coronavirus relief bill Thursday Posted: 01 Oct 2020 09:48 AM PDT  Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that she was "hoping we will be voting on it today."
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| FAA chief tests changes to Boeing's grounded 737 Max Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:04 AM PDT  The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, a former military and airline pilot, said Wednesday that he liked what he saw during a two-hour test flight of Boeing's revamped 737 Max jetliner, a key step as the agency considers whether to let the plane return to flight after two deadly crashes. Administrator Stephen Dickson said the FAA is "in the home stretch" of its review of the plane, but he vowed not to take short cuts and declined to set a deadline for a decision. The FAA said Dickson sat in the captain's seat during the flight, which took off from the former Boeing Field near Seattle with Boeing pilots also on board.
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| What did voters think of the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden? Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:38 AM PDT  Pollster Lee Carter discusses 'voter dials,' which assess the real-time reactions to the first presidential debate, on 'Fox & Friends'
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| Comey Claims He Only Learned Details of Russia Investigation Abuses from IG Report after Leaving FBI Posted: 30 Sep 2020 09:18 AM PDT  Former FBI director James Comey claimed on Wednesday that he learned of various details related to the FBI's investigation in to collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign from the DOJ Inspector General report on FISA abuse, years after Comey had left his former agency.Comey headed the FBI from 2013 until May 2017, when he was fired by President Trump. During Comey's tenure, agents carried out the Crossfire Hurricane probe, investigating allegations that the Trump-campaign had ties to Russian intelligence. Many of those allegations were compiled in the so-called Steele dossier, whose primary source, Igor Danchenko, was revealed last week to be a suspected Russian spy.The DOJ Inspector General report, released in December 2019, detailed "significant" errors and omissions in FBI agents' applications to surveil former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page. That report also cast doubt on the veracity of some allegations in the Steele dossier.On Wednesday, Comey appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify regarding questions on the Crossfire Hurricane probe."Before the Inspector General's report on the dossier…did you know that the information that was reported by [Inspector General Michael] Horowitz that should have raised questions about the reliability of the Steele dossier?" Senator John Cornyn (R., Texas) asked."I learned a lot about the Steele material and the sub-source interviews from the Horowitz report that I didn't know before then," Comey replied.Earlier in the Wednesday hearing, Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), asked Comey if he was aware that the FBI interviewed Danchenko in January 2017."I don't remember anything about interviews with [Danchenko]," Comey said.Comey has previously said he learned many of the details of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation from what has been publicly reported. The former director stated in December 2019, following the release of the IG report, that he "didn't know the particulars of the investigation" while he head of the FBI."As a director sitting on top of an organization with 38,000 people, you can't run an investigation that's seven layers below you," Comey told Fox News at the time. Attorney General William Barr criticized Comey's statement several days later, saying "One of the problems with what happened was precisely that they pulled the investigation up to the executive floors."During Wednesday's hearing, Senator Mike Lee (R., Utah), a proponent of reforms to federal surveillance practices, criticized Comey for appearing to know little about the Crossfire Hurricane probe."Mr. Comey, with all due respect, you don't seem to know anything about an investigation that you ran," Lee said.
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| Deputies: 'Multiple' people dead following 'hostage situation' in Salem, Oregon Posted: 29 Sep 2020 01:54 PM PDT  Officials said "shots were fired" as the "incident unfolded," leading to "multiple fatalities."
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| 'Women in military, bad idea': Mike Pence’s most controversial comments about women Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:39 PM PDT  Mr Pence has a long history of making eyebrow-raising comments about women
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| New poll shows Lindsey Graham, Jaime Harrison tied in South Carolina Posted: 30 Sep 2020 06:55 PM PDT  A new Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday shows Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jaime Harrison, his Democratic challenger, tied at 48 percent among likely voters.The survey also found that 48 percent of voters see Harrison in a favorable light compared to 43 percent who have a favorable opinion of Graham, and 51 percent of voters have an unfavorable view of Graham, compared to 35 percent who hold an unfavorable view of Harrison. Harrison is outspending Graham on advertisements and also bringing in more money from grassroots supporters, and Graham in turn has been making regular appearances on Fox News, asking viewers for money.The race is also tight in the state between President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, with Trump leading Biden by 1 percentage point, 48 to 47 percent. Trump won South Carolina by about 14 points in 2016, with 54.9 percent of the vote.The survey was conducted from Sept. 23 to 27, with 1,123 likely voters polled. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.More stories from theweek.com 7 savagely funny cartoons about the Trump tax revelations Gen. Stanley McChrystal endorses Biden a decade after being fired for criticizing him Marvel casts newcomer in the role of its 1st Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel
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