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FEMA leader defends agency response to Texas floods

David Richardson, acting leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s response to deadly Texas floods despite pushback from lawmakers. During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Richardson said he “can’t see anything” that FEMA did wrong in its response to the July 4 floods that killed 135 people.…

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Democratic leaders accuse Republicans of protecting pedophiles

House Democratic leaders on Wednesday stepped up their hardball criticism of President Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, accusing their rivals of shielding pedophiles by not releasing federal files surrounding the case. The Democrats say the decision by GOP leaders to leave Washington a day early for the long summer recess —…

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Gabbard releases new documents on 2016 election

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday released a previously classified House report, her second such disclosure after accusing the intelligence community of a “treasonous conspiracy” in its review of foreign influence in the 2016 election. The report – a 2020 product from the House Intelligence Committee – casts doubts on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…

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Judge declines to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida

A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday declined the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts from a probe into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.   “The Court’s hands are tied — a point that the government concedes,” wrote U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg.  The decision thwarts Trump’s efforts to tamp down criticism from…

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