Veteran prosecutor confirmed to lead new Justice Department division targeting fraud nationwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud, despite critics’ concerns over potential political pressure to target White House opponents. Colin McDonald, a top aide to the Justice Department's second-in-command, was confirmed in a vote of 52 to 47 to serve as the assistant attorney general in charge of the new division cast by the Trump administration as a necessary effort to crack...
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- Veteran prosecutor confirmed to lead new Justice Department division targeting fraud nationwide
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- US Park Police officer released from hospital after being shot in vehicle in Washington
- Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good
- Rubio testifies he didn't know of allegations an ex-lawmaker was lobbying for Venezuela's Maduro
- Group's report highlights how guns in the US get from legitimate stores to crime scenes
- Missouri court upholds mid-decade congressional redistricting backed by Trump
- Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
- FDA flags misleading claims for cancer drug by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong
- Deal emerges to end Homeland Security budget standoff as TSA disruptions deepen
- The Latest: Over 450 TSA officers have quit since the partial shutdown began
- Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools
- Fire out and shelter-in-place order is lifted after oil refinery explosion near Texas coast
- Rubio plans travel to France to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 allies
- It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll
- Record-smashing heat spreads: 'Basically the entire US is going to be hot'
- Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause
Mon, 23 Mar 2026
- LaGuardia crash underscores pressures on already strained air traffic control workforce
- With long lines and other disruptions, air travel anxiety isn't just about a fear of flying
- Jury begins deliberations in landmark New Mexico trial over children's safety risks on Meta
- Here's what to know as the scope of damage from Hawaii's floods becomes clearer
- ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump's direction, while long wait times at airports persist
- Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972, awards her more than $19 million
- Trump makes a detour to Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis during Iran war and airport turmoil
- NHL mourns the death of Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children from a house fire
- Flight attendant thrown from Air Canada plane survives in a 'total miracle'
- 2 pilots killed when jet collides with fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport
- Supreme Court rejects appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed
- Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
- Trump sued by historic preservation groups to block Kennedy Center changes
- Supreme Court rejects appeal from online citizen journalist over her arrest in Texas
- People 'bathe' in nature to get respite from chaotic news cycle
- Senate ready to confirm Mullin to Homeland Security as TSA standoff deepens
- How Democrats learned to stop worrying and love tax cuts
- ICE officers will begin assisting TSA as shutdown frustrates travelers and screeners
Sun, 22 Mar 2026
- Historic Hawaii floods leave 2,000 people without power
- Family appeals to Arizona community for clues in ongoing disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
- Six people injured after floor collapses at New Hampshire wedding venue
- Trump touted bigger tax refunds this year, but Americans will likely spend them on gas
- California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election
- Box Office: Project Hail Mary blasts off with $80.5 million, a best for Amazon MGM
- Democrats sharpen criticism of Vance as they look past Trump to the 2028 presidential campaign
- Women farmworkers who built their own fight against sexual assault cope with Chavez allegations
- Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity
- Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags
Sat, 21 Mar 2026
- Hawaiis worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam, prompts evacuations, as more rain looms
- Detained immigrant children still face concerning conditions at Texas facility, lawyers say
- Extreme heat continues to strike Southwest US and even Nebraska needs a cold drink
- For airline travelers, the shutdown answer is simple: Pay TSA officers
- ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, Trump says
- Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency
- Big money flows into state attorney general races as legal battles shape American politics
- It's not just vaccines parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
Fri, 20 Mar 2026
- Police video of Justin Timberlake's 2024 drunken driving arrest released
- TSA officers are quitting as a funding standoff forces them to staff airports without pay
- Graphics show the scale of extreme heat hitting the US
- DEA names Colombian president 'priority target' as US prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers
- Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds
- US attack on alleged drug-smuggling boat leaves 2 dead, 1 survivor in eastern Pacific
- Supreme Court revives suit from evangelical Christian challenging restrictions on demonstrations
- Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid
- UFW advocates for farmworkers, but represents fewer now than during Chavez's era
- Flooding along Oahu's North Shore prompts evacuation order to thousands
- Records shattered as summer heat hits Southwest in March; 'This is what climate change looks like'
- CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
- Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's liquid pain medication recalled
- Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration
- US college student's death in Barcelona was likely an accident, Spanish police say
- White House releases AI policy framework for Congress, with six guiding principles
- NASA hauls its repaired moon rocket from the hangar back to the pad for an early April launch
- Pete Hegseths Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran
- 3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress, a snapshot of a national trend
- Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away
- Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility
- Teenagers sue Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
- Epstein's former attorney tells House panel he didn't know about the abuse
- Csar Chavez's name, once an honor, now carries a stain that officials want to scrub
- The body of an American student who went missing in Barcelona has been found, police in Spain say
- NYC Mayor Mamdani launches community safety office, inching forward a campaign promise
- California's Gov. Newsom supports move to rename Csar Chavez Day over alleged sexual abuse
- Michigan synagogue posts photos of fire damage a week after armed man plowed truck into building
- Federal judges read death threats and defend judiciary amid rising attacks
- Where will TSA lines be the longest tomorrow? During a shutdown, nobody knows
- Record Southwest heat continues after California community ties all-time March high
- Asylum claim denied for the family of the boy in a bunny hat detained with his father, lawyer says
- Dolores Huerta ends her silence, champions decades of advocacy for marginalized groups
- What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
- Eight states, DirecTV sue to block merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna
- Iranian Americans mark Persian New Year with a mix of sadness and joy
- Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says
- States seek to unmask federal immigration agents -- and their own police
- Rapper Afroman wins lawsuit against police over mocking their 2022 raid in viral music videos
- RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science
- A scary injury led to Trump's close bond with Homeland Security nominee Mullin
- US Jews grapple with a surge in attacks and bitter rifts over Israeli policies
- Tulsi Gabbard says Iran's government still intact but refuses to discuss talks with Trump about war
- A baseball title unleashes the happiness Venezuelans kept bottled up for years
- Joe Kent's resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
- Csar Chavez and Dolores Huerta led a movement that won better wages and conditions for farmworkers
- Csar Chavez Day events renamed, postponed or canceled after sexual abuse allegations
- California community ties all-time March temperature record in the US
- Gov. JB Pritzker criticizes AIPAC after pro-Israel group spent heavily in Illinois primary
- Nebraska wildfire fight drags into day 7 as winds ease, but danger still looms
- Newly discovered Whitey Bulger writings show former FBI agent was framed, lawyers allege
- Csar Chavez accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta and others
- How to monitor airport security lines at US airports while TSA officers go without pay
- FBI says suspicious package found at Florida Air Force base contained 'possible energetic materials'
- Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek to delay his state and federal trials
- Rhode Island hockey team rallies to championship after ice rink shooting
- Trump pays his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East
- Pulse nightclub is demolished to make way for a memorial to the 2016 mass shooting
- FAA mandates radar separation for helicopters and planes after deadly DC midair collision
- Winds, blizzards and triple-digit heat put over half of the US in the path of extreme weather
- US to demand bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 more countries
- Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 3 rivers
- Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer
- French bulldog frenzy may be cooling in US, but dachshunds are riding high
- Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of the grueling Iditarod sled dog race
- Trumps tariffs are hurting American manufacturers instead of helping them
- Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate
Tue, 17 Mar 2026
- Arizona hits Kalshi with criminal charges, escalating fight between states and prediction markets
- Gunman killed and employee hospitalized after a shooting at a Georgia VA clinic, police say
- A prolonged and unusual March heat wave is gripping cities across the West
- Florida man executed for killing a young mom who had called 911 to no avail
- In his words: How Gregory Bovino became a face of Trump's mass deportations and ended his career
- Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
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