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Month: May 2023

Watchdog group seeks federal probe into allegation that Herschel Walker directed six-figure political contribution to his company

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A watchdog group is asking federal election regulators to investigate whether Republican Herschel Walker violated campaign finance laws during his unsuccessful 2022 US Senate bid in Georgia. The complaint, filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, includes emails published earlier this

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Comer demands transcribed interview and documents from Biden’s former White House counsel

By Sara Murray, Annie Grayer and Jeremy Diamond, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer is once again taking aim at President Joe Biden’s retention of classified documents, demanding a transcribed interview and documents from former White House Counsel Dana Remus, the committee announced Friday. “The Committee has learned that you were a central figure in

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Mayorkas: US border ‘very challenging’ as asylum limits end

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that authorities faced “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end. A surge of Venezuelan migrants through South Texas, particularly in and around Brownsville, has occurred over the last two weeks for

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Georgia’s GOP governor signs bill that could remove local prosecutors and DAs from their jobs

By Jason Morris and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed legislation Friday that will create an oversight commission with the power to remove local prosecutors and district attorneys from their jobs. The measure has been heavily criticized by Democrats, including an Atlanta-area DA, who is seriously weighing charges in connection with

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