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Month: October 2023

Prosecutors propose website to notify victims whose tax returns were stolen along with Trump’s

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The ex-IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax returns disclosed so many people’s tax information that prosecutors want to notify the thousands of victims through a public website, according to a court filing Wednesday. Charles Littlejohn, of Washington, DC, is accused of stealing

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Abercrombie & Fitch says it’s ‘appalled’ by allegations against former CEO, begins investigation

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Abercrombie & Fitch says it has launched its own investigation into allegations originally published by the BBC that the company’s former CEO, Mike Jeffries, exploited men for sex. “We are appalled and disgusted by the behavior described in the allegations against Mr. Jeffries, whose employment with Abercrombie

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Brett Favre will testify under oath in Mississippi welfare scandal civil case

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will answer questions under oath about the misspending of federal welfare money in Mississippi. Public money intended to help some of the nation’s poorest people was used to fund pet projects Favre and other well-connected people supported. A notice

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McCarthy’s ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift as Republicans struggle to bring order to their fractured majority and begin the difficult and potentially prolonged process of uniting around a new leader. The House convened briefly Wednesday and then

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White House strikes business-as-usual tone after McCarthy’s ouster as Biden campaign highlights GOP disarray

By Kayla Tausche, Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to strike a “business as usual” tone in the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s unprecedented fall as House speaker, according to two officials, while the Democrat’s campaign is using social media to highlight the GOP’s disarray. It underscores the dueling

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Victim who claims she was sexually assaulted at CIA headquarters sues spy agency accusing it of intimidation

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — An unnamed female CIA trainee who claims she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at CIA headquarters in 2022 is suing the agency, claiming that the CIA “repeatedly and improperly” discouraged her from lodging a criminal complaint against her assailant and attempted to intimidate her from testifying at

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