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“The general sense is outrage,” said Kristen L. Rouse, the founder of the NYC Veterans Alliance, who like many female veterans has received an outpouring of emails and calls from other female veterans who said they had experiences similar to Ms. Goldstein’s. Christina Mandreucci, a spokeswoman for the department, said that “Secretary Wilkie acknowledges that […]

Attorney General William P. Barr delivered a sharp reproach on Thursday to President Trump, defending the role of the Justice Department in the face of the president’s persistent attacks. In an interview with ABC News, Mr. Barr addressed the fallout this week over a case involving a longtime friend of Mr. Trump’s, Roger J. Stone

But, Mr. Brennan added, “It clearly, I think, is another indication that Donald Trump is using the Department of Justice to go after his enemies any way he can.” The Durham investigation has rattled current and former intelligence officers. Little precedent exists for a criminal prosecutor to review the analytic judgment-making process of intelligence agencies,

ARLINGTON, Va. — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Thursday that Michael R. Bloomberg should not be the Democratic presidential nominee because of newly surfaced comments he made 12 years ago in which he said the end of a discriminatory housing practice had helped contribute to the 2008 financial crisis. Ms. Warren’s comments, made at

WASHINGTON — A former clerk to Stephen R. Reinhardt, a prominent liberal appellate court judge who died in 2018, told a congressional committee on Thursday that he “routinely and frequently” sexually harassed her and other female clerks and raged against the #MeToo movement, contending that women lodging allegations of rape and abuse against men should

WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary rebuke of President Trump, Attorney General William P. Barr said on Thursday that Mr. Trump’s attacks on the Justice Department had made it “impossible for me to do my job” and asserted that “I’m not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody.” Mr. Barr has been among the president’s

We’re down to single digits. Eight Democratic presidential candidates remain after three dropped out this week: Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts and Andrew Yang, who went from a relatively unknown entrepreneur to the leader of the #YangGang. We were curious about that experience, so we called up our Yang

“I’ll support the president on this,” he said, “but I wish they’d find the money somewhere else.” Still, some Republicans whose districts would be harmed by the reallocation said they supported the president’s move and blamed Democratic reluctance to fund the wall. The plan would also take money designated to purchase F-35 fighter jets, which

A former advisor to ex-chancellor Sajid Javid has said Downing Street misjudged the PM’s post-Brexit reshuffle and that the Budget could be delayed as a result. Salma Shah told BBC Newscast she thought No 10 estimated Mr Javid would take up an offer to remain in his post, despite a request to fire his team

“I don’t hold that against him,” said Samuel Washington, 65, who attended a Bloomberg rally in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday. “At the time there were a whole lot of murders and he apologized for it. It takes a real man to apologize.” The critiques of Mr. Bloomberg’s comments on housing point to an issue that