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Top White House lawyer warns of “blatant criminality” in Democrats’ investigations push

Washington — The top lawyer in the White House warned the leading Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that investigations into the Trump administration that lawmakers plan to pursue in the next Congress “may cross the line into blatant criminality” and said congressional subpoenas could prompt probes from the executive branch. The…

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Pope Leo calls death penalty “inadmissible” as U.S. plans to livestream Fort Hood execution

Pope Leo XIV declared that capital punishment is “inadmissible” as the United States plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. The American pope, in a post on X marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, quoted the revised Catholic teaching on capital punishment ushered in by his predecessor, Pope Francis. The Catholic teaching…

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Billionaire David Booth helped pioneer index investing. Here’s his advice for investors.

Index investing pioneer David Booth has a simple message for people navigating volatile financial markets: Stay calm and keep investing. Booth, a billionaire several times over whose Dimensional Fund Advisors manages $1 trillion, expands on that advice in a new book, “Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life,” scheduled for publication on Sept….

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Democrats in Congress demand training, vetting information on ICE agent who killed immigrant in Maine

The top Democrats on two congressional panels are demanding details and records about the training and vetting of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine earlier in July, according to a letter obtained by CBS News. California Rep. Robert Garcia and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal posed a…

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