Under the new policy, federal prosecutors are now prohibited from obtaining journalists' records, including phone and digital records, or compel testimony.  However, the prohibition does not apply when a journalist is the target of a criminal investigation or records fall outside of newsgathering activities, according to the memo.  The Department of Justice on Monday formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing […]

The Department of Justice declined to prosecute former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross despite a watchdog finding that he made misrepresentations to Congress about his agency's motivations for seeking to add a citizenship question to the decennial census. The Commerce Department's inspector general disclosed the DOJ's refusal to bring the case in a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, […]

The Justice Department will no longer apply the “compulsory legal process” to journalists acting in their capacity of news gathering, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a memo released on Monday, but he did not rule out using the legal process completely on reporters, only in “limited circumstances.” That legal process consists of subpoenas, warrants and court orders, the memo […]

SAN FRANCISCO — When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income. The undertaking, made possible by an unexpected budget surplus, will be the largest free student lunch program in the country. School officials, lawmakers, anti-hunger organizations and parents […]

A new alliance of NATO members, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Japan will confront the threat posed by Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks. The group will share intelligence on cyberthreats and collaborate on network defenses and security, said a senior Biden administration official. The alliance will publicly blame China's Ministry of State Security for a massive cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange […]

A senior minister has told Sky News he is “confident” the government is doing the right thing by lifting almost all coronavirus restrictions in England, as a top World Health Organization (WHO) envoy warned: “This virus hasn’t gone away.” Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said now is “as good a time as any” to lift most COVID-19 rules, although he urged […]

Rep. Salazar on Cuba’s fight for freedom: ‘they have lost their fear’ Florida Republican calls on the Biden administration to express support for Cuban protesters on ‘Sunday Night in America’ Jeb Bush, the former GOP presidential candidate, took to Twitter on Sunday to appeal to the Bide administration to employ the needed technology to restore internet service in Cuba amid […]