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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has ordered an investigation into National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service over concerns about promoting sponsors, a probe that may influence the debate over taxpayer funding of public media. … [Read more...] about FCC opens probe into whether NPR, PBS stations are breaking law by ‘airing commercials’

A watchdog has challenged the Trump Justice Department's decision to erase the government's main database of Jan. 6 defendants from the web, saying it amounted to an illegal destruction of an official record. … [Read more...] about Watchdog says DOJ broke law by removing database on Jan. 6 defendants

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead -- and upend -- the FBI, came to Capitol Hill on Thursday eager to talk about the future of the bureau as a lean, crime-fighting machine. … [Read more...] about Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

A Washington state woman was ordered held without bail Thursday in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that has grown to encompass killings in multiple states. … [Read more...] about The woman charged in a Vermont border patrol officer’s death has been ordered held without bail

President Trump's FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on Thursday will face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his suitability to lead the premier law enforcement agency. … [Read more...] about FBI Director nominee Kash Patel to take on senators’ questions about overhauling the bureau