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Secret Service investigation into White House cocaine fails to identify suspect
Inquiry into bag of drug found in West Wing concludes but ‘lack of physical evidence’ hampers efforts• US politics – live updatesThe investigation into the bag of cocaine found at the White House has concluded, with no suspects identified.In a statemen…
Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred over 2020 election, DC panel recommends
Washington DC committee recommends revoking former New York City mayor’s law license over attempt to overturn electionRudy Giuliani’s law license should be revoked over his work on a failed lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results on behalf of the…
Lyft driver who worked as US interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead in Washington
Nasratullah Ahmadyar, 31, who left Afghanistan on last flight from Kabul in 2021, died in hospital after being shot in his carA Virginia man who previously served as an interpreter for the US military in Afghanistan was fatally shot this week working a…
Fourth of July overshadowed by 16 mass shootings across US
Fifteen people were killed and 94 injured across 13 states as well as Washington DCFrom the nation’s capital to Fort Worth, Texas, from Florin, California, in the west to the Bronx, New York, in the east, the Fourth of July long weekend in the US was o…
US Secret Service investigating as cocaine reportedly found in White House
It wouldn’t be the first time illegal drugs were brought into the president’s residenceA preliminary field test on a white substance found in the White House has reportedly come up positive for cocaine, law enforcement authorities said, and the US Secr…
Armed man wanted for role in Capitol attack arrested near Obama’s house
Taylor Taranto found with materials to create an explosive device a few blocks away from former president’s Washington DC homeA man armed with explosive materials and weapons, and wanted for crimes related to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capito…
US judge hears rightwing thinktank’s challenge over Prince Harry visa
Heritage Foundation, which claims duke may have lied about past drug use on application, wants US government to release recordsA federal judge has given the US government a week to decide how to respond to a rightwing thinktank that alleges Prince Harr…
Trump donor whose family died in Washington plane crash lost other daughter in diving tragedy
John Rumpel said daughter and granddaughter were among crash victims, and another daughter was killed in 1994 diving accidentA leading Republican donor whose family members were killed in a plane crash in Virginia on Sunday following a pursuit by US mi…
Sonic boom from US military aircraft rattles Washington DC residents
The jets were pursuing a private Cessna aircraft that had violated DC airspace before crashing in south-west VirginiaA loud noise which rocked Washington DC on Sunday afternoon and sent some residents into a brief panic was a sonic boom from a flight a…