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Isikoff is chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, where he is also editor at large for reporting and investigations. He digs into national security, money in politics, and whatever else strikes his fancy. Previously, he was an investigative correspondent for NBC as well as a staff writer for Newsweek and the Washington Post. Isikoff has written two best-sellers, "Uncovering Clinton" and (with David Corn) "Hubris," about the selling of the Iraq War.
Yahoo NewsFBI warrant for search of Trump home may involve suspected violations of Espionage Act, former chief of DOJ national security says
The former chief of the Justice Department’s national security division said Tuesday that the FBI warrant for the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., suggests prosecutors believe they have probable cause that there may have been violations of the World War I-era Espionage Act.
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Exclusive: Trump allies launch effort to recall Fulton County DA Fani Willis
Donald Trump’s allies in Georgia are mounting a campaign to recall Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her investigation into his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and are seeking to recruit high-dollar donors to fund the effort, according to sources.
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Exclusive: Fulton County DA sends 'target' letters to Trump allies in Georgia investigation
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis has sent so-called target letters to prominent Georgia Republicans informing them they could be indicted for their role in a scheme to appoint alternate electors pledged to former President Donald Trump despite Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
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Georgia grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham and other members of Trump’s legal team
The district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, has dramatically expanded her investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, issuing subpoenas to Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and five members of Trump’s legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman.
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Filmmaker who gave footage to Jan. 6 committee: Trump is 'dangerous,' living in 'cloud cuckoo land'
A British documentary filmmaker who recently testified behind closed doors to the House Jan. 6 select committee said that former president Donald Trump is living in “cloud cuckoo land,” and is incapable of ever acknowledging that his claims about voter fraud are “delusional.”
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Former U.S. attorney to Jan. 6 committee: FBI debunked allegations of voter fraud in Atlanta
B.J. Pak, who served as President Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, said the FBI debunked allegations of voter fraud in Atlanta on the night of the 2020 election, after discovering that a supposed suitcase improperly stuffed with ballots for Joe Biden was actually an official voter lockbox.
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Georgia DA Fani Willis is confident as her Trump probe takes shape
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is taking an unusually aggressive, hands-on approach to her office’s investigation into Donald Trump, personally selecting members of a special grand jury and sitting in on questioning while preparing to wage legal war against all-but-certain challenges from the former president and recalcitrant witnesses.
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Georgia investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election ramps up
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is stepping up the pace of her investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger defeats Trump-backed rival
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who famously refused then-President Trump's entreaties to "find" enough votes to flip the results of the state's presidential votes in 2020, won reelection on Tuesday, delivering a stinging rebuke to the former president.
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Georgia Gov. Kemp defeats Trump-backed challenger, former Senator Perdue in GOP primary
In a major blow to Donald Trump’s reputation as the Republican kingmaker, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp trounced former Sen. David Perdue in the GOP primary for governor.
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Pence breaks with, and avoids talking about, Trump in Georgia
In a pointed rebuke to Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence aggressively touted the candidacy of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at a campaign rally Monday.
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Roberts may face roadblocks in probe of Roe leak, reporter who published it says
One of the two Politico reporters who obtained the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade questions whether Chief Justice John Roberts has the legal authority to order his fellow justices and their clerks to cooperate in an internal investigation into who leaked the document.
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Woodward pushes 25th Amendment, says a 'crazy' president could trigger nuclear war
At a special taping of Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast on Thursday, three panelists discussed the legal perils that Donald Trump is facing.
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U.S. official: No clear path to negotiate an end to Russia's war in Ukraine
A top State Department official appeared to take any chance of a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis off the table, saying in a Tuesday interview that he sees no hope for negotiations to end the war given that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces seem intent “on bringing as much violence to Ukraine as they possibly can.”
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New Hunter Biden revelations raise counterintelligence questions
Emails on a damaged laptop that Hunter Biden left at a computer repair store in Wilmington, Del., bank records and other documents uncovered by Senate Republican investigators, reveal a high-dollar money trail that flowed from Chinese interests to Hunter Bidens and his uncle James.
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Controversial Los Angeles DA Gascón vows '100%' fight against recall
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is vowing to “100%” fight a recall campaign that he blames on “unscrupulous politicians” who are scaring voters about rising crime rates and “ideological” prosecutors in his own office who have balked at his progressive policies.
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Buttigieg slams 'Don't Say Gay' bill and 'nonsensical' Marjorie Taylor Greene speech
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sharply criticized Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law, signed this week by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and ridiculed what he called the “literally nonsensical” comments about his personal life by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
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Aide to jailed Russian leader Alexei Navalny: I'm 'very concerned' he will be killed
A top aide to Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he is “very concerned” that the jailed Russian opposition leader will be assassinated after being sentenced in a Russian courtroom to nine more years in a maximum-security prison.
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Ukrainian general says Polish MiG fighter jets and no-fly zone are desperately needed to counter Russian gains
Despite shooting down nearly 70 Russian airplanes and another 80 helicopters, the Ukrainian air force has suffered its own losses that have given the Russians an even more decisive 10-to-1 advantage in the air, threatening a “catastrophe” for his country, a top Ukrainian general said on Tuesday.
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U.S. ambassador to Poland: Putin is a 'thug' committing 'mass homicide' in Ukraine
U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski on Friday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “thug” on a “killing spree,” who is committing “mass homicide” in Ukraine in order to further a decades-long goal of expanding Russian influence and power.