Former special counsel Jack Smith's office sought to map a vast web of contacts between President Donald Trump's most vocal Republican allies in Congress and key players in his bid to subvert the results of the 2020 election, according to newly released records of the Smith-led investigation. Emails from January 2023 circulated among Smith's deputies show how top GOP lawmakers communicated directly with individuals later identified by Smith as Trump's co-conspirators in his election interference plot, including attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman...

A special counsel investigation that began in 2022 of Kash Patel, who is ​now the FBI director but was then a private citizen, included demands for more than two years of phone records, text messages and financial ‌information, according to two grand jury subpoenas and nondisclosure orders viewed by Reuters. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team issued subpoenas to Verizon Communications (VZ.N), opens new tab for Patel's communications at the time when they were investigating whether President Donald Trump had interfered with the 2020 election and had hidden classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. Reuters could not determine the nature of Smith's investigation of Patel and what allegations ​of wrongdoing, if any, were being probed at the time...

Former special counsel Jack Smith sought nearly two years' worth of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel's phone records, new documents show. Smith's team subpoenaed records of phone calls and text messages — which did not include their content — as well as Patel's mailing, residential and email addresses, according to documents released by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley ahead of a hearing Tuesday...

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Organizers across the U.S. are planning more than 3,000 local events Saturday for No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action. The big picture: Progressive political groups, labor unions and human and civil rights organizations expect Saturday's nationwide demonstrations to surpass last year's No Kings rallies in June and October...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday drew attention to an unusually large oil stock trade that occurred moments before President Trump announced a five-day pause on previously threatened energy infrastructure strikes in Iran, indicating it appeared be a case of insider trading. In an X post highlighted by Murphy, a stock market watcher said, "In one move, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 (ES) futures was bought while $192 million in oil (CL) futures was sold."...

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The U.S. military command leading the war effort against Iran said that more than 9,000 targets have been struck and more than 9,000 flights have been conducted so far since the conflict started in February. In an operational update on March 23, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it's still focusing on "striking targets to dismantle the Iranian regime's security apparatus." Around 140 Iranian naval vessels have been destroyed, it said...

A new Maryland bill would require tampons be placed in not only women's but also men's bathrooms in all public buildings. The legislation, titled, "Public Health - Public Buildings - Hygiene Products," is sponsored by more than 10 Democratic delegates and was introduced on Feb. 5. It would require "public restrooms in public buildings to provide an adequate supply of certain hygiene products; and generally relating to hygiene products in public buildings."...