Government And Institutions

“Qualified immunity” shields government agents, frequently police officers, from certain lawsuits.

A former federal worker has pleaded guilty to pretending to be an undercover CIA agent to steal millions.

The EPA is ordering Amazon and eBay to crack down on faulty pesticide and COVID-19 products.

Officials said protests have devolved into organized riots, and opportunists have used the diverted police attention as a chance to commit crimes. 

San Diego increased its police department's budget to $566 million.

A source familiar with the planning also said there would be further economic costs to the city, including lost media attention and no post-convention tourism bump due to some attendees wanting to return with their families.

Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news.

The FCC has proposed a fine for two health insurance telemarketers that have made robocalls with fake phone numbers.

"We might as well just light ourselves on fire," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

After cruises stopped sailing in mid-March after several high-profile outbreaks at sea, many big cruise lines are using this time to refine their plans, upgrade their ships and figure out how to resume safely.

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia stepped in to run the Labor Department in 2019.

Sanders rejected dismantling police departments but endorsed "Defund the Police" candidates.

An LA City Council leader is under fire for using the police department as her personal security detail all while calling for the LAPD to be defunded.

The Senate issued a report Tuesday saying the FCC failed to properly oversee Chinese telecom companies operating in the U.S. for nearly 20 years.

William Barr is the the 85th Attorney General of the United States.

Council member Jeremiah Ellison promised that the council would "dismantle" the department.

Some say "defund the police" means diverting police department funding to alleviate poverty and therefore reduce crime, while others say it means abolishing police departments entirely.

Even as the U.S. added some jobs in May, the number of people employed by federal, state and local governments dropped by 585,000.

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Detroit's police chief says it's crazy to defund police departments because of the death of George Floyd.