Judge Zia Faruqui suggested the prosecution of ex-officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides was rushed to come out ahead of the midterm election.
Judge tosses DOJ case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden probe
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Anthropic reports $17 billion in Q3 revenue, purchase commitments of $895.4 billion in revised S-1
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Crude oil prices sell off more than 7% on Iran peace talk hopes ahead of U.S. midterms
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Oracle files to sell $20 billion in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
Oracle filed plans on Monday to issue stock new shares and more debt to finance its artificial intelligence buildout.
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to block California counting disputed mail-in ballots
On the eve of the Nov. 3 election, the Trump administration is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts that rejected its request to order California to set aside the ballots of thousands of people it says are "likely" noncitizens.