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CNN — Right-wing podcast host and former White House adviser to Donald Trump Steve Bannon was subpoenaed to present documents and testimony to an investigating federal grand jury on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bannon was subpoenaed about a month ago. Neither Bannon nor his attorney responded to a request for comment. The subpoena was first reported by NBC news. Bannon was one of Trump’s allies who spread falsehoods about stealing the 2020 presidential election and fattened the GOP base. “All hell will break loose tomorrow,” Bannon predicted to his podcast listeners on January…

ORLANDO, Fla. – AnitaB.org, an organization of women and non-binary tech workers, is moving its annual convention out of Orlando and taking its business elsewhere, citing Florida’s political climate and actions taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature. And another nurses group is canceling a 2027 event because of similar concerns, according to the Orange County Convention Center. The cancellations are the latest economic blow to the region, following Walt Disney Co.’s decision. of abandoning plans for a nearly $1 billion corporate campus in Orlando with 2,000 high-paying jobs. AnitaB.org told members it will no longer hold conferences in…

Investor support for environmental and social activism plunged at the annual meetings of US companies this year, reflecting hesitancy in the face of increasingly prescriptive proposals and mounting political pressures. The waning enthusiasm was evident at a wide variety of companies, including Amazon, ExxonMobil and United Parcel Service. Petitions calling on US companies to do more on climate change averaged 23 percent support from shareholders this year through the end of May, down from 36.6 percent last year. according to the Sustainable Investments Institute, a nonprofit data provider. Shareholder proposals on human rights got 21.6% of the votes cast, compared…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The Justice Department is preparing to ask a grand jury in Washington DC to indict former President Donald Trump for violating the Espionage Act and for obstruction of justice as soon as Thursday, adding more weight to his legal case Trump as he campaigns for his party’s nomination in next year’s presidential election. The Independent has learned that prosecutors are prepared to ask grand juries to approve an indictment against Trump for violating a part…

On the last day of the constitutional convention in September 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin “Well, doctor, what do we have a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic” Franklin replied, “if you can keep it.” Those are words that come to mind when I watch members of both houses of Congress go about their business in a way that makes you wonder if they have the best interests of this republic in mind. This was the case during the recent annual debt limit crises. A deal was announced shortly thereafter between President Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, members…

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden welcomes Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for wide-ranging talks Thursday as the British leader makes his first visit to the White House as prime minister. The leaders’ Oval Office talks are expected to cover the war in Ukraine, China, economic security, international cooperation to regulate the growing field of artificial intelligence and more. Biden and Sunak have already had four face-to-face meetings since Sunak became prime minister in October, but the talks in Washington will provide the two leaders with an opportunity for their most sustained interaction yet. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said…

Robert HanssenA former FBI agent who was one of the most damaging spies in American history was found dead in his prison cell Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Hanssen, 79, was arrested in 2001 and pleaded guilty to selling highly classified material to the Soviet Union and later to Russia. He was serving a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado. Robert Hanssen F.B.I Hanssen was found unresponsive and staff immediately began life-saving measures, Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Kristie Breshears said in a statement. “Staff called for emergency medical services and life-saving efforts continued,” Breshears…

BOSTON – The Boston Police Department is investigating a car crash involving Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday, according to city officials. Video obtained by Boston 25 News shows a police cruiser with its lights on, carrying the mayor trying to turn left onto Hyde Park Ave. The video shows that the lights on Hyde Park Avenue are green and the mayor’s driver pulls off to the left of Blakemore. St. You can see in the video at least one vehicle pull over as Wu’s vehicle exits the intersection. A second vehicle traveling on Hyde Park Ave then collided with Wu’s…