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TRUMP NAMES JAMES MATTIS AS US DEFENCE SECRETARY
An exception has only been granted once before, when General George C. Marshal was appointed in 1950... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON CLINTON RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDEPENDENCE
Jeff Sessions R-Ala., the president-elect's pick for attorney general, has long advocated for the Justice Department's independence... READ MORE›
LABOR, GREENS CALL FOR 'CAUTIOUS APPROACH' TO TRUMP GOVERNMENT
Malcolm Turnbull says Australia is getting off to a good start with US president-elect Donald Trump's team... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS MOVING QUICKLY IN THE RENEWED INVESTIGATION INTO CLINTON EMAIL SERVER
A bipartisan group of about 100 former federal prosecutors and senior Justice Department officials have also called on Comey to release more information... READ MORE›
FBI DIRECTOR WAS 'WARNED BY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT' AGAINST UPDATING CONGRESS ON NEW INVESTIGATIONA
Hillary Clinton emails FBI director was 'warned by justice department' against updating Congress on new investigationA... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED FBI AGAINST CLINTON EMAIL LETTER
The move creates the potential for a divide between the Justice Department and Comey, who has served in government under both Democratic and Republican presidents... READ MORE›
JUSTICE OFFICIALS WARNED FBI THAT COMEY'S DECISION TO UPDATE CONGRESS WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH DEPARTMENT POLICY
Justice officials warned FBI that Comey's decision to update Congress was not consistent with department policy... READ MORE›
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HILLARY CLINTON ACCUSED OF STEALING FURNITURE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT
Hillary Clinton swiped State Department furniture to decorate her Washington home, a former member of her security detail has alleged to the FBI... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SET TO FREE 6,000 PRISONERS, LARGEST ONE-TIME RELEASE
Justice department set to free 6 000 prisoners largest one-time release... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPT. GRANTS IMMUNITY TO STAFFER WHO SET UP CLINTON EMAIL SERVER
Clinton and the State Department have said that none of the material was marked classified at the time it was sent... READ MORE›
STATE DEPARTMENT DELAYS RECORDS REQUEST ABOUT CLINTON-LINKED FIRM UNTIL AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION
Last month, federal officials said they would not release all of Clinton's State Department schedules until after the November election... READ MORE›
U.S. TO TIGHTEN AIRLINE SECURITY AFTER CRASH OF RUSSIAN PLANE
Johnson, secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement... READ MORE›
EX-CIA CHIEF IN FEDERAL CHARGE PLEA
The deal means that Mr Petraeus will plead guilty to one count of unauthorised removal and retention of classified material, but could avoid an embarrassing trial... READ MORE›
STATE DEPARTMENT REOPENS CLINTON EMAILS PROBE
1 22 Hillary Clinton's deleted State Department emails might still be recoverable, according to the company that managed her server... READ MORE›
THE GOVERNMENT PAID $80 MILLION LAST YEAR FOR FEDS TO STAY HOME, NEW ANALYSIS REVEALS
In June, the Obama administration urged agencies in June to curtail their reliance on administrative leave... READ MORE›
BRITON ARRESTED FOR CYBERATTACK ON PENTAGON
The man, who was arrested in Sutton Coldfield, close to Birmingham in the West Midlands, has not been identified and has not yet been charged, the spokesman said... READ MORE›
JUDGE: LAWSUIT SAYING CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS ARE HELD IN FILTHY, INHUMANE CONDITIONS CAN GO FORWARD
A father holds his sleeping son after they and other undocumented immigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents near Rio Grande City, Tex., on Dec. 7, 2015... READ MORE›
COMMENT: IF THE LABOR LEFT CANA??T GET BOAT TURN BACKS RIGHT, THEN WHY DO THEY EXIST?
They were complicit when they campaigned with Kevin Rudd to introduce the PNG solution... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WARNS LOCAL COURTS ABOUT UNLAWFUL FINES AND FEES
Officials said, however, it is an indication that the Justice Department is stepping up its efforts on the problem of local court fines and fees... READ MORE›
GREG HUNT, THE GREATEST MINISTER IN THE WORLD, ACCEPTS HIS COLLEAGUES' ACCLAIM
Greg Hunt, the greatest minister in the world, accepts his colleagues' acclaim... READ MORE›
A MESSAGE TO THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY
Comment A message to the Australian Labor Party... READ MORE›
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GETS A NEW PARDON ATTORNEY FOR HIGH-PROFILE CLEMENCIES
Bob Zauzmer will oversee the review of thousands of clemency petitions from federal inmates... READ MORE›
MARKETS IN FRAGILE MOOD AS FEDERAL RESERVE PREPARES TO RAISE INTEREST RATES
The Bank of England is expected to delay a rise in rates following a string of weak inflation figures... READ MORE›
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE WHITE OFFICER WHO SHOT A BLACK MAN HOURS AFTER LOCAL PROSECUTORS SAID THEY WOULDN'T
The US federal government will launch an investigation into the latest killing of a black man by a while police officer, it has said... READ MORE›
A REPORTER GOT CAUGHT PLAYING POKEMON GO DURING A STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ON THE ISLAMIC STATE
Reuters U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby stopped mid-briefing to call out the unnamed reporter for checking the app during the briefing... READ MORE›
US STATE DEPARTMENT REOPENS PROBE INTO CLINTON EMAILS
State Department spokesman John Kirby announced the probe into Clinton's alleged misuse of private email servers on Thursday, without giving further details... READ MORE›
STATE DEPARTMENT TOUTS SUCCESS IN 'WINNING' WAR AGAINST EXTREMISM AND BRINGING PEACE TO SYRIA
Secretary of State John F. Kerry noted the year's diplomatic achievements in an op-ed piece for the Boston Globe... READ MORE›
CIGNA-ANTHEM DEAL: GROUPS SAY CONNECTICUT CONTROVERSY REQUIRES FEDERAL INTERVENTION AS GOP DEMANDS LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS
These proposed health insurance company mergers will stifle competition, raise prices and reduce choice for patients in Connecticut and dozens of other states... READ MORE›
ASSISTANT MINISTERS COULD BE DEMOTED UNDER LABOR
Labor's bipartisanship on Mr Hockey's potential appointment did not extend to the new Prime Minister's decision to graduate parliamentary secretaries into assistant ministers... READ MORE›
WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT AT THE LABOR CONFERENCE
This weekend's Australian Labor Party's national conference has a full agenda from asylum seekers to socialism... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA ELECTION: PM MALCOLM TURNBULL CLAIMS VICTORY
It is clear that Mr Turnbull and his coalition will form a government, Shorten said in a news conference in Melbourne... READ MORE›
NEW YORK ELECTRONICS STORE SUED FOR DISCRIMINATION BY U.S. GOVERNMENT
Until 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had been monitoring the company's hiring and compensation practices as a result of an earlier discrimination suit... READ MORE›
COURSERA, STATE DEPARTMENT LAUNCH ONLINE CLASSES FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS
Their programs variously focus on refugees in Kenya, Jordan, Lebanon and the Democratic Republic of Congo... READ MORE›
ACCUSED ORGANISER WAS LABOR PRESIDENT
Counsel assisting the commission, Jeremy Stoljar, put it to Mr Kivalu that the recordings proved he was giving false evidence under oath... READ MORE›
CONGRESS QUIETLY TRIES TO ROLL BACK OBAMA'S NEW LABOR REGULATIONS
The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order was in part a response to Good Jobs Nation activism... READ MORE›
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO BLOCK CIGNA-ANTHEM AND AETNA-HUMANA MERGERS
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit in federal court to block a proposed merger between health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna... READ MORE›
WHY IS THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ABOUT TO SHUT DOWN?
Congress would have to decide whether Homeland Security employees would get retroactive pay after any shutdown... READ MORE›
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THIS AMP MANAGER IS BETTING AGAINST DOLLAR AFTER GETTING THE YEN RIGHT
Naeimi put on the wager before the U.S. election and the dollar has surged almost 12 percent against the yen since the momentous occasion on Nov. 8... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK SAYS FOREX MOVES COULD FUEL INFLATION
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U.S. STOCKS SLIP AS OIL RALLY EASES WITH BOND ROUT; GOLD CLIMBS
A gauge of small-cap companies retreated by more than 1 percent as benchmark indexes in the U.S. fell from record highs, even as blue-chip shares advanced... READ MORE›
BONDS RISE WITH GOLD, YEN AS WEAK CHINA DATA STOKE HAVEN DEMAND
Currencies Japan's currency rose 0.5 percent against the dollar, as the euro briefly fell below 1.10 for the first time since July... READ MORE›
ASIAN STOCKS LOWER ON FED RATE HIKE EXPECTATION
The IMF upgraded its forecast for Japanese growth to 0.5 percent this year and for the 19 countries that use the euro currency to 1.7 percent... READ MORE›
FED TO DELAY RATE HIKE UNTIL SEPTEMBER ON TAME INFLATION OUTLOOK
Economists gave a 60 percent probability the Fed will pull the trigger by end-September, while for end-July, they penciled in a 40 percent chance... READ MORE›
THE CALL MADE TWO MONTHS AGO THAT IS STILL RATTLING GLOBAL MARKETS
Two months is a long time in financial markets just ask US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen... READ MORE›
CONSUMERS BOOST SAVINGS RATE TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 3 YEARS
Post to Facebook Consumers boost savings rate to highest level in 3 years U.S. consumers kept their spending flat in Dec. as personal income rose 0.3 percent ... READ MORE›
'LIQUIDITY COULD DROP DRAMATICALLY, AND THAT SCARES EVERYONE'
What is driving this is that the central banks are not coming to the rescue, he said, speaking at a Fox Business event... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN MARKETS WELCOME FEDERAL RESERVE'S US INTEREST RATE RISE
Markets in London, Frankfurt and Paris were all up amid talk of an end of year rally... READ MORE›
MAJOR U.S. BANKS RAISE PRIME RATES AFTER FED RATE HIKE
Lending out at slightly higher rates could give a small boost to bank earnings in the coming quarters... READ MORE›
DOW OFF 159 NEGATIVE FOR 2015 AS US OIL SLIDES BELOW 40
Wall Street is closely monitoring a speech happening now by Fed chair Janet Yellen at the Economic Club of Washington... READ MORE›