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Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat says if Congress doesn't get the documents it needs to investigate Trump's actions, he backs issuing subpoenas.

After Putin’s offer to share notes, ranking House Intel Democrat Schiff is ‘running out of expletives’

Global Politics

In an interview with The World, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff says, “Everyone is asking quite rightly, ‘Where does this all lead?'”

James Comey was dismissed by Donald Trump as FBI director.

Trump’s America is showing the telltale signs of a failing state

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Protesters gather to rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. May 10, 2017.

Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’

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FBI Director James Comey Jr.

Watch live: FBI Director James Comey questioned by Senate Judiciary Committee

Global Politics
A member of ISIS waves the group's flag in Raqqa, Syria in June 2014.

An FBI translator married the ISIS fighter she was spying on

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How likely are you to be the victim of a hate crime?

Justice

Based on your race, religion and ethnicity, this tool calculates whether your chance of being the target of a hate crime has increased since 9/11.

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Data: Hate crimes against Muslims increased after 9/11

Justice

According to data from the FBI, there was a spike in hate crimes against Muslims after the attacks on September 11, 2001. In these data visualizations you’ll see that while attacks have dropped in the years since, hate crimes against Muslims have never fallen back to levels seen before the attacks.

Protestors gathered at a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, California in February.

Did an Israeli digital forensics firm unlock the San Bernardino attacker’s cellphone?

Justice

Cellebrite, a company headquartered in a Tel Aviv-suburb might have helped the FBI hack into the San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone.

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Apple’s scuffle with the FBI could affect privacy and freedom of speech worldwide

Technology

A US judge wants Apple to help the FBI hack one of its phones. But so far, Apple wants nothing to do with that.

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