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WASHINGTONAdopting a new set of national policy positions ahead of this years midterms, top GOP leaders released an updated party platform Tuesday to introduce their official ICE kills everyone agenda for 2026. In our continuing fight to make America great again, it is vital we maintain Republican control of the government so we can ensure the extrajudicial killing of all U.S. citizens at the hands of ICE officers, said Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters, claiming the new platform pillar represented the priorities of everyday, hard-working Americans who wished to be summarily executed by an agent of the U.S. government. Cowardly Democrats have made it clear they intend to take away your God-given right to be shot point-blank by a federal law enforcement officer, but we will not let them. Republicans must remain in power come November if we are to have any chance of the entire nation being beaten to death for simply walking down the street or driving a car. We promise, a vote for our party is a vote for a bullet to each and every American face. Gruters also touted a national ad campaign that would feature hours of real-life footage highlighting the Republican Partys long-standing commitment to violence and degradation.The post GOP Adds ICE Kills Everyone Pillar To 2026 Platform appeared first on The Onion.

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AI generated influencers are sharing fake images on Instagram that appear to show them having sex with celebrities like LeBron James, iShowSpeed, and Dwayne The Rock Johnson. One AI influencer even shared an image of her in bed with Venezuelas president Nicols Maduro. The images are AI generated but are not disclosed as such, and funnel users to an adult content site where the AI generated influencers sell nude images.This recent trend is the latest strategy from the growing business of monetizing AI generated porn by harvesting attention on Instagram with shocking or salacious content. As with previous schemes weve covered, the Instagram posts that pretend to show attractive young women in bed with celebrities are created without the celebrities consent and are not disclosed as being AI generated, violating two of Instagrams policies and showing once again that Meta is unable or unwilling to reign in AI generated content on its platform.Most of the Reels in this genre that I have seen follow a highly specific formula and started to appear around December 2025. First, we see a still image of an AI-generated influencer next to a celebrity, often in the form of a selfie with both of them looking at the camera. The text on the screen says How it started. Then, the video briefly cuts to another still image or videos of the AI generated influencer and the celebrity post coitus, sweaty, with tussled hair and sometimes smeared makeup. Many of these posts use the same handful of audio clips. Since Instagram allows users to browse Reels that use the same audio, clicking on one of these will reveal dozens of examples of similar Reels.LeBron James and adult film star Johnny Sins are frequent targets of these posts, but Ive also seen similar Reels with the likeness of Twitch streamer iShowSpeed, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, MMA fighters Jon Jones and Connor McGregor, soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, and many others, far too many to name them all. The AI influencer accounts obviously dont care whether it's believable that these fake women are actually sleeping with celebrities and will include any known person who is likely to earn engagement. Amazingly, one AI influencer applied the same formula to Venezuelas president Maduro shortly after he was captured by the United States.These Instagram Reels frequently have hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions of views. A post from one of these AI influencers that shows her in bed with Jon Jones has has 7.7 million views. A video showing another AI influencer in a bed with iShowSpeed has 14.5 million views.Users who stumble upon one of these videos might be inclined to click on the AI-influencer's username to check her bio and see if she has an OnlyFans account, as is the case with many adult content creators who promote their work on Instagram. What these users will find is an account bio that doesnt disclose its AI generated, and a link to Fanvue, an OnlyFans competitor with more permissive policies around AI generated content. On Fanvue, these accounts do disclose that they are AI-generated or enhanced, and sell access to nude images and videos.Meta did not respond to a request for comment, but removed some of the Reels I flagged. Posting provocative AI generated media in order to funnel eyeballs to adult content platforms where AI generated porn can be monetized is now an established business. Sometimes, these AI influencers steal directly from real adult content creators by faceswapping themselves into their existing videos. Once in a while a new meta strategy for AI influencers will emerge and dominate the algorithm. For example, last year I wrote about people using AI to create influencers with down syndrome who sell nudes.Some other video formats Ive seen from AI influencers recently follow the formula I describe in this article, but rather than suggesting the influencer slept with a celebrity, it shows them sleeping with entire sports teams, African tribal chiefs, Walmart managers, and sharing a man with their mom.Notably, celebrities are better equipped than adult content creators to take on AI accounts that are using their likeness without consent, and last year LeBron James, a frequent target of this latest meta, sent a cease-and-desist notice to a company that was making AI videos of him and sharing them on Instagram.

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Craig Stingley had no legal training, no big-name lawyer or civil rights advocate by his side. Yet for 13 years, he refused to accept that the judicial system would hold no one responsible for the killing of his 16-year-old son, Corey.The quest for justice dominated his life.He gathered police reports, witness statements and other evidence in the Dec. 14, 2012, fatal incident inside a Milwaukee-area convenience store. The youth had tried to shoplift $12 worth of flavored malt beverages at the shop before abandoning the items and turning to leave. Thats when three men wrestled him to the ground to hold him for the police.The medical examiner determined that he died of a brain injury from asphyxiation after a violent struggle with multiple individuals. The manner of death: homicide.When prosecutors chose not to charge anyone, Stingley waged a legal campaign of his own that forced the case to be reexamined. A 2023 ProPublica investigation pieced together a detailed timeline of what happened inside the store, recounted what witnesses saw and examined the backgrounds of the three customers involved in the altercation.Finally, this week, in an extraordinary turn of events, Stingley will see a measure of accountability. On Monday, a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court charged the surviving patrons Robert W. Beringer and Jesse R. Cole with felony murder. The defendants are set to appear in court on Thursday.Beringers attorney, Tony Cotton, described the broad outlines of a deferred prosecution agreement that can lead to the charges being dismissed after the two men plead guilty or no contest. The men may be required by the court to make a contribution to a charity in honor of Corey Stingley and to perform community service, avoiding prison time, according to Cotton and Craig Stingley.In Wisconsin, felony murder is a special category for incidents in which the commission of a serious crime in this case, false imprisonment causes the death of another person. The prosecutors office in Dane County, which is handling the matter, declined to comment. Coles attorney said his client had no comment. Previously, the three men have argued that their actions were justified, citing self-defense and their need to respond to an emergency.For Stingley, a key part of the accountability process already has taken place. Last year, as part of a restorative justice program and under the supervision of a retired judge, Stingley and the two men interacted face to face in separate meetings.There, inside an office on a Milwaukee college campus, they confronted the traumatic events that led to Corey Stingleys death and the still-roiling feelings of resentment, sorrow and pain.Craig Stingley said he felt that, after years of downplaying their role, the men showed regret and a deeper understanding of what had happened. For instance, Stingley said, he and Cole aired out their different perspectives on what occurred and even reviewed store surveillance video together.I have never been able to breathe as clearly and as deeply and feel as free as I have after that meeting was over, Stingley said.Restorative justice programs bring together survivors and offenders via meetings or letters or through community panels to try to deepen understanding, promote healing and discuss how best to make amends for a wide range of harms. The approach has been used by schools and juvenile and criminal justice systems, as well as nations grappling with large-scale atrocities.Situations where restorative justice and deferred prosecution are employed for such serious charges are rare, Cotton said. But, he said, the whole case is rare from the prosecution declining to issue charges initially to holding it open for multiple reviews over a decade.Our hearts go out to the Stingley family, and we believe that the restorative justice process has allowed all sides to express their feelings openly, Cotton said. We are glad that a fair and just outcome has been achieved.A medical examiner determined that Corey Stingley died of a brain injury from asphyxiation after an altercation with three men at a convenience store in 2012. Prosecutors assigned to the case declined to press charges. Taylor Glascock for ProPublicaThe Legal QuestMilwaukees district attorney at the time of Corey Stingleys death, John Chisholm, announced there would be no charges 13 months later, in January 2014. Cole, Beringer and a third man, Maurio Laumann, now deceased, were not culpable because they did not intend to injure or kill the teen and werent trained in proper restraint techniques, Chisholm determined.Craig Stingley, who is Black, and others in the community protested the decision, claiming the three men all white were not good Samaritans but had acted violently to kill a Black youth with impunity. When a person loses his life at the hands of others, it would seem that a chargeable offense has occurred, the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP said in a statement at the time.Looking for a way to reopen the case, Stingley reexamined the evidence, including security video. In a painful exercise, he watched the takedown of his son, by his estimation hundreds of times, analyzing who did what, frame by frame. What he saw only reinforced his view that his sons death was unnecessary and his right to due process denied.Corey Stingley and his father lived only blocks from VJs Food Mart, in West Allis, Wisconsin. That December day, Stingley made his way to the back of the store and stuck six bottles of Smirnoff Ice into his backpack. At the front counter, the teenager provided his debit card to pay for an energy drink, but the clerk demanded the stolen items. Stingley surrendered the backpack, reached toward the cash register to recover his debit card, then turned to exit.Cole told police he extended his hand to stop Stingley and claimed that the teen punched him in the face, though it is not evident on the video. The three men grabbed the youth. During a struggle, the men pinned Stingley to the floor.Laumann kept Stingley in a chokehold, several witnesses told investigators. ProPublica later discovered that Laumann had been a Marine. His brother told ProPublica he likely learned how to apply chokeholds as part of his military service decades ago.Beringer had Stingley by the hair and was pressing on the teens head, a witness told authorities. Cole helped to hold Stingley down. Eventually, Stingley stopped resisting. The police report states that Cole thought the teen was playing limp to trick them into loosening their grip.Get up, you punk! Laumann told the motionless teen when an officer finally arrived, according to a police report. Stingley was foaming at the mouth and had urinated through his clothes. The officer couldnt find a pulse. Stingley never regained consciousness, dying at a hospital two weeks later.Corey Stingley, far right, with his siblings in a 2010 portrait. He was 16 at the time of his death. Courtesy of Craig StingleyCraig Stingley unsuccessfully sought a meeting with Chisholm in 2015 to discuss the lack of charges. Feel free to seek legal advice in the private sector regarding your Constitutional Rights, an assistant to Chisholm replied to Stingley in an email. I extend my deepest sympathy to you and your family!Stingleys review of the video, however, did bring about another legal opportunity in 2017, after he notified West Allis police that there was footage showing Laumann with his arm around the teens throat. (Laumann had denied putting him in a headlock.) A Racine County district attorney was appointed to review the evidence again. She issued no report for three years, until pressed by the court, then concluded that no charges were warranted.Finally, Stingley discovered an obscure Wisconsin John Doe statute. It allows private citizens to petition a judge to consider whether a crime had been committed if a district attorney refuses to issue a criminal complaint.A former process engineer for an electrical transformer manufacturer, Stingley had no legal training. Still, in November 2020, he filed a 14-page petition with the then-chief judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Mary Triggiano. It cited legal authority and material facts, including excerpts from police reports, witness statements and stills from the surveillance video. Stingley quoted former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in the petition and the British statesman William Gladstone: Justice delayed is justice denied.That led to the appointment in July 2022 of Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne to review the case. But that process was slowed by procedural hurdles. Stingley took the delays in stride, saying he trusted that Ozanne and his staff were treating the matter seriously and acting appropriately.In 2024, Stingley said, Ozannes office advised him that they had found sufficient evidence to issue charges against Cole and Beringer but could not guarantee that a jury would deliver a guilty verdict. Stingley, researching the familys options, said he inquired about the restorative justice process. The DAs office supported the idea, arranging for him and the two men to meet under the supervision of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice, part of the law school at Milwaukees Marquette University. The program is run by Triggiano, whod retired from the court.The concept of restorative justice can be traced back to indigenous cultures, where people sat together to talk through conflict and solve problems. It emerged in the United States in criminal justice systems in the 1970s as a way to provide alternatives to prison and restitution to victims. Elsewhere, it has notably been used to address the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, where beginning in 2002 truth-telling forums led to forgiveness and reconciliation.Stingley, who has three remaining grown children and four grandchildren, desperately wanted balance restored for his family. He decided the best path forward was to meet with the men he considered responsible for his sons death.Stingley now sees the charges as a message of accountability in his sons case. Taylor Glascock for ProPublicaThe Quest for ClosureStingley brought photos of Corey to the restorative justice meeting with Berringer in April.The goal: to respectfully share their perspectives on the tragedy and how it impacted each of them personally. What was said was not recorded or transcribed. It was not for use in any court proceeding.The sessions began with the Stingley family sharing heartfelt stories about Corey as a son, brother, student and friend. They spoke of their great bond, Coreys love of sports and their struggle to cope with his absence.When discussion turned to what happened in the store, Stingley said, Berringer described having only faint memories of the fatal encounter. He recalled a brief struggle and grabbing the teen by his jacket, not his hair.Before departing the meeting, a tearful Beringer told Stingley he was looking for peace, Stingley recalled.Cotton, Beringers attorney, told ProPublica that the incident and the legal steps affected his client in profound ways. Hes had anxiety really from this from day one, Cotton said.The result, he said: Sleeplessness. Horrible anxiety. Fearful because he has to go to court.Does the resolution ease Beringers mind? I dont know, Cotton said, adding that the hope is that the Stingley family finds solace in the resolution process.Cole, in a meeting in May with Stingley and some of his family, brought a gift: a pair of angel wings on a gold chain with a small C charm and several clear reflective orbs. With it came a handwritten note, saying: I hope this sun catcher brings a gentle reflection of the love & light of Coreys memory and that you feel his presence shining on you each day.I told him I appreciate the gesture, Stingley said.Cole, according to Stingley, told him that he felt something other than the altercation perhaps some health ailment led to Coreys demise.Stingley invited Cole to watch the surveillance video together at a second session. As that day neared, in July, Stingley considered backing out. It was almost as if I had to drag myself up out of the car, he said. But he said he realized that hed been preparing for such an event for 13 years: to come to some honest reckoning with the men involved.After watching the video, he and Cole reviewed the death certificate, showing the medical examiners conclusions. Stingley said Cole stressed that he did not choke Corey but came to realize that what happened in the store caused the teen to lose his life, not any preexisting condition. The acknowledgment eased Stingleys burden.I felt like I was reaching a place where I was finally going to get the justice that Ive been pursuing, Stingley said, and this is one of the steps I had to go through to get that completed.Triggiano commended each of the participants for their courage in meeting and the Stingley family for seeking the humanity of their son as opposed to vengeance. She said Beringer and Cole keenly listened, reflected and really acknowledged their connection to the events that led to Coreys death.The conversations were emotional and difficult but deeply human, she said.After the loss of his son, Stingley wanted to see the three men imprisoned. But so many years later, justice now looks different. Now Laumann is dead. Beringer is changed by the experience. And Cole is a father eager to protect his own children.Now, in Stingleys eyes, prison is beside the point. Criminal charges will stand instead as a strong signal of accountability, of justice and of a fathers unyielding love.The post A Fathers Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years appeared first on ProPublica.

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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin yells before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Houston Texans, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)2026-01-13T19:28:16Z PITTSBURGH (AP) The Mike Tomlin era in Pittsburgh is over.The longest-tenured head coach in major American professional sports stepped down from his job leading the Steelers on Tuesday after yet another quick playoff exit.The announcement came a day after the end of his 19th season in Pittsburgh, where he was a relative unknown when he was hired to replace Bill Cowher in early 2007.Obviously, I am extremely grateful to Mike for all the hard work, dedication and success we have shared over the last 19 years. It is hard for me to put into words the level of respect and appreciation I have for Coach Tomlin, Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a statement. He guided the franchise to our sixth Super Bowl championship and made the playoffs 13 times during his tenure, including winning the AFC North eight times in his career. His track record of never having a losing season in 19 years will likely never be duplicated. Tomlin won one Super Bowl and went to another during his first four seasons in Pittsburgh before the club settled into a pattern of solid if not always spectacular play followed by a playoff cameo that ended with the Steelers on the wrong side of a blowout. The 53-year-old Tomlin won 193 regular-season games in Pittsburgh, tied with Hall of Famer Chuck Noll for the most victories in franchise history. But their resumes diverged when it comes to the playoffs. While Noll won four Super Bowls in the 1970s, Tomlin went just 8-12 in the postseason, losing each of his last seven playoff games, all by double-digit margins. The last came on Monday night, when the AFC North champions squandered some early momentum before getting blown out 30-6 by Houston, the most lopsided home playoff loss in team history.There were chants of Fire Tomlin! as the clock kicked toward zero, though they werent nearly as impassioned as they were in late November while the Steelers were getting pushed around by Buffalo in a loss that dropped their record to 6-6. Tomlin, as is his way, did his best to tune out the noise and his team responded, the way it seemingly always did during his tenure. Pittsburgh won four of its final five games, including a sweep of Baltimore that gave the club its first AFC North title since 2020.The optimism, however, dimmed once the Texans asserted themselves. The NFLs top-ranked defense suffocated Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburghs offense while the leagues highest-paid defense wilted late.It was a familiar and frustrating pattern for a place where, as Tomlin noted not long after his introduction, the standard is the standard.And while that remains the case for a team whose members walk by six Lombardi Trophies every day on its way to work, the results had plateaued. The Steelers finished with 9 or 10 wins in each of Tomlins final five seasons, often doing just enough to squeak into the playoffs before being exposed by a more talented opponent.Tomlin had two years left on the contract extension he signed in 2024, with the club holding the option for 2027. His departure leaves the Steelers looking for a head coach for just the third time since they hired Noll in 1969.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl WILL GRAVES Graves is a national writer for The Associated Press, based in Pittsburgh. He covers the NFL, MLB, NHL, the Olympics and major college sports. twitter facebook mailto

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, talks about his work at his studio in Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2006. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)2026-01-13T16:26:44Z Scott Adams, whose popular comic strip Dilbert captured the frustration of beleaguered, white-collar cubicle workers and satirized the ridiculousness of modern office culture until he was abruptly dropped from syndication in 2023 for racist remarks, has died. He was 68.His first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, announced the death Tuesday on a livestream posted on Adams social media accounts. Hes not with us right anymore, she said. Adams revealed in 2025 that he had prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. Miles had said he was in hospice care in his Northern California home on Monday.I had an amazing life, the statement said in part. I gave it everything I had.At its height, Dilbert, with its mouthless, bespectacled hero in a white short-sleeved shirt and a perpetually curled red tie, appeared in 2,000 newspapers worldwide in at least 70 countries and 25 languages. Adams was the 1997 recipient of the National Cartoonist Societys Reuben Award, considered one of the most prestigious awards for cartoonists. That same year, Dilbert became the first fictional character to make Time magazines list of the most influential Americans.We are rooting for him because he is our mouthpiece for the lessons we have accumulated but are too afraid to express in our effort to avoid cubicular homicide, the magazine said.Dilbert strips were routinely photocopied, pinned up, emailed and posted online, a popularity that would spawn bestselling books, merchandise, commercials for Office Depot and an animated TV series, with Daniel Stern voicing Dilbert. The collapse of Dilbert empireIt all collapsed quickly in 2023 when Adams, who was white, repeatedly referred to Black people as members of a hate group and said he would no longer help Black Americans. He later said he was being hyperbolic, yet continued to defend his stance.Almost immediately, newspapers dropped Dilbert and his distributor, Andrews McMeel Universal, severed ties with the cartoonist. The Sun Chronicle in Attleboro, Massachusetts, decided to keep the Dilbert space blank for a while as a reminder of the racism that pervades our society. A planned book was scrapped. Hes not being canceled. Hes experiencing the consequences of expressing his views, Bill Holbrook, the creator of the strip On the Fastrack, told The Associated Press at the time. I am in full support with him saying anything he wants to, but then he has to own the consequences of saying them.Adams relaunched the same daily comic strip under the name Dilbert Reborn via the video platform Rumble, popular with conservatives and far-right groups. He also hosted a podcast, Real Coffee, where talked about various political and social issues.After Jimmy Kimmels late-night show on ABC was suspended in September in the wake of the hosts comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Adams stood for free speech.Would I like some revenge? Adams said. Yes. Yes, I would enjoy that. But that doesnt mean I get it. That doesnt mean I should pursue it. Doesnt mean the worlds a better place if it happens. How Dilbert got its startAdams, who earned a bachelors degree from Hartwick College and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, was working a corporate job at the Pacific Bell telephone company in the 1980s, sharing his cartoons to amuse co-workers. He drew Dilbert as a computer programmer and engineer for a high-tech company and mailed a batch to cartoon syndicators.The take on office life was new and on target and insightful, Sarah Gillespie, who helped discover Dilbert in the 1980s at United Media, told The Washington Post. I looked first for humor and only secondarily for art, which with Dilbert was a good thing, as the art is universally acknowledged to be not great.The first Dilbert comic strip officially appeared April 16, 1989, long before such workplace comedies as Office Space and The Office. It portrayed corporate culture as a Severance-like, Kafkaesque world of heavy bureaucracy and pointless benchmarks, where employee effort and skill were underappreciated. The strip would introduce the Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers will be systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage management.Throughout history, there have always been times when its very clear that the managers have all the power and the workers have none, Adams told Time. Through Dilbert, I would think the balance of power has slightly changed.Other strip characters included Dilberts pointy-haired boss; Asok, a young, naive intern; Wally, a middle-aged slacker; and Alice, a worker so frustrated that she was prone to frequent outbursts of rage. Then there was Dilberts pet, Dogbert, a megalomaniac. Theres a certain amount of anger you need to draw Dilbert comics, Adams told the Contra Costa Times in 2009. In 1993, Adams became the first syndicated cartoonist to include his email address in his strip. That triggered a dialogue between the artist and his fans, giving Adams a fountain of ideas for the strip.Dilbert was also known for generating aphorisms, like All rumors are true especially if your boss denies them and OK, lets get this preliminary pre-meeting going.If you can come to peace with the fact that youre surrounded by idiots, youll realize that resistance is futile, your tension will dissipate, and you can sit back and have a good laugh at the expense of others, Adams wrote in his 1996 book The Dilbert Principle.In one real-life case, an Iowa worker was fired from the Catfish Bend Casino in 2007 for posting a Dilbert comic strip on the office bulletin board. In the strip, Adams wrote: Why does it seem as if most of the decisions in my workplace are made by drunken lemurs? A judge later sided with the worker; Adams helped find him a new job.A gradual darkeningWhile Adams career fall seemed swift, careful readers of Dilbert saw a gradual darkening of the strips tone and its creators descent into misogyny, anti-immigration and racism.He attracted attention for controversial comments, including saying in 2011 that women are treated differently by society for the same reason as children and the mentally disabled its just easier this way for everyone. In a blog post from 2006, he questioned the death toll of the Holocaust.In June 2020, Adams tweeted that when the Dilbert TV show ended in 2000 after just two seasons, it was the third job I lost for being white. But, at the time, he blamed it on lower viewership and time slot changes. Adams beliefs began bleeding into his strips. In one in 2022, a boss says that traditional performance reviews would be replaced by a wokeness score. When an employee complains that could be subjective, the boss said, Thatll cost you two points off your wokeness score, bigot.Adams put a brave face on his fall from grace, tweeting in 2023: Only the dying leftist Fake News industry canceled me (for out-of-context news of course). Social media and banking unaffected. Personal life improved. Never been more popular in my life. Zero pushback in person. Black and White conservatives solidly supporting me.On Tuesday, President Donald Trump remembered Adams as a Great Influencer.He was a fantastic guy, who liked and respected me when it wasnt fashionable to do so. He bravely fought a long battle against a terrible disease, the president posted on his social media platform Truth Social. MARK KENNEDY Kennedy is a theater, TV, music, food and obit writer and editor for The Associated Press, as well as a critic for theater, movies and music. He is based in New York City. twitter mailto

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Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year.

In an aggressively worded filing, Lindsey Halligan accused a judge of having a fundamental misunderstanding of the order that determined she had been unlawfully appointed.

Protesters demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)2026-01-13T21:16:35Z WASHINGTON (AP) Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.The resignations follow growing tensions over a decision by the Trump administration to block the state out of the investigation into the shooting of Renee Good, who was fatally shot in the head by an immigration agent last week. Lawyers in the Civil Rights Division, which generally investigates high-profile officer shootings, were also recently told that the division would not be involved at this stage in the probe, two people familiar with the matter said. Among the departures in Minnesota is First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, who had been leading the sprawling investigation and prosecution of fraud schemes in the state, two other people said. At least four other prosecutors in the Minnesota U.S. attorneys office joined Thompson in resigning amid a period of tension in the office, the people said. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters. They are the latest in an exodus of career Justice Department attorneys who have resigned or been forced out over concerns over political pressure or shifting priorities under the Trump administration. Hundreds of Justice Department lawyers have been fired or have left voluntarily over the last year. Minnesota Democratic lawmakers criticized the departures, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling the resignations a loss for our state and for public safety and warning that prosecutions should not be driven by politics. Gov. Tim Walz said the departures raised concerns about political pressure on career Justice Department officials. The resignations of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Divisions criminal section, including its chief, were announced to staff on Monday. The Justice Department on Tuesday said those prosecutors had requested to participate in an early retirement program well before the events in Minnesota, and added that any suggestion to the contrary is false. Founded nearly 70 years ago, the Civil Rights Division has a long history of investigating shootings of civilians by law enforcement officials even though prosecutors typically need to clear a high bar to mount a criminal prosecution.In prior administrations, the division has moved quickly to open and publicly announce such investigations, not only to reflect federal jurisdiction over potential civil rights violations but also in hopes of soothing community angst that sometimes accompanies shootings involving law enforcement.In Minneapolis, for instance, the Justice Department during the first Trump administration opened a civil rights investigation into the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of city police officers that resulted in criminal charges. The Minneapolis Police Department was separately scrutinized by the Biden administration for potential systemic civil rights violations through whats known as a pattern or practice investigation, a type of police reform inquiry that is out of favor in the current Trump administration Justice Department. ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Richer covers the Justice Department and federal courts. She joined The AP in 2013 and is based in Washington. twitter ERIC TUCKER Tucker covers national security in Washington for The Associated Press, with a focus on the FBI and Justice Department. twitter mailto

President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One from Florida, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)2026-01-13T14:59:20Z Follow live updates on the protests in Iran WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that hes cutting off the prospect of talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens help is on its way.Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president just days ago said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic, where the death toll from nationwide protests has spiked to more than 2,000, according to human rights monitors.But Trump, with his latest message on social media, appeared to make an abrupt shift about his willingness to engage with the Iranian government.Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Trump wrote in a morning post on Truth Social, which he later amplified during a speech at an auto factory in Michigan. Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. Trump, in an exchange with reporters during the factory visit, demurred when asked what kind of help he would provide. Youre going to have to figure that one out, he said. He also said he didnt have accurate numbers on the death toll in Iran but added: I think its a lot. Its too many, whatever it is. The U.S. president has repeatedly threatened Tehran with military action if his administration found the Islamic Republic was using deadly force against antigovernment protesters. Trump on Sunday told reporters he believed Iran is starting to cross that line and has left him and his national security team weighing very strong options even as he said the Iranians had made outreach efforts to the U.S. And on Monday, the presidents team offered guarded hope that a diplomatic solution could be found. What youre hearing publicly from the Iranian regime is quite different from the messages the administration is receiving privately, and I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. However, with that said, the president has shown hes unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.Also on Monday, Trump said he would slap 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Tehran effective immediately, but the White House has not provided details on that move. China, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Brazil and Russia are among economies that do business with Tehran.Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and key White House National Security Council officials began meeting Friday to develop options for Trump, ranging from a diplomatic approach to military strikes.Iran, through the countrys parliamentary speaker, has warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be legitimate targets if Washington uses force to protect demonstrators.More than 600 protests have taken place across all of Irans 31 provinces, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday. The activist group said 1,850 of the dead were protesters and 135 were government-affiliated. It said more than 16,700 people had been detained. Understanding the scale of the protests has been difficult. Iranian state media has provided little information about the demonstrations. Online videos offer only brief, shaky glimpses of people in the streets or the sound of gunfire.Trumps push on the Iranian government to end the crackdown comes as he is dealing with a series of other foreign policy emergencies around the globe.Its been just over a week since the U.S. military launched a successful raid to arrest Venezuelas Nicols Maduro and remove him from power. The U.S. continues to mass an unusually large number of troops in the Caribbean Sea.Trump is also focused on trying to get Israel and Hamas onto the second phase of a peace deal in Gaza and broker an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the nearly four-year war in Eastern Europe. But advocates urging Trump to take strong action against Iran say this moment offers an opportunity to further diminish the theocratic government thats ruled the country since the Islamic revolution in 1979.The demonstrations are the biggest Iran has seen in years protests spurred by the collapse of Iranian currency that have morphed into a larger test of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneis repressive rule.___Associated Press reporter Michelle L. Price contributed to this report. AAMER MADHANI Madhani covers the White House for The Associated Press. He is based in Washington. twitter mailto

Actor Timothy Busfield smiles before an NFL football game in Detroit, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)2026-01-13T20:44:37Z ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield turned himself to authorities on Tuesday to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico stemming from allegations that he inappropriately touched a minor on the set of a TV series he was directing. His apprehension comes after authorities in Albuquerque issued a warrant for his arrest on Friday on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse. A criminal complaint alleges the acts occurred on the set of the series The Cleaning Lady, which was filmed in Albuquerque.Busfield, who is married to actor Melissa Gilbert, is known for appearances in The West Wing, Field of Dreams and Thirtysomething, the latter of which won him an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series in 1991. Busfield was being booked by Albuquerque police on the charges, said Gilbert Gallegos, spokesperson for the city police department. Busfield denied the allegations last fall when interviewed by authorities as part of an investigation, the complaint said.The criminal complaint filed by an investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department says the boy reported that he was 7 years old when Busfield touched him three or four times on private areas over his clothing. Busfield allegedly touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8, the complaint said. The child was reportedly afraid to tell anyone because Busfield was the director and he feared he would get mad at him, the complaint said. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on The boys twin brother told authorities he was touched by Busfield but did not specify where. He said he didnt say anything because he didnt want to get in trouble. When interviewed by authorities, Busfield suggested that the boys mother was seeking revenge for her children being replaced on the series. He also said he likely would have picked up and tickled the boys, saying the set was a playful environment. Busfields attorney did not immediately return a message seeking comment Tuesday. A video obtained by TMZ showed Busfield in front of a window with the Albuquerque skyline in the backdrop. He said he arrived in the city after driving 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometers).Im going to confront these lies. Theyre horrible. Theyre all lies, Busfield said. The mother of the twins who are identified only by their initials in court records reported to Child Protective Services that the abuse occurred between November 2022 and spring 2024, the complaint said. The investigation began in November 2024, when the investigator responded to a call from a doctor at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. The boys parents had gone there at the recommendation of a law firm, the complaint said. According to the complaint, one of the boys has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety. A social worker documented him saying he has had nightmares about Busfield touching him.The Cleaning Lady aired for four seasons on Fox, ending in 2025. The show was produced by Warner Bros., which according to the complaint conducted its own investigation into the abuse allegations but was unable to corroborate them.