LIVE NOW: Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing on the Palisades Fire After a Year

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing to examine conditions one year after the disaster, focusing on the Palisades fire, at 2 p.m. ET on Jan. 28. Witnesses: PATRICK BUTLER, Fire Chief and Harbor Master, Redondo Beach Fire Department RICK CRAWFORD, Former Battalion Chief, Los Ange… Original News Source Link

DOJ: More Epstein Files Expected to Be Made Public in ‘Near Term’

Jeffrey Epstein (C) appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 30, 2008. Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP The Department of Justice (DOJ) told two federal judges on Tuesday that files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be released in the “near term,” according to court papers filed in New York.

Federal agents involved in Pretti shooting placed on administrative leave, source says

The federal agents who were involved in Saturday’s deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave, a federal law enforcement official confirmed to CBS News.  It is unclear exactly when the personnel were placed on leave. Typically, the protocol is for federal law-enforcement agents who have been involved in a