Ronald Hittle, the former fire chief of Stockton, California, became the center of a long-running legal dispute after he was fired in 2011 following a series of misconduct allegations. His tenure ended after an anonymous letter circulated within the city government described him as a “corrupt, racist, lying, religious fanatic,” prompting a deeper investigation into [...]
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A little-noticed provision in the Senate’s latest government funding bill has renewed Republican scrutiny of surveillance practices used during the Biden administration in Jan. 6–related investigations. What began as a routine vote to avert a government shutdown escalated into a cross-chamber dispute after House Republicans learned that senators had added language offering legal protections available [...]
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