Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is pushing a bill that would give Australia the right to force overseas companies to disclose data about Australian citizens. It would also give reciprocal rights to a number of foreign governments.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler accused Barr of ratcheting up such confrontations because Donald Trump thinks they will aid his re-election bid.
Hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property,the US Justice Department says.
Before aggressive action from federal officials,the unrest had frustrated Mayor Ted Wheeler,who said the federal presence is now exacerbating a bad situation.
Prosecutors say they have been pressured by the US Attorney-General to offer more lenient sentences for friends of US President Donald Trump.
The US attorney who oversaw prosecutions Trump's allies says the first he knew about his resignation was reading a press release. But he insists his probe continues.
Former US District Judge John Gleeson said that the government had"engaged in highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President".
Trump's reckless accusations lack evidence,like many of his claims.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America for a sixth night,calling for justice for the deaths of George Floyd and other black Americans.
Researchers are seeing evidence extremists groups deliberately instigating largely peaceful demonstrations towards violence.
The case against Michael Flynn had become a political cause for Trump and his supporters and Trump had signalled a pardon. But the AG short-circuited it.