The House Intelligence Committee received a whistleblower complaint claiming Trump administration officials at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security suppressed intelligence reports related to Russian election interference, Democratic Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Wednesday.In a statement, Schiff said former Intelligence and Analysis Acting Under Secretary Brian Murphy filed the whistleblower reprisal complaint…

Homeland Security officials altered intelligence reports about border security, white supremacy and Russian interference in the U.S., including ordering a focus on Iran and China rather than Russia, a senior department official claims in a new whistleblower complaint released Wednesday by congressional Democrats. Brian Murphy, who used to lead the Office of Intelligence and Analysis…

The governor of South Dakota on Wednesday disputed economists who say the motorcycle rally in Sturgis last month may have caused as many as 250,000 coronavirus infections, saying they just "made up some numbers and published them."Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, questioned the math, even though her state has reported a 126 percent increase in…

The death of Daniel Prude has shed new light on New York State’s mental health laws and how law enforcement officers respond to calls involving people high on the illegal hallucinogenic drug PCP. Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died after police in Rochester, N.Y., found him running naked in a street around 3 a.m. on…

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden says a new report that President Trump knowingly misled the nation about the threat of the coronavirus is “despicable” and a “dereliction of duty.” Responding to excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage,” Mr. Biden said that Mr. Trump “admitted on tape” in February that he knew COVID-19…