PoliticsAn eight-count federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges the Senate of Virginia's president pro tempore, two of her daughters, her grandson and three others. Prosecutors allege she led a marijuana enterprise and used her office to protect it and to steer cannabis licensing. Lucas says she "will not be intimidated." All seven defendants are presumed innocent.
PoliticsFederal prosecutors say all 28 are lawful permanent residents and all appear on the list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants DOJ gave California last week. California's attorney general says 28 cases out of 23 million voters show the state's safeguards are working. None of the defendants has been convicted.
PoliticsDemocrats and Republicans reported envelopes Monday from Colorado to Maine. So far, officials say, none of the letters received by congressional offices has been found hazardous. The FBI and postal inspectors are investigating, and no sender has been identified.