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By a vote of 51-48, the Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke for the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. (Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana didn t vote.) The Senate confirmed Clarke for the nation s top civil rights job despite her past history of anti-Semitism and Black supremacism, her very recent support for defunding the police, her current support for racial discrimination in hiring, and her dishonest testimony before the Senate
(AP) U.S. authorities are investigating a Hawaiʻi-based defense contractor for illegally donating $150,000 to the re-election fund of a Maine senator who advocated for an $8 million Navy contract with the company. A warrant application says Martin Kao, former CEO of Navatek, now known as Martin Defense Group, concealed the donation to a political action committee supporting U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ reelection. A spokeswoman Collins says the campaign had no knowledge of anything alleged in the warrant. A defense attorney for Kao didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. A Martin Defense Group spokeswoman says the company is cooperating with the investigation.