A previously anonymous IRS whistleblower alleging political interference in the Hunter Biden probe revealed his identity as special agent Joseph Ziegler at a House Oversight Committee hearing on July 19.
A federal judge in New York dealt former President Donald Trump’s legal effort a blow by rejecting his request for a new trial and upholding a $5 million jury verdict in a civil case brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. Separately, Mr. Trump’s bid to shift his New York hush-money case to federal court has been rejected by a judge.
The president of Stanford University said he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found “serious flaws” in five scientific papers in which he was the principal author.