The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been accused of newer crimes when working there last year.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

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A federal judge has found the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and has ordered the White House to release all money.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump administration to halt cuts in medical research funding

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Attorneys general from 22 states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Trump's latest tariff plans on steel, aluminum and other imports are spreading uncertainty

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President Donald Trump is preparing to formally announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks out after holding a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill

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The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more officials say they want to see how new policies from the White House affect the economy.

FILE - A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington, Aug. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

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Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency's Washington headquarters

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President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Fired head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying he was ousted illegally

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The recently fired head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers has filed a lawsuit saying he was illegally ousted by President Donald Trump.

United States Agency for International Development, or USAID contract worker Priya Kathpal, right, and Taylor Williamson, left, who works for a company doing contract work for USAID, carry signs outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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USAID is stripped of its lease and staffers turned away from DC headquarters

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Scores of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters have been turned away after the Trump administration stripped the aid agency of its lease.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where he signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US 'ownership'

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President Donald Trump says Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory.

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally

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A federal judge who just blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people in the U.S. illegally says he's not persuaded by the Trump administration's arguments.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The Latest: Trump says Palestinians won’t have the right to return to Gaza under his plan

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President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who’ve sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.

FILE - Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, is pictured on Capitol Hill, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Can Trump bring unions into the GOP fold? His labor nominee presents a major test

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly challenged Senate Republicans with his Cabinet picks.

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump's first term

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China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports have taken effect.

President Donald Trump gestures to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after being sworn in as president during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

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Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders

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President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term.

FILE - Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

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President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "the first ever Gulf of America Day," as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview

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President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow.

President Donald Trump, left, waves as he boards Air Force One with grandson Theodore, Ivanka Trump's son, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, and more import duties are coming

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President Donald Trump says he'll announce Monday the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom Summit at the Washington Hilton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback

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Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

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The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

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Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) talks with tight end Anthony Firkser (85) during an NFL football practice Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in New Orleans, ahead of Super Bowl 59 against the Philadelphia Eagles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

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Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.

This combination photo shows Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, left, pictured Jan. 30, 2025, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pictured Jan. 29, 2025, at their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

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How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

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Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down.

Afghan Hashmatullah Alam, 40, who worked with U.S. Army, poses at a beach in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

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They helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump's moves have left those Afghans in limbo

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Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to enter the United States are in limbo.

FILE - The South Dakota Capitol stands in Pierre, S.D., Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

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As female representation hits new highs among states, constitutions still assume officials are male

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A record 13 women had been serving as governor this year.

FILE - People walk past the John Harvard statue on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs

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As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump's 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn't and a Mideast jolt

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President Donald Trump keeps cranking out executive orders designed to remake the government while his ally and adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, hunts for more ways to upend the federal workforce.

The U.S. Capitol is seen, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Spending bill talks bog down after Trump's efforts to slash government

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Talks on a spending bill for the current budget year have bogged down in the wake of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and its workforce.

Jocelyn Benson (Left), Chris Swanson (Second from left), Aric Nesbitt (Second from right), and Mike Duggan (Right) are running for Michigan's governor in the 2026 election.

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Here’s a look at the candidates in Michigan’s governor race so far

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Some high-profile names have already launched their campaigns in the race for Michigan’s governor in 2026.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump is signing up local law officers to help with immigration enforcement

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Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation efforts.

Mellow, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, outside of the Norfolk Circuit Court in Norfolk, Va., where she applied for a passport. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected

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For transgender Americans, passports just became a lot more complicated.

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Senate Republicans at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next

Read full article: What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next

Donald Trump’s second administration has advanced an avalanche of policy action and political pronouncements that have jolted Washington and, in some cases, the world.

FILE - The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

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The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces

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The Trump administration is doubling down on its new policy to evict some news organizations out of their workspaces at the Pentagon.

President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Trump says he's firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman

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President Donald Trump says he's firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom waits for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration.