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Richard Burr
GOP senator backs challenger over congressman claiming orgies and cocaine
The endorsement comes as Rep. Cawthorn faces heavy backlash from Republicans over his claim that fellow lawmakers have invited him to sex parties and done drugs in front of him.
House lawmakers call on Pelosi, McCarthy to pass stock trade ban
More than two dozen members of the House of Representatives have called on leadership to bring a bill aimed at banning members from trading and owning individual stocks to the...
Rachel Levine becomes 1st openly transgender federal official confirmed by Senate
Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania's former top health official, earned confirmation Wednesday in the Senate to become the new assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The vote was 52-48. It marked...
North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Richard Burr over vote to convict Trump
The Central Committee of the North Carolina Republican Party on Monday night censured Sen. Richard Burr for voting to convict former President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial. The...
North Carolina GOP to vote on censuring Sen . Burr for impeachment vote
The North Carolina Republican Party is saying it will vote later Monday on whether to censure GOP Sen. Richard Burr for voting to convict former President Donald Trump at his...
Lindsey Graham says Lara Trump will benefit from the impeachment vote
Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted on Sunday that GOP votes to convict former President Trump in his Senate impeachment trial will give his daughter-in-law Lara Trump a leg up in the...
DOJ insider trading probe into NC senator ends with no charges
A Justice Department insider trading probe into Sen. Richard Burr -- who sold up to $1.7 million in stocks early in the COVID-19 pandemic -- has ended without charges. “Tonight,...
Feds drop coronavirus insider-trading probe of 3 senators, zero in on Burr
The Justice Department is ending its investigation of three senators who sold stocks early in the coronavirus pandemic, but is still investigating Sen. Richard Burr, according to a report. Defense...
Burr stepping down as chairman of Senate Intel panel
Sen. Richard Burr will step down as Senate Intelligence Committee chairman amid a federal probe into the lawmaker's controversial stock sales ahead of the market crash caused by the coronavirus...
FBI serves warrant on senator over coronavirus-related stock sales
FBI agents reportedly seized the cellphone of a North Carolina senator Wednesday as part of a Justice Department investigation into the lawmaker's eyebrow-raising stock trades at the start of the...
Sen. Richard Burr's brother-in-law also sold stocks day before crash
Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law dumped stocks on the same day before the coronavirus crisis sent global markets into a tailspin. National Mediation Board member Gerald Fauth — the...
GOP senator says Burr 'owes' explanation on stock trades scandal
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) says Sen. Richard Burr "owes" the country an explanation over stock sales he made ahead of the stock market crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sen. Burr sold townhouse to lobbyists with business before his committee
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr sold his Washington, DC, townhouse to a group overseen by a donor and powerful lobbyist who had business before his committee, according to a...
DOJ probes Sen. Burr's stock trades ahead of coronavirus market crash
The Justice Department has launched a probe into a series of stock transactions made by at least one senator just before the market saw a steep downturn due to the...
Senator sued for dumping stocks ahead of coronavirus panic
An investor is suing Sen. Richard Burr for securities fraud connected to stock sales he made after private coronavirus briefings, court papers show.
GOP rep says it's 'unfair' for Burr keep Senate seat when 'throuple' congresswoman ousted
Rep. Matt Gaetz slammed fellow Republican Sen. Richard Burr this week, calling it unfair for him to keep his Senate seat after "screwing all Americans" when he "dumped" stocks ahead...
Insider trading is business as usual for our politicians
Members of Congress have a long history of trading stock on confidential information. In fact, up until just a few years ago it was legal and perhaps the best perk...
Nets star outraged by alleged coronavirus 'insider trading'
Dry wit and financial news both fall firmly in Spencer Dinwiddie’s wheelhouse. So it’s no shock the outspoken Nets guard chimed in about revelations that several U.S. Senators sold large...
Even if legal, politicians profiting off inside information amid coronavirus crisis is outrageous
For a handful US senators, the coronavirus crisis was cause for a windfall.
Senators deny they're corrupt after dumping stocks before coronavirus crash
What a coinkeydink! Four senators are scrambling to explain why they sold stocks after nonpublic briefings in January on the threat of the coronavirus. Facing calls for his resignation for...