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Big Tech will be under the spotlight once again on Wednesday, as the CEOs of the largest companies in the industry will face a grilling before Congress. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple chief Tim Cook are scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust …

The acting chief of the Park Police on Tuesday defended federal law enforcement agents clearing protesters from outside the White House last month just before President Trump walked through the area for a photo op at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Chief Gregory Monahan said that while he was aware Trump was scheduled to walk through …

Federal agents sent to Seattle to protect federal property have been removed from the city after local officials complained their presence was escalating tensions. Mayor Jenny Durkan had rejected the deployment of U.S. tactical forces sent to the city last week, saying it did not have the consent of local officials and could counterintuitively provoke, …

Meghan Markle was happy with the “flattering” interview that five of her closest friends gave to People magazine, a London court heard on Wednesday. The Duchess of Sussex is making a legal bid to protect the identity of the women who spoke out to complain that she was being bullied. She’s currently suing the Mail …

The basement of Ted Baker’s posh New York City flagship store has been battling with raw sewage leaks for years — creating “dangerous conditions” for customers and staff, according to a new lawsuit. The London clothier’s 8,000-square-foot store at 115-121 Wooster St. in the upscale Soho neighborhood has been plagued by at least 45 incidents …

Sandy Hook parents are warning JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to stay out of their way as they continue their lawsuit against gunmaker Remington, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday morning. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy stands to shield Remington from outstanding legal actions, including the 2015 wrongful death suit filed by the families of nine …

Johnny Depp’s explosive libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of beating ex-wife Amber Heard wrapped up in a London court on Tuesday with the parties — and the world — now eagerly awaiting a verdict. In what’s been dubbed the biggest English libel case of the 21st Century, Depp, 57, sued The …

Attorney General William Barr is defending the federal response to recent nationwide unrest ahead of his scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The rule of law must be upheld as “violent rioters and anarchists have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction,” he said in a written opening statement released …

Protesters in Portland, Ore. on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the use of tear gas and other aggressive tactics employed by federal agents deployed to quell the nightly violence across the city. The nonprofit Protect Democracy filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C. on behalf of five women as well …

The Trump administration will send additional federal police to Portland, Ore., where officers have clashed nightly with rioters outside the city’s federal courthouse, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Portland has seen protests and riots every night since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Floyd’s …