America in Brief

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in in Detroit on Oct. 10, 2024. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

US Judge Rejects Trump Bid to Delay Evidence Release in Election Case

A Federal Judge has denied a request from former President Donald Trump to delay the release of additional evidence by prosecutors until after the presidential election.

District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan said that delaying its release would amount to a form of election interference.

Federal prosecutor special counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 27 filed a revised four-count indictment against Trump for trying to overturn 2020 election results, after the previous case was thrown out due to a Supreme Court win that gave Trump presidential immunity in all actions that he had taken in office.

Trump denies all counts against him.

US Lawmakers Target Huawei’s Chip-Acquiring Attempts

U.S. lawmakers are asking the government to intervene against U.S.-sanctioned Chinese phone maker Huawei from navigating around restrictions to obtain chip-making equipment, an act that would “clearly threaten” national security.

House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), and ranking Democratic member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-III.) have sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Gina Raimondo, urging the agency to take immediate action.

Huawei was placed on a trade restriction list in 2019, after the Pentagon identified the company with having ties to the Chinese military.

Japan and the Netherlands have imposed similar restrictions upon Huawei’s chipmaking abilities.

A logo sits illuminated outside the Huawei booth at the SK telecom booth on day 1 of the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 28, 2022. David Ramos/Getty Images

Florida Sues US Government Over Data Transparency on Non Citizen Voters

The State of Florida is suing the federal government over its refusal to comply with a request to remove noncitizens from its voter’s lists.

The Florida Department of State contacted the country’s immigration department—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—for information on individuals identified as potentially being non citizen and were told in a response letter that the agency could not offer help.

A voter walks into a polling station for the Florida presidential primary, in Bonita Springs, Fla., on March 17, 2020. Elise Amendola/AP Photo

US Secret Service Promises Sweeping Reform After Report From Panel

The U.S. secret service has vowed a sweeping reform of its organization following a report from a review panel criticizing the organization’s lack of preparedness over former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally in July.

The independent review panel, including former high-ranking U.S. government officials, found deep systematic issues within the agency that “must be addressed with urgency.”

The Secret Service failed to prevent an attempt on Trump’s life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, in which a bullet from would be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks grazed Trump’s ear killing an attendee.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. Evan Vucci, File/AP Photo

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe released a statement.

“We respect the work of the Independent Review Panel and will carefully examine the report and recommendations released today.”