Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency at the European Union (E.U.) Commission, announced a "proposal to protect media freedom in the European Union."
In an unusual step reflecting the city's escalating drug crisis, Portland's Safety Commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, directed residents on Monday to abstain from calling 911 unless faced with life-or-death emergencies or ongoing crimes.
The Department of Justice charged an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor, contending that the individual leaked tax return information of a "high-ranking government official."
The police union in Portland, Oregon, along with two officers, agreed to pay a former city commissioner $680,000 to settle claims that they leaked information falsely implicating her in a hit-and-run.
Prominent Democratic congressman and a prominent Democratic campaign committee have purportedly breached federal election law by collectively compensating over $700,000 to a company owned by a foreign national for campaign-related activities.
