Author: Lee Williams

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that…

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s supreme leader, has been named his successor

BY  JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ, KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND SAMY MAGDY Updated 5:40 PM EDT, March 8, 2026 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced Sunday, as the nine-day war that began with his father’s killing took a dramatic turn. The younger Khamenei had long been considered a contender for…