Ex-FBI officialsPeter Strzok and Lisa Page reached settlements withthe Justice Department that will see the government paying out a total of$ 2 millionin their lawsuits over the department’s 2018release of their text messages. Former agent Strzok will get$ 1.2 million and Page, who was an FBI lawyer, will get$ 800, 000, according to settlement agreements obtained by CNN. Strzok and Pagefinalized their settlementswith the Justice Departmentin court filings Friday, after allegingthe department vio

" Under the guise of' opposition research,'' data analytics,' and other political stratagems, the Defendants nefariously sought to sway the public's trust," says the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida.... The lawsuit asks for more than$ 24 million in costs and damages.... The suit also contains some factual inaccuracies and some of the same grandiose or exaggerated false claims that Trump has made dozens of times....

Open this photo in gallery U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participate in a virtual meeting on climate change, from an auditorium at the White House, in Washington, on Sept.... Biden promised at the April summit to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% to 52% below 2005 levels by 2030.... Following through on that pledge depends in large part on passage of a$ 3.5 trillion budget bill that includes tax incentives and other policies to substantially cut fossil fuel