Check out this great movie before it leaves Amazon Prime Video next week (December 2024)Elon Musk Wants to Turn Texas Starbase Into a Company TownJimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. 1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. 1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. 1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. 1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. 1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. 1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. 1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. 1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. 1966 — He ran for governor, but lost. 1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. 1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. 1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president. 1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. 1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. 1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. 1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. 1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. 1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. 1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. 2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. 2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. 2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old. Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, GallupBill Belichick named head coach at North Carolina
The first rule of the East Meadow breakfast club: No Thursday doctor’s appointments. Sadie Lloyd, 94, and her senior citizen crew clear their schedules each week to meet for a 9 a.m. breakfast at the Apollo diner in East Meadow. It’s a comfort for the longtime Hempstead resident whose entire family lives in the Midwest. Lloyd cared for her husband, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, until his death in 2011. Since then, she has lived alone in the couple's longtime home. On Sunday, she was paid a visit by volunteers with the Garden City-based Family & Children’s Association, also known as FCA. She was among 120 seniors from across Nassau County the volunteers visited to deliver reheatable holiday meals and gift boxes. "I don’t have any family here except for [Family & Children’s Association]," Lloyd told Newsday after the volunteers arrived at her front door with a reheatable meal, like the others, complete with turkey, stuffing, vegetables, gravy, cranberry sauce, a roll, salad, a slice of apple pie, a pack of cookies and a gift. The biggest news, politics and crime stories in Nassau County, in your inbox every Friday at noon. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy . FCA is a nonprofit organization that connects seniors, children and families with health, educational and other services. It’s a "one stop shop" for about 10,000 seniors on Long Island, most of whom qualify for Medicaid, according to Lisa Stern, assistant vice president of FCA’s Senior and Adult Services division. About 16 case managers support more than 600 homebound seniors on a regular basis, helping them manage prescriptions, get groceries, learn new technology and access mental health support. The organization, which includes a client that is 102, is funded by Nassau County and the state Office for the Aging, according to Stern. The holiday season meal deliveries began last December when Tom and Susanne LoFaso, of Farmingdale, and other family members, brought meals to 25 seniors through FCA. "I would’ve never thought this would get so big so quickly, and I see it getting larger in the years to come," said Tom LoFaso, who also works for the state Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, where he investigates insurance fraud and abuse. About 20 volunteer drivers, lined up outside the Bristal Assisted Living in Jericho on Sunday morning, filling their vehicles with bags of food and boxes of gifts for an afternoon of deliveries to seniors — many of whom live alone. When it was her turn for a meal and a gift, Lloyd sat inside her Hempstead home, beside her Christmas tree adorned with rainbow lights and silver tinsel icicles. She carefully unwrapped a package containing a fleece blanket, a handwritten card from grade-schoolers, gloves, Martinelli’s sparkling cider and other gifts from the LoFaso family. "My husband used to love these," she said, pulling out a packet of Walker's shortbread cookies. "They were so expensive, but we didn’t care. We used to buy a little box." Lloyd’s 77-year-old son, grandkids and family pleaded with her to move back to the Midwest after she survived a heart attack in October. "But this is home," she said. "I’ve been here since 1962." With her husband gone and no remaining family nearby, FCA has become her support system, she said. It was an FCA volunteer who signed Lloyd out of the hospital after her heart attack, brought her food when she couldn’t cook afterward, and another who replenished the heating oil in her house on a cold day. While she doesn’t have plans for Christmas, and having an irregular heartbeat prevents her "long-range planning," Lloyd, who said she's not a picky eater, hopes the breakfast club will visit her for a potluck on New Year’s Day. "The only thing I don’t like to eat is olives," she said.
Need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death 'could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs' By SAM MERRIMAN, SOCIAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT Published: 21:27, 4 December 2024 | Updated: 21:44, 4 December 2024 e-mail 3 View comments The need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs, it has been suggested. Jake Richards, a co-sponsor of the end-of-life Bill, said it 'may suffice' for judges to become involved only if there are concerns somebody has not met other eligibility needs. The Labour MP also admitted there 'remain questions about the judicial oversight function' in the process. Last week, MPs approved the Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill by 330 votes to 275. It will now move to committee stage, where it can be amended, before further votes in the Commons and Lords. The Bill states that mentally competent adults with less than six months to live will be able to seek an assisted death with the approval of two independent doctors and a High Court judge. However, Mr Richards, writing for news website LabourList, said: 'Perhaps the general challenge is to ensure the rules of court and other regulations provide for an exercise which is not mere 'rubber stamping' but not so time-consuming as to make the purpose redundant. 'It may suffice for legislation to provide for third-party applications should they feel the statutory criteria had not been met. 'Indeed, perhaps this should have been the only means by which courts were involved.' The need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs, it has been suggested. Pictured: Disabled people and their supporters gather outside Houses of Parliament to demonstrate their opposition to assisted dying Jake Richards, a co-sponsor of the end-of-life Bill, said it 'may suffice' for judges to become involved only if there are concerns somebody has not met other eligibility needs Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who proposed the landmark private member's bill on assisted dying, holds her face with emotion as she meets campaigners after a parliamentary vote was passed in support of assisted dying on November 29, 2024 in London, England Dr Gordon Macdonald, head of anti-assisted dying group Care Not Killing, said the suggestion showed 'so-called safeguards are being exposed as not worth the paper they are written on'. Former justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland said it demonstrated the 'lack of proper preparation' of the Bill. He added: 'At best, this is an acknowledgement of the flawed nature of the judicial brake – at worst, it exposes the hollowness of the assurances being made by the Bill's proponents about the key role that judges were to play in all cases.' Mr Richards insisted he was not proposing removing the safeguard and he had put forward the idea as 'food for thought' amid wider considerations of what the role of judges might look like. He added he had made the suggestion due to concerns around the length of time it can currently take for a case to reach court – in some instances many months – which would mean the system would not work for somebody with less than six months to live. Sir James Munby, former head of the High Court's family division, ahead of last Friday's vote said it was not the 'proper function' of a judge to rule whether someone would be eligible for such a death, and described the Bill as 'defective' and its safeguards as open to abuse. Share or comment on this article: Need for the High Court to sign off on every assisted death 'could be dropped amid fears of lengthy court backlogs' e-mail Add comment
Share Tweet Share Share Email Gopinath Kathiresan, a senior quality manager at a Silicon Valley tech giant, has overcome many challenges on his path to career fulfillment and success. He began his tech career in India at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. At the time, the tech industry was focused on software engineers and developers, and many companies didn’t recognize the importance of quality engineering. After immigrating to the United States, Kathiresan adapted to a new environment and continued to rise professionally, honing his skills and expertise with roles at innovative industry leaders such as Wipro, GE, and Bio-Rad. The career path of Kathiresan, a seasoned expert in the field, provides key takeaways for those looking to follow a similar trajectory. Kathieresan’s story underscores how perseverance and flexibility are crucial for long-term success in tech. In this Q&A, Kathiresan offers valuable insights for both current and aspiring quality engineers, discussing the transformative power of education, persistence, and continuous learning. Gopinath Kathiresan Q: How did your journey lead you to one of the most prominent tech companies in the world? Kathiresan: My journey is a testimony of how learning, growth, and persistence can help one climb the corporate ladder and achieve things never thought possible. As a child in India, I was fascinated by new computers and technologies and dreamed of working for one of the Silicon Valley tech giants. Today, I’m a senior quality manager and manage a team of 50 engineers. My team develops mission-critical applications relied on by millions of users worldwide. We leverage state-of-the-art technologies, including cloud computing, advanced security and privacy, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs), to ensure top-tier performance and innovation. Q: Can you discuss your early career experience and how you became interested in quality engineering? Kathiresan: I began my journey by teaching myself about programming and testing tools by watching expert videos and reading articles to build my skill set. This self-driven learning led to my first technical role at Wipro in India, where I gained hands-on experience in quality assurance and software testing. It was there I learned the importance of meticulous attention to detail. After immigrating to the United States, I stumbled upon an opportunity in quality engineering at GE Healthcare. In that role, I discovered just how vital precision and adherence to regulations are in healthcare. For example, a poorly designed or tested device could lead to a misdiagnosis. In healthcare, that can be a matter of life and death. Q: How has the role of quality engineering evolved over the years? Kathiresan: When I began my tech career in 2008, at the height of the Great Recession, quality engineering wasn’t seen as a promising or essential field. Many organizations lacked a quality engineering team because they didn’t fully grasp the impact of quality on the user experience. Quality engineers were undervalued, and this stigma was reflected in hiring practices throughout big tech companies. At that time, the ratio was roughly 20 developers to every quality engineer. Since then, the perception of quality engineering has changed drastically. Organizations now recognize that quality engineering is essential to competitiveness, customer satisfaction, and error prevention. As of October 2023, there was one tester for every three developers , a testament to the growing importance of the role. It’s not only a rewarding career but also a financially lucrative one. According to salary.com , as of August 2024, the average quality engineer salary in the United States was $102,799. Q: What is the importance of user experience in your work? Kathiresan: I always encourage my team members to approach their work from two perspectives. First, view the technology from the user’s viewpoint. Most people aren’t tech experts, so it’s critical to ask, “How will my grandfather use this?” A product’s success hinges on its usability for non-tech users. Second, accessibility is essential. It’s crucial to ensure that any software application accommodates people from various backgrounds, including those who speak different languages or who have disabilities. For example, is the placement of a search button placed appropriately for a visually impaired person? Placing it at the top of the screen instead of the bottom could make it more accessible to someone with limited hand mobility. Q: What roles do continuous learning and mentorship play in your career? Kathiresan: Continual education and mentorship are of the utmost importance in advancing in a quality engineering—or any tech—career. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve received is to constantly upskill especially in new and emerging technologies. Staying ahead of the curve ensures tech professionals remain agile and valuable in this fast-changing industry. Mentorship is equally critical. I have been fortunate enough to have had exceptional mentors throughout my career who provided invaluable industry insights, guidance, and opportunities to grow my network. It’s a two-way street, however. Mentees can offer fresh and diverse perspectives with more seasoned professionals. Diversity of thought drives innovation, and, learning from professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences can unlock unique answers to complex problems. Most importantly, be a lifelong learner. Attend workshops, seek advanced certifications, and participate in industry events focusing on new trends and technologies. Keep pushing boundaries. Q: Do you have any advice for aspiring engineers or those looking to advance their careers? Kathiresan: My advice is simple: stay curious, continuously upskill, and stay on top of emerging trends and technologies. This will position you as an indispensable engineer and employee. Always be open to learning from people at all levels of the organization. Collaborate with others, regardless of their role in the organization. Break down significant challenges into smaller, more manageable tasks. Be proactive in adding value to your work. Don’t wait for others to tell you what to do—take initiative. Seek mentorship from more experienced engineers and don’t hesitate to ask for help. The ability to collaborate and learn from others is a game-changer in a technology career. The importance of hiring immigrant quality engineers Diversity of background, experience, thought, and culture is invaluable in the technology sector, particularly in quality engineering. Highly skilled immigrant engineers bring specialized skills, unique perspectives, and expertise that fill critical gaps in the global tech workforce, helping companies meet demanding product development and testing standards. In a field where attention to detail, creativity, and adaptability are essential, the diverse backgrounds of immigrant engineers facilitate comprehensive approaches to quality assurance and software testing. Immigrant engineers are also vital for global competitiveness. They foster collaboration and contribute to cutting-edge solutions. By combining technical expertise with a commitment to personal and professional growth, immigrant quality engineers can stand out in their field and continue to grow in a competitive marketplace. About the Author: Bethany Good is a freelance writer and editor of nonfiction and memoir books. She specializes in writing about healthcare, technology, and marketing for numerous trade publications. Connect with Bethany on LinkedIn . Related Items: Gopinath Kathiresan , Leader , Quality Engineering , Silicon Valley , tech giant Share Tweet Share Share Email Recommended for you Navigating the AI Revolution: A Senior Tech Leader’s Blueprint for Enterprise AI Success How Silicon Valley is Leading the AI Revolution The Impact of Silicon Valley on Privacy and Data Security Comments
Jimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life. — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia. — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity. — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia. — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952. — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms. — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains. — He ran for governor, but lost. — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born. — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12. — Carter announced his candidacy for president. — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David. — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed. — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November. — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released. — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020. — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment. — Carter dies at 100 years old.Robinhood's Gallagher Bows Out Of SEC Chair Consideration Under Incoming Trump Administration
A recently opened technology centre in Coimbatore is improving driverless cars , tractors and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) for global firms. Artificial intelligence (AI) data company iMerit Inc has been in the industry for almost a decade. Its automotive AI centre of excellence at Coimbatore employs more than 220 multi-sensor fusion experts, who create world models for autonomous vehicles , annotating images, lidar, and video to help vehicles recognise objects, navigate safely and get better at predicting pedestrian behaviour. The centre has various jobs from research and development to data annotation. The company has hired or plans to hire machine learning engineers, lidar analysts, project managers who work across multiple centres, senior HR professionals, data annotation and labelling workers. It has 12 AI centres — nine in India and one each in the US, Turkey and Bhutan. "This is the first centre in Tamil Nadu and I am excited about it," says Radha Ramaswami Basu, chief executive and founder of the company. Originally hailing from a village near Karur, she grew up in Chennai. "When I was studying at College of Engineering, Guindy, there were 2,800 guys and only 17 women in the whole university. That's why I was excited to see a young woman from Karur applying for a job at the centre. That takes me right back to where I am from," she says. Now 53% of her company's employees are women. The company aims to work with young people from non-metros, especially young women. Why choose Coimbatore? The city has an excellent talent pool with a mix of fresh and experienced talent, she says. "It has a good number of engineering and science colleges. The combination of expertise in automobile manufacturing and designing and high-quality education made it suitable for our aggressive growth plans. From my conversations with employees here, I feel Coimbatore's work ethic is good and people are eager to learn. Also, industry-friendly policies and good infrastructure helped us open this centre in a very short time," says Radha. A lot of young people are willing to move to the city and there is no problem in finding talent, she says. The company hires young talent and provides four months training on its software platform and practice with tools and certifications at its Hubli centre. The company plans to double its headcount by the next financial year. Radha says she wants to employ young people from lower income backgrounds in tier-2 cities as a way of giving back to the community in India. And, the resultant low attrition rate proves beneficial for the company. She is no stranger to establishing new centres in emerging cities. After a stint in the US, in 1985 she founded the business operations of HP in India in Bengaluru. It is one of the first two multinational corporation facilities in Bengaluru and the first software centre for any MNC. She plans to hire more specialists in the future. "Need for specialists and experts in data work is growing exponentially. That is why we have created the auto centre of excellence. The demand for AI data service will grow as applications get more complex," she says. She plans to further expand the centre and add new businesses apart from its current verticals such as autonomous mobility, healthcare AI, and high tech. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .There’s been a lot of reporting in recent months around Apple’s efforts to expand its footprint in customers’ homes with in-development products like a wall-mounted smart home hub . According to a new report in Bloomberg , that strategy could also include a smart doorbell. This doorbell would use Apple’s FaceID technology to scan people’s faces as they approach the door, then connect wirelessly to a deadbolt lock and automatically unlock for residents of the home. The doorbell is reportedly in the early stages of development and wouldn’t come to market before the end of 2025 at the earliest. It might work with third-party locks that are compatible with Apple’s HomeKit, or Apple might launch with a specific lock maker. Bloomberg notes that while a smart doorbell with FaceID would allow Apple to compete with products like Amazon Ring, it would also make the brand vulnerable to new risks, particularly if the system was blamed for home break-ins.WASHINGTON − Seven years before President-elect Donald Trump pushed FBI Director Christopher Wray into announcing Wednesday he will step down at the end President Biden's term, Trump appointed Wray and called him "a model of integrity." In the years since, Trump soured on the nation's top law enforcement official for overseeing investigations into his allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and retaining classified documents after he left office in January 2021. Trump had already nominated Kash Patel, an ardent Trump supporter, to be Wray’s replacement , thus signaling his intent to fire Wray upon taking office. Here’s a list of key events in the fraught relationship between Trump and Wray that began in 2017 with Wray’s nomination to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation. June 7, 2017: Trump nominates Wray After firing FBI Director James Comey for his role in investigating Trump’s potential role in Russian interference in the 2016 election, then-President Trump nominates Wray as head of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, in charge of 35,000 people including more than 10,000 “special agents” across the U.S. and around the world. Trump described Wray as a " model of integrity " and an "impeccably qualified individual" for the role of investigating crimes and foreign influence in the United States without fear or favor. Wray had began his career clerking for prominent conservative U.S. Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig and served as a prosecutor in the Justice Department. He was appointed assistant attorney general, charge of the department's criminal division, by President George W. Bush. Prior to being named FBI director, he was a partner at the law firm King & Spaulding. After receiving Senate confirmation, Wray began his 10-year term at the FBI, a unique protection created by Congress specifically to insulate the FBI director position from political influence, especially from the White House. December 7, 2017: Wray defends the FBI Four months after Wray is sworn in as the eighth director of the FBI, he publicly defends the agency from Trump’s criticism of its role in investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election to help Trump defeat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. After Trump tweeted that the bureau's reputation was " in Tatters – worst in history! " and called its impartiality into question, Wray told the House Judiciary Committee that, "The FBI I see are tens of thousands of men and woman who are hard charging people of integrity." Sept. 24, 2020: Trump criticized the FBI As Russia interferes in the election to help Trump beat former Vice-President Joe Biden, Trump sharply criticizes U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials for investigating and publicizing what he describes as "Fake News" and the "Russia Hoax." In testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee , Wray says, “we are not going to tolerate foreign interference in our elections” and describes how the FBI was working with Facebook and Twitter to shut Russian disinformation campaigns down before they “could develop some kind of broader following.” August 8, 2022: FBI searches Mar-a-Lago The FBI conducts a search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. to recover classified documents that Trump took with him from the White House and refused to return. This infuriates Trump, who decries the "weaponization of the Justice Department" and begins a campaign of publicly criticizing the FBI, saying the agency is part of a Deep State “hoax” and attack against him. The documents seized by agents play the central role in one of the two felony criminal cases ultimately filed against Trump – the first charges against a former president in U.S. history – by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. The other case, filed in July 2023 and based on an investigation that involved the work of FBI agents, accuses Trump of trying to steal the 2020 election that he lost to Biden. Trump maintains his innocence and pleaded not guilty in both cases. “Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE” in Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump falsely claimed at one point , adding that FBI agents were “locked and loaded” and “ready to take me out.” Wray, and Attorney General Merrick Garland flatly denied any bias, and said the search was authorized by a judge as required. Nov. 5, 2024: Trump is elected Trump wins the presidential election. The DOJ subsequently moves to have both cases dismissed, per its policy of not prosecuting a sitting president. Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung applauds the move, saying, "Today's decision by the DOJ ends the unconstitutional federal cases against President Trump, and is a major victory for the rule of law." Nov. 30, 2024: Trump nominates Kash Patel to replace Wray Trump nominates Patel , a former Justice Department prosecutor, congressional staffer and national security official in Trump's first administration. Patel had publicly vowed to go after senior FBI and Justice Department officials who investigated Trump, and to shut down FBI headquarters "on Day One" and turn it into a museum for the so-called "deep state" national security bureaucracy that Trump believes has been out to get him. Dec. 11, 2024: Wray announces resignation Wray informs FBI employees of his decision to resign next month at the end of Biden's term on January 20, 2025. His announcement comes two days after a key Republican senator who will have oversight of the FBI issues a stinging rebuke of Wray and his “failed” and politicized leadership of the law enforcement agency and calls on him to step down immediately. Wray describes his decision as the best way to “keep the focus on our mission... and avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work.” He has more than two years left in his term. Trump immediately hails Wray’s resignation on social media as “a great day for America as it will end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice." Trump said in a statement on social media . "Under the leadership of Christopher Wray, the FBI illegally raided my home, without cause, worked diligently on illegally impeaching and indicting me, and has done everything else to interfere with the success and future of America." In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wray "has served our country honorably and with integrity for decades, including for seven years as the Director of the FBI under presidents of both parties.”
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