Activist and actor Sean Penn appeared on Capitol Hill on Monday, testifying before the subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Penn was introduced to the case in part by fellow actor Mark Wahlberg, regarding the case of Jacob Ostreicher, a New Yorker being held in Bolivia.
An Arizona judge on Monday denied a defense attorney's request for a mistrial in the death penalty phase of Jodi Arias' capital murder trial, after a long-time friend declined to testify as a character witness, citing death threats,
87-year-old Jacqueline Goldberg has alleged that mogul Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme. Goldberg took to the stand on Monday, saying she had qualms about suing Trump, given his power and influence.
Senior members of the Obama Administration's Treasury Department were made aware that investigators were looking into complaints from Tea Party groups that they were being harassed by the IRS in June 2012, revealing that the probe was being conducted during the presidential campaign.
