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Feb 14 2023
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Total fraud in federal government? For first time, an agency tries to solve
A government agency wants to find out just how much taxpayer money is lost to fraud at the federal level.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office is attempting, for the first time, to estimate the total amount of fraud in the entire federal government. Comptroller General of the United States Gene Dodaro said his agency could have an estimate later this year.
The goal is to
The Center Square
Nov 15 2022
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Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine
A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.
The strikes plunged much of Ukraine into darkness and drew defiance from President Volodymr Zelenskyy, who shook his fist and declared: “We will survive everything.”
It was Russia’s biggest
Associated Press
Oct 14 2021
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Steve Bannon Refuses to Testify to Jan. 6 Committee, Cites 'Executive Privilege'
Steve Bannon's lawyers have written a letter to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol stating he will not produce documents for subpoenas, citing Donald Trump's claim of executive privilege.
The defense team for Bannon, one of a number of the former president's allies who have been subpoenaed by the panel in connection with the insurrection, has
Newsweek
Mar 06 2023
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Paul Manafort agrees to pay $3.15 million to settle with DOJ
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case brought by the Justice Department last year over undeclared foreign bank accounts, court documents show.
The big picture: The lawsuit, filed in April 2022, alleged that Manafort failed to report over 20 foreign bank accounts, which he controlled in countries including Cyprus, the United
Axios
Dec 10 2022
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Judge Denies DOJ's Request To Hold Trump In Contempt
A federal judge declined to hold former President Trump in contempt of court connected to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, CNN reported Friday.
Instead, the judge on Friday urged Trump and the Department of Justice to resolve the issue outside of court, ABC News reported. The DOJ alleges Trump and his legal team failed to comply with a subpoena seeking
International Business Times
Mar 10 2023
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Investigation into deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico continues after cartel issues apology letter and hands over members
A week after the violent kidnappings of four Americans in Mexico, investigators are still working to piece together how and why the abduction unfolded, even after a cartel apologized for carrying out what one victim’s father has called “a senseless crime” that left two Americans and one Mexican woman dead.
The case remains “very confusing” to investigators, who are still
CNN Digital
Jan 08 2023
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Biden to stop at border on trip to Mexico
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Monday will become the first U.S. leader to visit Mexico in nearly a decade. Biden, along with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will gather Monday and Tuesday in Mexico City for a North American leaders summit. Before arriving in Mexico City, Biden will stop today in the border city of El Paso, Texas
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jan 12 2023
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Meet Robert Hur, the special counsel investigating Biden document case
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced the next steps to handling President Joe Biden’s classified documents from his term served as vice president under the Obama administration. The news came hours after Biden’s legal aides discovered another small set of classified documents in a different location than the ones found at his former Washington, D.C. office in November last
Deseret News
Jan 12 2023
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MI Consumers Scramble To Find Eggs Amid Nationwide Shortage
And if Michigan shoppers do find eggs, they should be prepared to pay about 11 percent more than they did a year ago, according to the December 2022 inflation report released Thursday by the government. Nationally,the cost of eggs was around $2.37 a dozen last week, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In the Detroit area, the average price of eggs stood at $4.
Patch.com
Jul 22 2022
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Steve Bannon guilty of both counts of contempt of Congress
A federal jury convicted former White House strategist Steve Bannon of two counts of contempt of Congress Friday after less than three hours of deliberation.
The 68-year-old now faces a minimum of 60 days in prison and a maximum of two years behind bars for refusing to comply last fall wtih a subpoena from the House select committee investigating last month’s Capitol riot, as well as a
New York Post (News)