Federal Agencies
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Department of Homeland Security deletes AI-generated image after backlash
The AI-generated post showed the "Transformers" character confronting a bearded man wearing a turban, and it included the message "Self-deport or find out" and told "Mr. Singh" to get off American roads because he did not "know how to drive."
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'Large bank' will be sanctioned as part of economic war strategy with Iran, Bessent says
The Treasury Department is waiting until Monday so as not to carry out the sanction on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Justice Department prosecutor diGenova abruptly resigns from leading 'grand conspiracy' probe
The prosecutor did not state why he was resigning, but said his wife attorney Victoria Toensing, who also worked with the team of federal prosecutors in Florida, will also be leaving the Justice Department on Friday.
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Feds spare Upper Basin; states still feel water cuts pressure
The four Upper Basin states’ leaders celebrated the U.S. Department of Interior’s decision late August, but called for continued negotiations and longer-term solutions.
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Los Angeles man charged with threatening to kill Trump
Federal prosecutors also accuse 40-year-old Benjamin Azariah Southworth, of the city's Westlake neighborhood, of cyberstalking the president's personal lawyer and family.
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Chavez-DeRemer when Labor secretary had inappropriate relationship with bodyguard, IG report finds
Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April
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Trump ambassador vows NATO-like reforms to UN after terror scandal: ‘Clean this place up’
The U.N. ambassador outlined a major push to overhaul U.S. funding and structure of the U.N., including workforce cuts, peacekeeping reductions, and defunding UNRWA over its ties to Hamas, which could reshape how American tax dollars support international institutions going forward.
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Dhillon urges Maryland DoT to stop collecting nonresident vehicle permit fees from servicemembers
The Justice Department claimed in the letter that under the current policy, military families stationed in Maryland are effectively taxed twice when they register a vehicle in their home state and then relocate to Maryland for military service.
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FBI arrests man for allegedly threatening Trump, personal lawyer Jay Sekulow
Southworth has been charged with one count of threats against the President, one count of cyberstalking, and one count of harassing telephone calls in interstate communications.
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Homeland asks DOJ to probe transfer of private state voter data to Zuckerberg-tied nonprofit
The Department of Homeland Security has referred potential Driver’s Privacy Protection Act violations to the Justice Department, alleging that a nonprofit organization misused millions of citizens' sensitive driver data for voter outreach campaigns.
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Older people outnumber younger people for the first time in recorded history: U.S. Census
The population of those over 65 is projected to grow from 852 million in 2025 to 2 billion in 2060. In that time, the total global population is expected to rise from 8.13 billion to 10.23 billion by 2060.
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With Trump admin’s wizardry, Medicare gets new life under Oz
In 2026, 55% of those with Parts A and B used Medicare Advantage. Program spending was about $1.21 trillion in 2025 and near $1.3 trillion in 2026, up from $666 billion a decade earlier.
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Trump administration threatens to cut support for Smithsonian over institution's ideological shift
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Vince Haley, assistant to the president for domestic policy, are warning that the institution's promotion of political issues involving race, gender, sexuality, environmental change and immigration diverts from its mission of being a steward of American history and culture.