Accountability
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Publisher suspends sales of reporter's book after allegations of extensive plagiarism
Ross Barkan's book "The Revolutionary: Zohran Mamdani and the Remaking of American Politics," which was scheduled for publication in October, has been scrubbed from major bookselling sites.
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Pirro issues arrest warrants for DC police employees over $440K in alleged fraudulent overtime pay
The DOJ alleges that during the calendar year 2024, these employees manipulated official records, forged supervisory approvals, or claimed compensation while engaged in secondary employment.
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Minnesota immigrant who was once received 'outstanding refugee' award is charged with Medicaid fraud
Salman Ahmed Elmi is facing three counts of aiding and abetting by swindle and five counts of aiding and abetting by false representation stemming from an alleged scam to bill Medicaid for over $1 million in fraudulent services.
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Incoming House GOP chairman plans to summon Twitter execs over Hunter Biden censorship
Rep. James Comer says requests will go out as soon as GOP takes over House in January.
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National Science Foundation spends $500k to learn lizards could survive fire ant stings
Research funds were disbursed in installments from 2011 to 2013, and the results have just been reported.
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Bombshell Twitter files suggest censorship driven by politics and connections, not facts
"This is a battle for the future of civilization," Musk says in explaining why he released the files. "If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead."
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Growing number of GOP leaders, elected officials say it's time for a change in RNC leadership
"I think we got to ask ourselves why we're not winning," said South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.
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Watchdog group says Education Dept. official has had 'substantial' coordination with teacher's union
Former NEA official "almost immediately" began corresponding with group upon joining ED.
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Treasury IG says Trump IRS audits of Comey, McCabe were done at random
Both men had drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump, largely due to their criticism of the commander-in-chief amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia collusion probe.
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WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called out for saying Biden has visited border
Joe Biden has not visited the border at all since his time as president
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Warnock facing growing scrutiny for church ties to anti-Semitic, black supremacist academic
Leonard Jeffries "preaches Jew-hatred like a religion," is "central member" of Afrocentrism movement's "extreme" wing, which is "Europhobic and anti-Semitic, as well as racist, anti-Arab and anti-Catholic," according to American Jewish Committee report.
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Washington Post critic praises play questioning public scorn of pedophiles, writes 'brilliant'
The play shows "that the punishments inflicted on some pedophiles are so harsh and unrelenting as to be inhumane," the Post commentator said.
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House Ethics Committee investigates Hawaii Democrat over social media use
Kahele ran unsuccessfully for governor of Hawaii this year and will leave his post in the lower chamber of Congress when the current session ends.