Federal Agencies
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Whistleblower lawyer was targeted in UFC terror plot, FBI still trying to figure out why
West Virginia state delegate and lawyer Tristan Leavitt said it was chilling to be identified and learn the details of the “nefarious” plan.
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Roosevelt quote on banner hung on Office of Personnel Management in DC likely fake, experts say
Statements misattributed to Roosevelt are so common that the website for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, keeps a list of them.
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FTC sues transgender health group for 'misleading' parents about necessity of transitioning kids
World Professional Association for Transgender Health blasts FTC and its "go-to, obedient" state attorneys general for interfering in medicine and group's "noncommercial speech," which FTC deems very lucrative.
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FBI acting director retires on inauguration day, one day after Wray
The bureau's career officials have come under considerable scrutiny from Trump's supporters over widespread accusations of political bias within the agency.
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Pentagon removes portrait of retired Gen. Milley, as Trump returns as commander-in-chief
The move reportedly came shortly after Trump was sworn-in.
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U.S. government interferes with Marine’s custody of adopted girl saved from Afghanistan battlefield
The U.S. State Department has continually pushed for a girl to be given to an Afghan couple with alleged terrorist ties and taken away from an adoptive US serviceman.
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FAA instructs SpaceX to investigate Starship explosion
The FAA said that there has been no reports of injuries related to falling debris, but some public property in Turks and Caicos were reportedly damaged.
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FEMA requests September date for temporary sheltering program after Helene
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein: "Many of these families’ homes need long-term rebuilding and are not and will not be safe for some time"
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IRS commissioner becomes latest official to exit post on Inauguration Day
Other officials have also announced they will resign on Inauguration Day, including FBI Director Christopher Wray, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, and Federal Election Commission head Sean Cooksey.
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Trump demands FBI retain all information on the shuttering of its DEI office, alleges corruption
Trump claimed that the DEI office, which the FBI actually calls the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), should never have been opened and alleged that it was closed before his return because of corruption within the bureau.
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Judge upholds Trump protections for religious student groups that Biden waited too long to reverse
Biden's Department of Education delayed Secular Student Alliance lawsuit for three years as it developed regulation to erase Trump's, then threw presumptive ally under the bus by defending lawfulness of Trump's regulation.
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FBI says it closed down its DEI office in December
The bureau's closure comes as conservatives pressure the federal government and businesses to end their DEI practices, amid backlash over the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action in colleges.
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Scott Bessent to testify Trump has 'generational opportunity' to spark 'economic golden age'
If confirmed as Treasury Secretary, Bessent would be tasked with steering federal fiscal policies set by Congress and the White House. He would also be the main go-between of the White House and Federal Reserve, which sets monetary policies.