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ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50K in July: Report
The new figures of 49,571 arrests, mark the highest single monthly arrest total of the second Trump administration, and is a 15% boost from 43,021 arrests made in June. It also marks a 70% increase from the 29,241 arrested in February.
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Trump administration threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if 2-year closure isn't allowed
Justice Department attorney Brantley T. Mayers, absent the renovations, "the Center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be required to be taken down."
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Justice Department creates National Fraud Detection Center to combat fraud in government programs
The National Fraud Detection Center is a multi-agency team that is intended to investigate the most serious people defrauding federal government programs.
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ICE confirms two Jordanian nationals in custody after attempted security breach at Quantico base
The pair tried to drive into the base authorized and they were detained
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'Yes, we did' fund Wuhan gain-of-function research, 'virtually every lab' does it: NIH official
"The broad definition is lab jargon" without regulatory relevance, and it's not dangerous, Lawrence Tabak tells COVID subcommittee. GOP reads from damning unreleased emails about evading FOIA, misleading NIH.
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Manchin leads effort to overturn new retirement investment advice rule
The Labor Department said the current definition of an investment advice fiduciary was written in the 1970s, before 401ks were created, and back when individual retirement accounts were rare.
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Putin signs military cooperation statement with Xi during meeting in Beijing
The visit marks 75 years of relations between China and Russia.
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Bezos hosted Treasury officials to discuss private sector climate action: FOIA documents show
The meetings, uncovered by Protecting the Public’s Trust, highlight role of some private sector leaders in forwarding climate agenda.
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Feds suspend money for Wuhan Institute of Virology funder EcoHealth Alliance, propose ban
"NIH’s conclusion that WIV research likely violated protocols of the NIH regarding biosafety is undisputed," HHS says. COVID subcommittee chair emphasizes its own investigation "far from over."
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DOJ lacking appeal process for whistleblowers with revoked security clearances violates law: OIG
"DOJ policy does not include an OIG appeal process for employees whose security clearance has been suspended for more than 1 year and who allege retaliation, as required by federal statute," the DOJ Inspector General found
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DOJ claims Boeing violated five-year settlement that helped it avoid prosecution
The aerospace company reached the $2.5 billion settlement deal with the DOJ related to a fraud allegation of misleading the federal regulators who approved the Max 737 planes. In exchange for the payment, they would not be prosecuted on the fraud charge.
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FBI report finds fewer officers killed in line of duty, but more attacked
There were 60 officers killed in the line of duty in 2023, the report said, one less than in 2022. But the total officers killed in the line of duty in the past three years were higher than any other three year period in the past two decades.
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Blinken performs cover of 'Rockin in the Free World' with Kyiv band while visiting Ukraine
During the music set at a local bar, Blinken was introduced by the band as the “biggest friend of Ukraine."