Federal Agencies
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Former federal worker pleads guilty to attempting to transmit classified intel to foreign government
29-year-old Nathan Vilas Laatsch of Alexandria, Virginia, started working for the Defense Intelligence Agency as an IT specialist in 2019 and pleaded guilty Wednesday to transmitting classified information to a friendly foreign government.
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Massachusetts mayor indicted for alleged pandemic loan fraud, money laundering
The charging documents allege that DePena applied for Economic Injury Disaster Loans for his tire sales and automotive services business in 2020 and 2021. The first loan amounted to $150,000 in June of 2020 and had a specific purpose.
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Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate, others, DOJ says
The group offered tools that allowed malicious actors to engage in computer intrusion activities while concealing the hackers' country of origin, the DOJ said.
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Funding censorship? Feds give tens of millions to fight COVID 'disinformation,' populism
Ex-State official says defunding "domestic censorship operations" will remove "critical Jenga piece that is underlying the entire economy of the censorship industry."
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Biden administration encourages possible mask mandate to combat 'long COVID'
The Department of Health and Human Services pushes for possible social distancing and masking
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FDA social media posts on COVID under legal, medical scrutiny for misleading claims
Federal judge said FDA tweets disparaging ivermectin "bother" him, lacking "qualifier statements" about human use. Commissioner razzed by doctors for claiming bivalents, oral antivirals have "distinct possibility" of reducing long COVID risk.
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Investigation by Veterans Affairs finds 'conduct unbecoming' but no evidence of sexual misconduct
"The evidence revealed by the first investigation supported a finding of conduct unbecoming but did not support that the subject engaged in sexual harassment of the staff-level employee."
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Two Estonian citizens arrested for alleged involvement in $575 million cryptocurrency fraud
"New technology has made it easier for bad actors to take advantage of innocent victims – both in the U.S. and abroad – in increasingly complex scams."
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House Oversight panel's top Republican Comer tells Mayorkas GOP will investigate border security
Migrants have been crossing the southern border in record numbers, resulting in human trafficking and drug trafficking.
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You Vote: Was the DOJ right to appoint a special counsel to oversee its Trump probes?
The attorney general's decision has come under fire, with critics decrying the motive as political.
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LGBT activists rebuffed as NASA refuses to rename James Webb telescope
Space agency says historical investigation reveals no connection between Webb and "lavender scare."
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As DOJ appoints special counsel for Trump probes, legal experts ask: What about Hunter?
The attorney general's decision to name an independent prosecutor for multiple investigations focused on Trump has exacerbated concerns about a politicized Justice Department.
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COVID vax makers finally study long-term heart damage as FDA admits bivalent data lacking
HHS corrects stats on tripling of COVID-related pediatric hospitalizations, used to justify booster campaign for kids, after analyst calls out bad data. CNN still hasn't corrected false report.