Federal Agencies
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Former Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino refutes Tucker Carlson’s claim Trump halted Butler probe
Bongino spoke out about the claim in a 12-minute video on X.
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Workers begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy Center building
Overnight, workers had covered portions of the scaffolding with tarps and began the removal work, leaving the site around 3:30am
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Justice Department approves Paramount-Warner Brothers merger
The two companies signed the paperwork for the deal in February, which will see Paramount acquire Warner Bros., but it still needs final approval from the Trump administration before it can go through.
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Former FBI employee and sister plead guilty to fraudulent bidding scheme: DOJ
“Evereklian submitted bids from her own companies to the FBI using the names of her relatives to conceal her control over bidding companies, and she used a random number generator to create the fraudulent bids,” the DOJ said.
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ICE arrests Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr., days after Jake Paul match
DHS accused Chavez of being tied to the Sinaloa drug cartel, and claimed Mexico has an active arrest warrant for the illegal migrant for alleged weapons trafficking. Chavez has allegedly been in the country illegally since January.
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Trump administration approves California's disaster funding relief request over Los Angeles riots
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler accused Newsom of playing politics by delaying his request for assistance.
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NASA detects a possibly habitable planet via James Webb Space telescope
The planet, which astronomers believe is orbiting a young red dwarf star approximately 34 light years away, has been dubbed TWA 7b and is roughly the size of Saturn.
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Trump administration pilot program to focus on 'personal responsibility' in welfare programs
The Administration for Children and Families is spearheading the program with a focus on reducing state's reliance on federally funded programs like Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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Ratcliffe’s scathing review finds John Brennan pushed to include Steele Dossier in 2016 assessment
A "lessons learned" review by John Ratliffe's CIA finds multiple problems with the U.S. intelligence community's assessment on the 2016 election, including related to the inclusion of the discredited Steele Dossier and the conclusions on Putin's motives.
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FBI supervisor allegedly hired prostitutes while working overseas, domestically: DOJ watchdog
The inspector general said that "criminal prosecution was declined," and that it had "completed its investigation and provided its report to the FBI for its information."
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Trump admin proposes pulling all funding for NOAA’s climate research: Report
The proposal comes in the middle of hurricane season in the Atlantic, and as the West Coast braces for fire season. Hurricane season typically starts in June and runs through November.
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FBI selects Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. to house new headquarters
The new selection is expected to save American taxpayers billions of dollars by choosing an existing federal building, rather than building a suburban campus that would have taken years to complete.
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Grassley shares declassified emails on FBI’s ‘suppressed intel’ on China’s potential 2020 meddling
The internal FBI documents provide more evidence that the bureau purposely failed to properly investigate allegations of Chinese government meddling in the 2020 U.S. presidential race.