Federal Agencies
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Trump's 'triumphal arch' needs red, blinking lights on it to avoid aviation hazard, FAA recommends
There are further steps in the FAA process the project will need to go through, but the FAA's feasibility study suggests that the monument will likely clear the FAA approval process.
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GAO urges federal agencies to do more to stop at least $180B of improper payments made in error
The watchdog agency described the issue as a “long-standing, significant problem” and said several departments have repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting requirements designed to track and reduce payment errors. The GAO identified seven federal agencies with programs that posted improper payment rates above 10% for multiple consecutive years between 2021 and 2024.
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NASA astronauts will soon be wearing Prada as luxury brand expands
The suit includes built-in cooling and ventilation tubing intended to help astronauts regulate body temperature during missions.
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Justice Department challenges old Texas law providing in-state tuition for illegal migrants
Portions of the Texas Education Code allow illegal migrants to receive the discounted tuition price as long as they reside in the state, which the department claimed was in violation of federal law.
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DOJ demands California high schools stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports
"Knowingly depriving female students of athletic opportunities and benefits on the basis of their sex would constitute unconstitutional sex discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote.
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FBI’s top spokesman corrects media, seeks tips on clinics that 'mutilate' gender-confused kids
Axios portrays so-called gender affirming care as mental health benefit, ignoring federally funded study suppressed for years because it didn't show any benefit.
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Justice Department launches investigation into Biden's pardons, autopen: report
The investigation's focus is on Biden's preemptive pardons to several family members and clemency to 37 federal inmates, giving them life in prison sentences instead of the death penalty.
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Human trafficking hotline contractor under scrutiny over 'revolving door' allegations
Former Obama HHS executive and cofounder of the nonprofit operating the hotline currently oversees the grant and human trafficking policy at the Department of Health and Human Services. The non-profit has been plagued by allegations of failing to report human trafficking tips involving minors to law enforcement.
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‘Targeted terror attack:’ Man yells ‘Free Palestine’ as he attacks pro-Israel vigil in Colorado
Six injured in attack that occurred just over a week after two young Israeli embassy staffers in Washington were gunned down.
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DOJ: Two foreign nationals indicted for alleged plot smuggle U.S. military technology to China
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the defendants "allegedly plotted to harass and interfere with an individual who criticized the actions of the People’s Republic of China while exercising their constitutionally protected free speech rights within the United States of America."
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DOJ investigating UVA over allegedly continuing DEI policies
According to a report from The Federalist, the Justice Department confirmed the investigation after America First Legal (AFL) sent a 98-page letter to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, a UVA alumna, on Friday, which alleged that UVA is trying to secretly continue its DEI policies in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
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Bongino outlines 'important cultural changes' taking place at FBI
"The accountability process is ongoing as we move disciplined, and focused, leaders into critical positions in the field. And, we are removing employees who have violated their oaths, and those who invited partisanship into the workplace. The process is ongoing, and will not stop," Bongino says
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These Texas law enforcement agencies have ICE 287(g) agreements
The Trump administration has called on law enforcement agencies in all counties and states to participate in a federal program through which ICE delegates specific immigration functions to state and local law enforcement under ICE supervision.