Federal Agencies
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DOJ's IG to review release of Epstein files
In 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi drew flak for a botched release of the files in which she distributed binders of largely public information to influencers.
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Hegseth fires Navy Secretary Phelan as naval blockades in Iran continue
Undersecretary Hung Cao will take over Phelan's role in an acting capacity.
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Near miss at JFK airport sparks FAA investigation
The American Airlines pilot was executing a go-around procedure, which is used when the pilot aborts the landing or is directed by air traffic control to do so, and it came dangerously close to an Air Canada regional jet landing on a parallel runway.
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FTC investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumers by putting personal reputations, data at risk
The probe follows OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's request for more regulation and independent audits during a May congressional briefing.
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Scientists working with Fauci, Collins struggle to explain emails to 'disprove,' 'refute' lab leak
Coauthor of "proximal origin" paper in Nature Medicine worried about "sh** show" from China if evidence showed "even accidental release" of SARS-CoV-2.
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NIH's Fauci, Collins heavily shaped COVID origins paper that downplayed lab leak: House report
Journal initially rejected "Proximal Origin" paper because it did not "unequivocally rule out the lab-leak hypothesis," House Oversight GOP says.
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Judge tells feds to take free speech training before asking social media to censor
Preliminary injunction is neither vague nor overly broad, judge tells Justice Department. Newly disclosed email shows feds entertained COVID claims deemed misinformation.
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Judge maintains ban on fed censorship communication with social media
Judge gives "a few examples" of the voluminous evidence that led him to issue preliminary injunction, says states can sue to vindicate their "quasi-sovereign interests."
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CDC admits not including diagnostic codes showing COVID vax as 'cause' on some death certificates
Georgia-based agency's response to Just the News will be incorporated into grand jury petition to investigate its COVID statistical practices, death-certificate analyst says.
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Louisiana Attorney General says the federal government didn't just censor opinions, but facts
"Where was the truth in not letting us know that the Biden laptop was a real thing?" Jeff Landry asked.
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Shortcomings abound as Post Office handles cremated remains, watchdog finds
Published this week, the report from the USPS Office of Inspector General highlighted improper labelling of cremated remains and ignorance of USPS procedures for handling them within the agency.
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Lou Dobbs calls the Department of Homeland Security a 'shell of its former institution'
Dobbs blasted the Department of Homeland Security for releasing an illegal immigrant on the terrorist watchlist who took two weeks to arrest.
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Interior Department included Wuhan lab funder on early COVID pandemic research team
EcoHealth Alliance officials served as report author, "expert panel" member in U.S. Geological Survey research of potentiial transmission between humans, bats before "empirical data" were available.