Federal Agencies
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Most B-52 upgrades behind schedule or over budget, GAO finds
The findings, in a new report from the Government Accountability Office, come as the Air Force spends an estimated $21 billion to keep the 76 aging bombers flying decades past their planned lifespan. The two costliest programs, new engines and radar, are running over on all three counts.
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DOJ audits find about $2 million in questionable costs from crime victims grants
One audit involving Nevada’s Division of Child and Family Services identified more than $365,000 in questioned costs at Miracle Minds Therapy, also known as United Citizens Foundation
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SpaceX receiving millions in taxpayer funds to build industrial complex
The office of Gov. Greg Abbott and SpaceX announced the first phase of the development: a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant is being built.
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Patel aims to protect civil liberties, reform the FBI to prevent serial weaponized spying
"We've ended that regime," Patel says. The FBI director says he aims to restore the bureau to its core mission and reform policies to prevent the repetition of any politically motivated cases.
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Admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which includes forces in the Caribbean, retiring
Admiral Alvin Holsey and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly clashed over U.S. military operations in the Caribbean.
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Homan denies allegations that he took $50K from undercover Biden FBI agents
The White House has stood by the border czar amid the allegations and accused the Biden FBI of trying to entrap Homan.
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IRS whistleblowers reach settlement with DOJ in retaliation case
Lawyers for the whistleblowers claimed in August that their clients were still facing retaliation from the Justice Department even six months into the new administration.
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ICE applications reach 175K amid agency hiring spree
Trump himself has hoped to remove as many as 21 million illegal aliens from the country and, thus far, as many as 2.2 million foreign-born persons have left the U.S., voluntarily or otherwise.
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Bessent predicts US will finish trade agreement with South Korea in 10 days
President Donald Trump first teased a trade deal with South Korea in July, but progress stalled over how the trading partner would invest $350 billion into the United States.
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DOJ: Swift arrest in threat to Benny Johnson 'reminder' of agency's vow to stop political violence
U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida thinks the rise in political threats has been accompanied by the rise in political violence.
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U.S. condemns detention of Chinese Zion Church leaders, urges immediate release
"This crackdown further demonstrates how the CCP exercises hostility towards Christians who reject Party interference in their faith and choose to worship at unregistered house churches," the State Department says
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Those doxxing, threatening ICE agents, arrested, indicted
Legal action is being taken in response to assaults against ICE officers increasing by 1,000% compared to the same time last year, ICE says. That’s up from a 413% increase in assaults against ICE agents June
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No survivors after explosion at Tennessee manufacturing plant, officials say
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent an "elite team" to respond to the incident