Accountability
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Treasury identifies $270 million in federal student aid programs it ties to possible fraud
Many of the schemes involve fraudulent enrollments — called "ghost student" schemes — in which criminals use stolen personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, to enroll fake students using the stolen identities.
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Burisma rehabilitation effort continued into Trump term while Hunter Biden was on board
Released emails show Ukrainian energy firm sought McCain Institute training deal while under US scrutiny.
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The six largest boomerangs from the 2019 Ukraine impeachment narrative so far
Were they lying then or lying now? Newly declassified State Department records and whistleblower files call into serious question the accuracy or completeness of key testimony used against Trump in the 2019 impeachment proceedings.
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Three charged with stealing $20M in 'Free College Benefit Program'
Defendants accused of diverting Pell grants and other federal financial aid state funds through “fraudulent reimbursements and illegal incentive payments.”
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Former CNN host Don Lemon considering presidential bid: 'If the people want me, I'll do it'
Lemon, who was axed from CNN in 2023, said he has been approached about the matter by fans of his new podcast and online commentary show and that the support he's felt from them since leaving CNN has been "very humbling."
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USAID watchdog's latest cases: explicit material on government phones, fake invoices
USAID's growing debarment list shows how foreign-aid money was misused even as the agency is being dismantled.
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NYT-The Athletic columnist says Sophie Cunningham 'too turbulent,' Fever should cut ties with her
Cunningham has been outspoken in her opposition to transgender athletes in women's sports
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FCC Chairman Carr scolds Democrats for opposing transgender 'warning' label in kids' TV ratings
Brendan Carr says the shorthanded commission is working to "ensure that parents have the information necessary to decide what is appropriate for their own kids and families to watch," including the presence of gender ideology.
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Trump complains Fox News 'promoting the Dumocrats'
Trump has feuded on and off with the network for years, often complaining that its editorial bend is not in line with his agenda or attacking a media personality for questions he considered unfair.
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Skydance-owned Paramount officially closes its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
The merger brings together two of the United States' oldest movie-making studios.
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Dave Portnoy blames Ohio state football coach for sudden exit from 'Big Noon Kickoff'
Portnoy claimed that Day had repeatedly pressured Fox over his presence on the show.
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Jack Smith team secretly met ex-CIA chief John Brennan in 2023, but FBI agents left notes blank
Doesn't democracy die in darkness anymore? Nothing about the substance of the meeting was recorded in the notes even though the U.S. Attorney's Manual requires agents in important cases to confer about notetaking ahead of time, memorialize that discussion and then take substantive notes of contacts with witnesses. Smith's team did neither.
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Paramount, Warner Bros. to become 'Skydance' after merger
The Warner Bros.-Paramount merger had faced legal scrutiny, but ultimately was allowed to move forward.