Federal Agencies
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Blanche says he will not regulate AI by prosecution, will probe those who commit AI related crimes
The attorney general blasted the Biden administration, accusing it of taking a heavy-handed approach to AI companies and promised that he would only take action if there were clear law violations.
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Patel defends FBI's relaxing of employment standards concerning past bestiality, prostitution
Patel denied the change signaled a lower of employment standards and argued they were designed to protect victims who had been forced to engage in the conduct, which would have previously precluded them from consideration for employment.
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UN gave fraud findings to Maduro's government, not US investigators: federal watchdog
U.S. taxpayers funded aid that vanished, and the U.N. body meant to safeguard it handed its criminal findings to Nicolás Maduro's government while refusing to give American investigators the records.
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Justice Department sues New York over $10 billion Medicaid home care program
The legal action accuses PPL of creating an “artificially attractive proposal” to administer the Medicaid program through a “sham bid process,” and of improperly inflating hourly billable rates upon taking over the program last year.
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FBI, Candace Owens clash after she FOIA requested Kash Patel’s travel schedule
The request is part of Owens' ongoing investigation into former Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk's death.
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Farm to fork: Trump FDA moves to improve food security, bolster supply chain through 'traceability'
Domestic agricultural strength ensures self-sufficiency, supports military readiness (by feeding troops and populations in crises), and projects power through exports and aid.
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Trump administration moves oversight of special ed and civil rights out of Education Department
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that the changes will align federal responsibilities with agencies that are best positioned to support them.
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US Drug czar blasts World Anti-Doping Agency over proposed changes that could undermine Olympics
Among the recommendations expected to be discussed at the meeting is transferring some testing responsibilities to an independent agency and away from a host country's anti-doping agency, which would be the United States in the next Olympics.
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Debt will balloon to 123% of entire US economy by 2036 without action from Congress: GAO
"Over the long term, it is unsustainable for debt to grow faster than the economy grows," the GAO report says. The public debt is projected to "grow more than twice as fast as the economy over the next 10 years, reaching 123% of the size of the economy in 2036."
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Biden DOJ targeted parents at school board meetings despite FBI, sheriffs' objections, memos show
AFL said it acquired the documents as part of its ongoing lawsuit related to former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum that targeted concerned parents at school board meetings during the COVID pandemic.
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Census Bureau plans 2030 count as 2020 lawsuit continues
The decisions being made now will determine how hundreds of millions of Americans are represented in Congress, how legislative districts are drawn in every state for the next decade, and how much federal funding flows to programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
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Trump announces appointment for U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
“Jamie is currently a Senior Partner at the Highly Respected Law Firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, a former Law Clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and a distinguished Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, and Harvard College," he wrote on social media.
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Judge orders Trump admin to reverse National Park changes
The judge also ordered the administration to stop making additional changes while the case moves forward.