Federal Agencies
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Treasury Department warns US shippers not to pay Hormuz toll to Iran or face possible sanctions
Iran has imposed taxes for safe passage through the strait, forcing ships to pay a $1 fee for every oil barrel on a tanker that is trying to get through the strait.
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Biden Justice Department prosecutors reportedly wanted to target Catholic nuns, text messages show
The texts show that the pair joked about locating and prosecuting nuns that attended the "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Justice Dept says it will enforce SCOTUS ruling in every state with racially gerrymandered districts
The commitment comes as 45 redistricting disputes remain unresolved in federal and state courts, casting a cloud of legal uncertainty over the fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives this November.
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Large number of criminal juveniles entering US through DACA
Despite claims that DACA doesn't allow for criminals to come into the country, the program has nonetheless allowed in many youths with gang affiliations and criminal records.
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CDC rains on Fauci farewell, as COVID becomes pandemic of the vaccinated
Agency's own study finds low effectiveness for bivalent booster, relatively stronger protection for bivalent-boosted adults who took fewer doses and waited longer between doses.
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Justice Department declares Capitol Police officer's suicide after January 6 line of duty death
The officer is one of four who have died by suicide after responding to the riot.
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Funding censorship? Feds give tens of millions to fight COVID 'disinformation,' populism
Ex-State official says defunding "domestic censorship operations" will remove "critical Jenga piece that is underlying the entire economy of the censorship industry."
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Biden administration encourages possible mask mandate to combat 'long COVID'
The Department of Health and Human Services pushes for possible social distancing and masking
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FDA social media posts on COVID under legal, medical scrutiny for misleading claims
Federal judge said FDA tweets disparaging ivermectin "bother" him, lacking "qualifier statements" about human use. Commissioner razzed by doctors for claiming bivalents, oral antivirals have "distinct possibility" of reducing long COVID risk.
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Investigation by Veterans Affairs finds 'conduct unbecoming' but no evidence of sexual misconduct
"The evidence revealed by the first investigation supported a finding of conduct unbecoming but did not support that the subject engaged in sexual harassment of the staff-level employee."
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Two Estonian citizens arrested for alleged involvement in $575 million cryptocurrency fraud
"New technology has made it easier for bad actors to take advantage of innocent victims – both in the U.S. and abroad – in increasingly complex scams."
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House Oversight panel's top Republican Comer tells Mayorkas GOP will investigate border security
Migrants have been crossing the southern border in record numbers, resulting in human trafficking and drug trafficking.
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You Vote: Was the DOJ right to appoint a special counsel to oversee its Trump probes?
The attorney general's decision has come under fire, with critics decrying the motive as political.