Federal Agencies
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Democrat senator pushing for answers from ICE about use of spy software
Peters argues the software represents "one of the most significant expansions of DHS and ICE's surveillance ambitions to date."
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HUD launches civil rights investigations into university housing programs over race discrimination
HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is investigating the University of Connecticut and the University of Minnesota to determine whether their campus housing programs violate the Fair Housing Act by steering or advertising housing opportunities based on race or ethnicity.
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Patel returns looted artifacts to Indonesian president during overseas trip
Indonesian officials told reporters that the handover took place Wednesday at Subianto’s residence in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The return was part of an ongoing effort to recover and return cultural artifacts.
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U.S. added nearly $700 billion to national debt in four months, congressional budget office warns
Alarming number further heightens the risk America will experience some kind of financial crisis unless deficits are tamed, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's Maya MacGuineas says.
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Labor Department tells lawyers to cut ties with American Bar Association over its liberal activism
Labor Department Solicitor Jonathan Berry told hundreds of attorneys in the department not to participate in ABA events on a taxpayer's dime moving forward or use their official government titles at ABA events.
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Dr Oz urges Americans to 'take the vaccine' for measles amid outbreaks
“Take the vaccine, please. We have a solution for our problem,” Dr. Mehmet Oz said
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US military intercepts oil tanker 'hunted' from Caribbean to Indian Ocean
"Overnight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident in the [Indo-Pacific Command] area of responsibility," the Pentagon said
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Rubio calls pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai's 20-year prison sentence in China 'unjust and tragic'
"The United States urges the authorities to grant Mr. Lai humanitarian parole," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
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FBI concludes Epstein did not run sex-trafficking ring for powerful people: report
In Jeffrey Epstein's bank records, investigators found payments to more than 25 women who appeared to be models, but did not find evidence that he was engaged in prostituting women to other men, according to prosecutors
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F-22s removed from Super Bowl flyover, official says
The revised flyover lineup will include Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighters, joined by Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning II jets.
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DHS dismisses senior CBP official for allegedly leaking sensitive information: report
The official was not publicly identified
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Trump signs proclamation to 'unleash commercial fishing in the Atlantic,' ending Obama-era rules
The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.
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Justice Department says Congress can view unredacted Epstein files next week: Report
The review process will need to take place in person and is only open to members of Congress for the time being. The files will need to remain at the DOJ and can only be viewed on computers at the DOJ offices.