Federal Agencies
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Acting AG Blanche announces creation of 'National Fraud Enforcement Division'
"There will be an additional 93 prosecutors in every district across the country devoted to the mission of combating fraud with the National Fraud Enforcement Division," he told reporters.
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Treasury says Bank of New York will manage initial Trump Accounts ahead of program launch
The pilot program allows parents, guardians and family members to invest up to $5,000 a year starting in July, and the Treasury Department will be making a one-time $1,000 investment into funds for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028.
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Artemis II astronauts have passed halfway point to moon
The astronauts could break the record set by Apollo 13.
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DOJ prosecuting MS-13 gang members on murder, terrorism, racketeering charges
This month, multiple indictments were unsealed, including charging terrorism against more than 70 TdA members in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York and Texas
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Minnesota Democratic lieutenant governor, Senate candidate Flanagan wearing hijab sparks backlash
Somalian residents in Minnesota are at the center of a federal investigation related to an estimated $9 billion, pandemic era fraud scam.
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Gabbard suggests prominent Muslim group wants Shariah law, New Jersey city fires back
Gabbard said the the Council on American-Islamic Relations' ideology is “antithetical to the foundation that we find in our Constitution."
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New York AG James leads coalition to stop White House from ending transgender treatments for minors
New York is among 19 states suing to stop the Department of Health and Human Services from barring hospitals from offering gender-reassignment surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors, arguing these treatments are safe and effective.
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HHS report finds Medicaid paid over $200 million in incorrect payments for deceased recipients
The internal watchdog said its audit found that Medicaid programs paid $207 million to managed care organizations on behalf of deceased enrollees between July 2021 to July 2022.
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CBP Laredo officers seize 62% more narcotics in one year, arresting 90,000
The combined seizure of cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl represents a 62% increase in hard narcotics seizures over the year, CBP said.
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Most states have not yet adopted federal tax changes under Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
Some officials, particularly in states under Democratic leadership, argue that reducing tax collection could jeopardize funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure
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Blanche says all Epstein files material, including anything mentioning Trump, will be released
"If President Trump is mentioned, if there’s photographs that we have of President Trump or anybody else, they, of course, will be released, with the exception of any victims or survivors that we’ve identified,” the deputy attorney general says
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Transgender individual sentenced to 3 years probation for throwing knife outside ICE building
Prosecutors said Winters approached federal agents guarding the ICE facility and produced a large knife before throwing the blade at an officer, narrowly missing its target.
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PETA praises RFK Jr. for looking into ending importation of monkeys for laboratory research
Kathy Guillermo, PETA’s senior vice president, called the potential shift a major step forward for both public health and animal welfare.