Federal Agencies
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FBI says Operation Summer Heat has netted 4K arrests in two months
The bureau said its teams arrested three members of the Mexican mafia last week who were convicted of murder in 2023, and a member of the Houston street gang Rich Kings.
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Two federal agencies routed taxpayer dollars to terror-linked charities, new reports find
Two federal agencies gave away roughly $2 billion in taxpayer-funded health and humanitarian contracts to charities that watchdogs and a Senate committee have flagged for terror ties, meaning the government's own vetting either missed those records or decided their terrorist-linked status didn't disqualify the groups.
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ICE facility in New Jersey, Delaney Hall, reports a third migrant detainee has died
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Chajon-Raxon on July 18 and took him to Delaney Hall, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement. The next day, a nurse saw him experiencing what appeared to be a seizure.
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Treasury Department sanctions eight cartel members
From May of 2020 to December of 2023, fentanyl deaths increased by 27%, from 82,916 to 105,227, according to the CDC.
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DOD-funded firm wants to fight climate change by feeding lab-grown meat to troops, and gets skewered
The reason for this is to “reduce the CO2 footprint of food production,” BioMADE announced last month.
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Former VA sec predicts Trump if reelected would get private sector more involved in vet health care
O'Rourke said that the VA rarely works with local partners and it's time to change that because of the benefits to veterans.
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Education department finds CUNY and University of Michigan failed to adequately address antisemitism
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) looked at 75 complaints against the University of Michigan, which included antisemitic attacks from as far back as 2022-2023 school year. It also included reports as recent as February.
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FBI suddenly cancels Capitol Hill briefing on warrant-proof encryption
The two briefings, scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday, have been indefinitely delayed but no further details on the reason for the cancellation have been released. The FBI said it hopes to reschedule the briefings at a later date.
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Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media platforms
"It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms," says Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, the surgeon general.
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DOJ says it won't prosecute Garland after House contempt vote
The department said Garland's actions “did not constitute a crime."
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Stanford Internet Observatory ditching outsourced election censorship following lawsuits, subpoenas
Stanford denies the group is shutting down, just that its "important work continues under new leadership," but House Judiciary GOP claims "BIG WIN."
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DOJ probe finds Phoenix Police Department committed civil rights violations
"This marks the first time that the Justice Department has found violations of the civil and constitutional rights of people who are homeless," says the head of the Department of Justice's civil rights division