Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia
The federal government is investigating a potential social-services aid fraud scheme in which hundreds of millions of dollars intended for a federally funded nutrition program was allegedly used instead for lavish purchases. Nearly 90 people have been convicted, a majority of whom are Somali American, federal sources confirmed to NewsNation. Two defendants have already been sentenced, with one facing 28 years in prison and another owing $48 million in restitution.
The Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown " whose investigative reporting helped lead to the arrest of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein " questioned Sunday why her name and sensitive information appeared in the latest Department of Justice dump of Epstein files. Brown wrote on X, "Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)?" "As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this flight) why was the DOJ monitoring me?" Brown asked. Brown's groundbreaking reporting began in 2017, and was published in The Herald as a three-part investigation called "Perversion of Justice" in November 2018. According to The Herald's website, the series "awakened the world to a decades-long injustice suffered by dozens and perhaps hundreds of young girls, many of whom had never spoken about their abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein."
When Republican state Rep. Jim DeSana voted earlier this month to cut $645 million in work project funding, he unknowingly axed about $2 million in state funding meant to repair the roof of a building named after his father. The Carleton lawmaker, who recently launched a Lansing version of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was one of 16 Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee to vote in favor of roughly $645 million in cuts to work projects on Dec. 10. Included in those $645 million in cuts was a $63.5 million line item for infrastructure grants; one of those infrastructure projects was a $2 million grant for the James R. DeSana Center for Arts and Culture for "historic rehabilitation project."
President Donald Trump slathered a fresh coat of makeup on his right hand for another round of peace talks with Ukraine on Sunday -- but it was his other hand that drew attention. Read more
Ilhan Omar's hubby's $30M firm quietly scrubs names from website " as Squad' member faces mounting questions on sudden wealth amid Minnesota welfare fraud
Turkish security forces raided an ISIS (Daesh) cell in Turkiye's northwestern province of Yalova, south of Istanbul.
As ACA subsidies ("Obamacare') are set to expire on 31 Dec 2025, more Americans are getting sicker and sicker: NYS logged the most flu cases ever recorded in a single week, measles is spreading like wildfire across the US, whooping cough cases are increasing in West Virginia, and Florida reports more cases of dengue fever and chikungunya.
A $400,000 shipment of lobster was stolen as it was headed for Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota by a driver impersonating a legitimate carrier.
ICE agents violently detained a Christian pastor on Christmas Eve in Lewiston, Maine, even though he showed them his ID.
China's military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan in major military drills to test what it said was combat readiness and to send a "serious warning" against any push for Taiwanese independence.
Taiwan's government condemned the drills, accusing China of "military intimidation."
By speaking with Trump in advance, Putin positions Russia's interests as the backdrop against which Ukraine's requests will be evaluated. Zelenskyy is then forced to argue uphill. The Ukrainian president must wage through pre-loaded nonsense (to use a family-friendly term) like Trump's repeated insistence that "Russia wants peace" while Moscow continues its terror bombing of Ukrainian civilians. Just this week, Russia lobbed more missiles at Kyiv, killing innocent people and destroying civilian infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Russian tyrant can frame Ukrainian demands as excessive before they are even presented. Providing Ukraine the aid it needs to repulse the Russian invaders becomes "escalatory."
Donald Trump has said a deal to end the war in Ukraine is "closer than ever" but has admitted that "thorny" questions over the future of the eastern Donbas region have yet to be resolved, after a two-hour meeting on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida. Trump said a draft agreement to end the war was nearly "95% done." "I really think we are closer than ever with both sides," he said, adding that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, also wants to "see it happen." The US president acknowledged there were "one or two tough" outstanding issues, over territory and how the war might end and expressed sympathy with Russia not wanting a ceasefire. "You have to understand the other side," he said. Read more
Two helicopters crashed midair in southern New Jersey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring another, officials said. The aircraft, an Enstrom F-28A and an Enstrom 280C helicopter, "collided in mid-air" at about 11:25 a.m. near Hammonton Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Only the pilots were on board the helicopters when they collided, according to the statement. Read more
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USSECSTATE Marco Rubio said that Washington's conflict with Iran's ruling system remains "deep and systemic," citing Tehran's legitimate nuclear program, its backing of resistance groups in the Middle East, and what he called Tehran's repression of its own people, all while ICE is deporting hundreds of vulnerable Iranian refugees there.
