Luxury cars, private villas and overseas wire transfers: CBS News obtained dozens of files and photos that reveal how Minnesota fraudsters blew through hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars as part of one of the biggest COVID-era fraud schemes. The files document a spending spree in which defendants, many of Somali descent, took taxpayer money meant to feed hungry children and used it to buy cars, property and jewelry. Videos show them popping champagne at an opulent Maldives resort. In a text message, one defendant boasts: "You are gonna be the richest 25 year old InshaAllah [God willing]." Read more
A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.
It's another major blow to the Justice Department after the dismissal of earlier charges against James and another longtime Trump foe, former FBI Director James Comey, in a stunning rebuke of the Trump administration's efforts to prosecute the president's political opponents.
A judge threw out the original indictments against James and Comey in November, ruling that the prosecutor who presented to the grand jury, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Heritage Action @Heritage_Action President Trump has made it clear to Indiana leaders: if the Indiana Senate fails to pass the map, all federal funding will be stripped from the state. Roads will not be paved. Guard bases will close. Major projects will stop. These are the stakes and every NO vote will be to blame.
Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. It comes as some federal health officials have sowed doubt in the shots.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in September, touching the lowest level in more than five years, as exports accelerated and imports rose marginally, suggesting that trade likely provided a boost to economic growth in the third quarter. The trade gap contracted 10.9% to $52.8 billion, the lowest level since June 2020, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau said on Thursday.
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a motion to advance a Democrat-drafted bill to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire at the end of 2025, tax credits that Democrats say are needed to keep premiums from rising by double digits next year. The legislation, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed by a vote of 51 to 48.
Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2025 is not a single person. Instead, the magazine has recognised the year's most influential figure as "the architects" of artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg, X owner Elon Musk and AI "godmother" Fei-Fei Li are among those depicted on one of the magazine's two covers. Experts say it highlights how quickly AI, and the firms behind it, are reshaping society.
Washington " A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody. Read more
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Last night during Trump's speech in Pennsylvania, two people in the crowd yelled out "You saved us!" at him. Trump embraced the idea because there is no compliment that is TOO over-the-top for him to accept.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is "accelerating" with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday. As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in what's known as upstate South Carolina " an area in the northwest of the state that includes Greenville and Spartanburg. "We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks," Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, said during a news briefing Wednesday.
Far-right podcaster and influencer Tim Pool reported shots fired at his home in West Virginia over the weekend " but according to TMZ, while local police have taken the report, they cannot corroborate it or investigate further because he refuses to share the security footage of the incident. Pool spoke publicly about the incident in a post to X, saying that a vehicle drove past his home and someone in it opened fire, but that nobody was hurt, possibly because of his extensive security detail. "This is the price we pay for speaking out against evil," he wrote. According to TMZ, "The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office tells us a man who identified himself as a security guard for Pool reported shots fired at the house after seeing a gray sedan circle the property multiple times during the day. Authorities went to the house and cleared the call. Later on, officers say they asked Pool for video footage from the property ... but, they say they've been denied.
Psychologically disturbed Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a bill to rename Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC to the "Charlie Kirk Freedom of Speech Plaza," in honor of the good-for-nothing hatemonger who was neutralized three months ago by an involuntary tracheotomy.
President Donald Trump's youngest son is reportedly a fan of a woman-hating influencer accused of rape and human trafficking. Barron Trump, 19, admired divisive manosphere figure Andrew Tate, 39, and spoke with him last year, their mutual friend Justin Waller told The New York Times. Waller, a close ally of Andrew and his brother Tristan, identified himself as their "third brother" on top of playing a "big brother" to Barron. Barron spoke to Andrew Tate over Zoom last year while getting a suit fitted by Waller's tailor, according to the outlet. They discussed their shared belief that Romanian prosecutors charging the Tate brothers with a number of sex and trafficking crimes was an effort to silence them.
Federal prosecutors spent over a year working to extradite Yana Leonova (33) from France, a Belarusian woman accused of smuggling more than two million dollars of sensitive US aviation equipment into Russia, but she is now at risk of being deported by ICE before going to trial.
Humans don't just recognize each other's voices -- our brains also light up for the calls of chimpanzees, hinting at ancient communication roots shared with our closest primate relatives.
If this is the future of Europe the continent is f***** you can talk to any transsexual with a medical license and they will tell you that yes the skeletons are different.
