Jun 27 New federal estimate finds more than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office's previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters… Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Where Russia's military goes after Wagner Group uprising By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn, Yasmeen Sami Alamiri Russia’s Vladimir Putin dropped criminal charges yesterday against Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the mercenary group that led a short-lived revolt against the Russian military late last week. Continue reading
Jun 27 Zooey Zephyr, trans state lawmaker, and fiancée Erin Reed spread hope at Pride By Drew Costley, Hannah Schoenbaum, Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press Zephyr and Reed, both 34, have emerged as a vanguard, a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people amid a year in which hundreds of bills were proposed or passed that restrict their rights in health care and other… Continue reading
Jun 27 FBI, Homeland Security ignored 'massive amount' of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A Senate committee's report says the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol. Continue reading
Jun 27 Court date postponed for Trump valet in classified documents case By Adriana Gomez Licon, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A lawyer for Walt Nauta told a judge Tuesday that Nauta had not yet been able to find a Florida-based attorney and was stuck in Newark, New Jersey and had been unable to fly down because of a canceled flight. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling, declines 'independent state legislature' theory By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law. Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as Russia drops charges against mercenary leader Prigozhin By Associated Press Russian authorities said Tuesday they have closed a criminal investigation into the aborted armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and are pressing no charges against him or his troops. Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: White House touts 'Bidenomics' in news briefing By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press In a Chicago speech on Wednesday, Biden will begin a new effort to actively convince a worried public that the U.S. economy is not heading for recession but actually thriving because of his leadership. Continue reading
Jun 27 New audio recording reveals Trump discussing 'highly confidential' document with interviewer By Associated Press “These are the papers,” Trump says in a moment that seems to indicate he's holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran. “This was done by the military, given to me.”… Continue reading
Jun 26 Supreme Court won't hear cases over Ohio State doctor's sexual abuse, allowing lawsuits to proceed By Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. Continue reading