"Victims often suffer the loss of entire banking, savings, retirement, or investment accounts under the guise of 'protecting' their assets," the FBI said in a news release.
A federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from expediting deportations amid President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that the administration's moves to speed up the removal of undocumented migrants without appearing before a judge stood in the way of individual due process rights. "In defending this...
President Trump’s new effort to cancel funding previously approved by Congress through "pocket rescissions" is setting up a political land mine for Congress as it races to avert a government shutdown by Sept. 30. The so-called pocket rescission comes as Democrats had warned that efforts by the administration to unilaterally claw back money would seriously...
Both major political parties are considering holding large-scale gatherings ahead of the midterm elections, underscoring the stakes next year as President Trump faces a potential check on his power if Democrats flip one or both chambers of Congress. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) spokesperson confirmed that the party is considering an event next year “to...
The Trump administration notified eight employees of their termination on Friday following their decision to sign a letter dissenting from current policies at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Associated Press reports. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career officials using their agency position and title to unlawfully undermine, sabotage, and undercut...
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the former head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Thursday said Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not been briefed by agency experts on measles, COVID-19 and the flu. “No one from my center...
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will reportedly no longer appear before the House Oversight Committee due to health issues after House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) requested his presence to provide testimony on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activity, according to a recent report. “The committee intends to withdraw its subpoena," a source told...
Social Security Chief Data Officer Charles Borges submitted a Friday resignation letter days after citing policy violations in a whistleblower report documenting the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) decision to upload sensitive data to a “vulnerable cloud environment.” “Recently, I have been made aware of several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC upheaval pushes public health into ‘uncharted waters’ In less than a week, the public health sector has been plunged into chaos as leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) leave the agency amid heightened...
The White House quickly named a new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out Director Susan Monarez this week. Jim O'Neill, a senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official with deep ties to President Trump donor Peter Thiel,...
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a reminder Friday of President Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "If that doesn't happen by Monday, the deadline set by President Trump, it means that once again President Putin played President Trump," Macron said Friday during a joint press conference...
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) has called for a special session for the state Legislature to address redistricting, queuing it up to potentially be the next state to redraw its congressional district lines. Kehoe announced his decision Friday in a release, saying the Legislature will convene Wednesday and unveil his map proposal. As expected, the...
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump’s assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to refashion global trade. In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the tariffs were not authorized by the statute Trump cited...
