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Southern Poverty Law Center Charged With Fraud Over Payments to Informants in Extremist Groups
By Tom Gantert The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on federal fraud charges that accused it of illegally raising millions of dollars to pay informants in white supremacist and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. An Alabama grand jury returned an indictment on April 21 with 11 counts of wire fraud,…
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Dr. Oz Says Anti-Fraud Effort Coming to ‘All 50 States’
By Jack Phillips Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the agency overseeing Medicaid and Medicare, announced Tuesday that his agency’s anti-fraud effort will come to every state. During an interview at a Politico-hosted event, Oz said that every U.S. state can expect anti-fraud activities involving funds received through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS).…
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2 US Embassy Employees, 2 Mexican Officials Killed in Car Crash
By Aldgra Fredly Two instructor officers from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and two Mexican officials died in a car crash in Chihuahua, Mexico, on April 19, according to local authorities. The Mexican officials were identified as Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes, director of the Chihuahua state investigation agency, and officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes. The…
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Louisiana Gunman Kills at Least 8 Children in Morning Shooting Spree
By Jacki Thrapp At least eight children were killed during a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the morning of April 19. The deceased victims range in age from 1 to approximately 14 years old, according to preliminary crime scene data shared by Shreveport Police. Shreveport Police Department spokesperson Christopher Bordelon confirmed that some of the…
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Abbott Threatens $200 Million in Funding Cuts Across Texas’s Largest Cities Over ICE Policies
By Kimberly Hayek Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on April 16 threatened to cut more than $200 million in public safety grants from Houston, Dallas, and Austin if the cities continue local policies that Abbott’s office says illegally limit police collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Dallas and Austin received formal warning letters on…
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USDA Disqualifies 1,562 Retailers, Prevents $835 Million in Fraudulent SNAP Transactions
By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760 illegal point-of-sale devices since Oct. 1, 2025. This has resulted in the prevention of nearly $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions, Stephen Vaden, deputy secretary of the Department…
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$521 Billion Fraud Landscape: What to Know
By Sylvia Xu The federal government lost up to half a trillion dollars to fraud each year over a five-year period, according to an April 15 report from the Government Accountability Office. That’s enough to employ a million people for seven years or purchase a million homes. Federally funded, state-run programs are major targets, according…
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US Natural Gas Exports Forecasted to Grow 28 Percent by 2027
By Naveen Athrappully Exports of natural gas from the United States are expected to jump 28 percent during 2026–2027 as new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities start operations. “In our forecast, net exports of U.S. natural gas (exports minus imports) grow 18 percent to 18.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2026. In 2027,…
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Dow Jones Rises 900 Points, Oil Falls as Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Completely Open’
By Andrew Moran U.S. stocks rose and crude oil prices fell after the United States and Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” for commercial traffic during the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. In an April 17 social media post, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated that the vital global choke point would…
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House Votes to Extend Surveillance Powers Until April 30
By Aldgra Fredly The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in the early hours of April 17 extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law that grants the government authority for warrantless surveillance. The bill cleared the House by unanimous consent, extending the reauthorization of FISA until April 30, after…
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