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Democratic officials charged for allegedly scamming COVID relief funds

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Democratic officials charged for allegedly scamming COVID relief funds

Authorities arrested a Democratic Party official for alleged COVID fraud for the second time this month on Wednesday.U.S. Attorney Leah Foley says police arrested Massachusetts state Rep. Francisco Paulino early Wednesday morning, charging him with 11 counts related to pandemic unemployment insurance fraud, pandemic loan fraud and money laundering."According to the Paulino indictment, Mr. Paulino devised a scheme to obtain more than $700,000 in federal pandemic relief funds. It is […]

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Unlicensed Miami surgeon ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ vanishes days before trial over botched procedures: authorities

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Unlicensed Miami surgeon ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ vanishes days before trial over botched procedures: authorities

A Brazilian national accused of performing plastic surgeries without a license in Miami has allegedly vanished days before he was set to go on trial for more than a dozen charges connected to theft, fraud and practicing medicine without credentials, according to authorities.Joao Batista Cunha De Araujo, 57, dubbed "Dr. Frankenstein" by critics, faces 14 charges, 13 of them felonies, in Miami-Dade County, according to an arrest warrant reviewed by […]

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Teen planned middle school massacre before making deadly ‘last-minute choice’ to kill mom: official

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Teen planned middle school massacre before making deadly ‘last-minute choice’ to kill mom: official

A teenage Georgia girl was convicted of brutally killing her mother after abandoning a plan to commit a school shooting, following an obsession with mass casualty events, authorities said.Lilyana Rose Wagner, 16, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder and aggravated assault in the November 2024 death of her mother Rachel Wagner, 51, Tifton District Attorney Patrick Warren said Tuesday.The slaying was discovered after Wagner, then […]

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Trump scores federal court win against House progressive accused of assaulting ICE

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Trump scores federal court win against House progressive accused of assaulting ICE

A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden is siding with the Trump administration in refusing to dismiss a case against a House Democrat accused of assaulting federal immigration officers.Two of the three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit refused to dismiss the Department of Justice (DOJ) case against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., stemming from a 2025 incident at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

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Treasury’s ‘Economic D-Day’ against Iran could force regime into situation it ‘fears the most,’ experts say

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Treasury’s ‘Economic D-Day’ against Iran could force regime into situation it ‘fears the most,’ experts say

The U.S. Treasury Department’s newly launched Operation Economic Outcast against Iran could take anger toward the regime to a "boiling point" and force Tehran into the one situation it "fears the most," experts tell FOX Business. The aggressive strategy, labeled as an "Economic D-Day" and initiated under the direction of President Donald Trump, aims to "tighten the noose and block every potential source of revenue that funds the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and […]

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