Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship. Read full article
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The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.
Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week Read More »
The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans. It remains to be seen whether he follows through with his threat.
Trump Has Penned Letter To Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell Read More »
FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said. Read full article
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Few Americans have confidence in the chairman, Jerome Powell, to do the right thing on the economy, though attitudes are deeply partisan. Read full article
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Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.
He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded. Read More »
On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He later worked for The New York Times.
Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98 Read More »
Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication. Read full article
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As a 12-year-old girl on a tube drifted away in a reservoir, a family member jumped in to save her. She survived. Read full article
Utah Man Drowns Trying to Rescue Girl in Reservoir Read More »
The law is creating backlash from the gambling industry and bettors who could owe taxes even if they break even.
Republican Tax Bill Is a Losing Deal for Gamblers Read More »
