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President Joe Biden awards 19 Presidential Medals of Freedom
The recipients of this year's awards include former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, father Gregory Boyle, former Secretary of State John Kerry, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, Democratic South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, former Vice President Al Gore, and renowned Civil Rights leader Clarence B. Jones.
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Texas Democrat Rep. Cuellar, wife indicted on bribery charges related ties to Azerbaijan
The possibility of an indictment has known for years
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IRS asks for more money, looks to hire 14,000 more employees
The IRS commissioner said that the $104 billion that Biden is requesting for the next decade would bring an additional $341 billion in tax collections.
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Biden administration finalizes rule that will open up ObamaCare to illegal immigrants
The Biden administration estimates that 100,000 uninsured illegal immigrants will be able to access taxpayer-funded health insurance under the rule.
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CBS challenges Rep. Nehls' combat service record
Rep. Troy Nehls, the investigation found, had received one Bronze Star, but not two as he has previously claimed.
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National Intelligence Director Haines warns China preparing for unstable relations with U.S.
Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, said that China and Russia have managed to insert malicious software operating on critical U.S. infrastructure in order to launch cyber attacks in the future.
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Pentagon says airstrike that reportedly killed al-Qaeda leader actually killed civilian instead
U.S. officials had previously walked back claims that the "senior al-Qaeda official" was killed, but never admitted he was a civilian.
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CDC scientists strategize to contain 'infodemics' as records show agency dismissed COVID vax deaths
Misinformation professor who alerted Twitter to "conspiracy theory," that vaccines mandates were coming, coauthors papers with CDC scientists for publisher caught hiding Wuhan funder's conflict of interest.
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House Oversight Chairman Comer says the 'antisemitic wing' has taken over the Democratic Party
Comer said members of the House Oversight Committee would “follow the money trail to see if there are outside groups that are paying for the activity.”
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Man with alleged ties to ISIS lived in US for two years prior to arrest by ICE: Report
Attoev is now in custody in Pennsylvania, and is waiting for an immigration trial in New Jersey. Lawyers for ICE are expected to argue that Attoev needs to remain in custody in order to get more information on his alleged ties to ISIS.
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Whistleblower organization seeks to compel DOJ to disclose why it spied on congressional staff
Empower Oversight intervened in an ongoing court action seeking disclosure of the DOJ’s arguments for keeping subpoenas of congressional staff secret.
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House China panel requests FTC investigation into whether TikTok violated child privacy laws
TikTok had sent a pop-up message to users on the app that the committee claimed contained "verifiably false information" in a last-ditch effort to stop Congress from passing the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Application Act," last month.
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Lindsey Graham turns phone over to FBI after possible hack by someone posing as Chuck Schumer
“My phone is in the hands of the FBI now,” Graham said. “So I get a message, I think, from Schumer, it ain’t from Schumer, and next thing you know, my phone’s, I don’t know what. Anything you can create apparently can be hacked.”