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Henry Cuellar And AOC-Backed Candidate Headed To Runoff In South Texas District

Rep. Henry Cuellar, a centrist Democrat from Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, and candidate Jessica Cisneros will head to a runoff in the state’s primary election for the 28th district early Wednesday, as…

March 2, 2022

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Texas Begins Investigating Parents Of Transgender Kids For Potential Child Abuse

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Texas officials are investigating parents of “transgender adolescents” for possible child abuse related to medical treatments such as puberty blockers and sex change surgeries, The New York Times reported. The investigations began…

March 2, 2022

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Economists Say Biden’s Plan To Fight Inflation Will Likely Just Make It Worse

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Chris Brunet on March 2, 2022 President Joe Biden emphasized in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that he would fight inflation by enacting a policy that economists generally agree…

March 2, 2022

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NRA Scores Court Victory Against AG Letitia James In New York

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The NRA won a legal victory when a New York Supreme Court judge ruled that Attorney General Letitia James could not pursue dissolving the gun-rights group. “In short, the Complaint does not…

March 2, 2022

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ANALYSIS: How Biden’s Energy Policies Enabled Putin’s Aggression In Ukraine

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President Joe Biden has pushed an aggressive anti-fossil fuels agenda since taking office, harming U.S. energy independence goals and enabling Russian aggression, experts said. “Vladimir Putin has had a chance to see…

March 2, 2022

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Elizabeth Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Drugs Supplied by DS44 Gang Members

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PITTSBURGH – A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 68 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws,…

March 2, 2022

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Woman Previously Convicted in Fraud Scheme Admits to Defrauding the Federal Housing Administration, Business and Unemployment COVID Relief Programs

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PROVIDENCE – A North Providence woman today admitted in federal court that she provided false information to a mortgage lender when applying for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage, and that she…

March 2, 2022

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District Man Pleads Guilty in Schemes to Defraud Small Business Pandemic Relief Programs and the Archdiocese of Washington

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WASHINGTON – Kenneth Gaughan, 43, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to carrying out two separate financial schemes. In one, he fraudulently obtained more than $2.1…

March 2, 2022

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Providence Man Detained on Fraud Charges, Threatening a Corrections Officer

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man has been ordered detained in federal custody on charges that he filed fraudulent applications for pandemic unemployment assistance payments in at least eight states and that…

March 2, 2022

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Clan Del Golfo associate ordered to prison for international cocaine distribution

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HOUSTON – A ranking member of one of the most serious transnational organized criminal organizations has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced…

March 2, 2022

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U.S. Department of Justice Awards $150,000 Grant to Wisconsin Department of Justice

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United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin joined the United States Department of Justice in announcing that it has awarded $150,000 to the Wisconsin Department of Justice…

March 2, 2022

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Former Monmouth County Residents Charged with $3.3 Million Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Scheme

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NEWARK, N.J. – Two former residents of Monmouth County, New Jersey, now residing in Frisco, Texas, were arrested today for their roles in fraudulently obtaining over $3 million in federal Paycheck Protection…

March 2, 2022

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Nigerian National Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison for Mail Fraud Conspiracy Resulting in the Loss of More Than $500,000

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Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Samson A. Oguntuyi, age 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday to 54 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release…

March 2, 2022

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Kidnappers admit to holding four migrants hostage at gunpoint

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LAREDO, Texas – Two men have pleaded guilty to kidnapping and holding victims for ransom for three days, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jesus Ochoa, 26, Laredo, pleaded guilty today, while…

March 2, 2022

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Pain Clinic Owners Convicted of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal jury convicted a Tennessee physician and his wife yesterday for unlawfully distributing opioids, providing unnecessary services and defrauding insurers from their now-shuttered Alabama clinics. According to court…

March 2, 2022

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Lake Elsinore Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Bagman Role in Scheme to Defraud Elderly Victims with Threats of Arrest

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LOS ANGELES – A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for participating in an international fraud scheme in which he helped collect more than $550,000…

March 2, 2022

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Memphis Man Receives 10-Year Federal Sentence for Possession of Firearm While Shooting Girlfriend

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Memphis, TN – Terrence Mull, 36, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney…

March 2, 2022

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Department of Justice Press Releases

Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the launch of Task Force KleptoCapture, an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures that the…

March 2, 2022

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Seventeen Kentuckians Indicted for Animal Fighting Charges

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LEXINGTON, Ky.- In four separate indictments, issued by a federal grand jury sitting in London, 17 Kentuckians have been indicted with various offenses related to animal fighting and cruelty. In the first…

March 2, 2022

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Jackson Business Administrator Says “Some People” in Town Not Following the Rules

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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township Business Administrator Terrance Wall in a recent town council meeting said many of Jackson’s newer residents aren’t following the rules. Wall singled out complaints about residents…

March 2, 2022

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