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US Sending $325 Million Package of Military Aid to Ukraine

US Sending $325 Million Package of Military Aid to Ukraine

The Pentagon will deliver a new package of military aid to Ukraine that totals up to $325 million and will include a wide range of rockets, missiles and other munitions aimed at bolstering the counteroffensive against Russia, the State Department said Tuesday.Read more

The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers.Read more

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The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers.Continue Reading

House OKs Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default, Sends Biden-McCarthy Deal to Senate

House OKs Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default, Sends Biden-McCarthy Deal to Senate

Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.Continue Reading

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