Waste, Fraud & Abuse
Appeals court sides with Trump’s EPA in fight over Biden’s last-minute climate grants
A federal appeals court backed the Trump administration in its effort to have the Environmental Protection Agency cancel billions of dollars in climate change grants that President Biden tried to rush out the door just before his term ended.
Book authors settle copyright lawsuit with AI company Anthropic
A group of book authors has reached a settlement agreement with artificial intelligence company Anthropic after suing the chatbot maker for copyright infringement.
New York appeals court tosses Trump’s ‘excessive’ fraud fine in blow to AG Letitia James
A New York appeals court on Thursday tossed the roughly $500 million fine against President Trump in a defeat for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a conviction against him and his company for inflating property value and deceiving banks.
Top Justice Department official warned Biden administration against sweeping autopen pardons
A top Justice Department official warned the Biden administration that thousands of last-minute pardons signed by autopen were legally flawed and went against President Biden's intentions by granting clemency to violent offenders who murdered children and police officers.
IRS gives up after blowing $500K a year on broken self-serve kiosks
Three decades ago the IRS stormed into the digital age with self-help kiosks, intended to give taxpayers an option for figuring out their taxes without having to wait for a human.
Trump pledges to rid U.S. of mail-in votes and some voting machines, deeming them a ‘scam’
President Trump said Monday he will lead a "movement" to scrap mail-in ballots and certain voting machines from U.S. elections, saying paper ballots with watermarks are more reliable.
Trump: New docs show ‘absolute proof of guilt’ for Clapper, Comey in creating Russia collusion hoax
President Trump said declassified documents show "absolute proof of guilt" that former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper and former FBI Director James B. Comey conspired to sabotage his 2016 campaign.
Trump says he kicked nearly 275,000 illegal immigrants off Social Security
President Trump said Thursday he made strides in preserving Social Security by rooting out fraud and abuse, including getting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants off the program.
U.N. officials skim U.S. aid intended for Afghanistan, collude in bribe scheme with Taliban
Corrupt U.N. officials in Afghanistan have stolen U.S. assistance by demanding bribes to allow the aid money to flow, an American inspector general charged.
VA says agency is reducing backlog for veterans’ claims
The Department of Veterans Affairs has cut away at the case backlog of veterans awaiting their benefits by nearly 40% since President Trump took office in January.
Mexican cartels turn to timeshare fraud, target Americans with fake offers
Your timeshare in Mexico may actually be helping prop up that country's violent drug cartels, the U.S. government said Wednesday, warning Americans to think twice before buying south of the border.
