Waste, Fraud & Abuse
Rep. James Comer says he 'can't track down' top informant in Biden family probe
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Sunday that congressional investigators probing President Biden's family over foreign influence-peddling allegations have lost contact with a leading informant.
Report: Trump appeals $5 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll case
Former President Donald Trump has reportedly filed his appeal of the $5 million judgment against him won earlier this week by author E. Jean Carroll.
'Vague innuendo': White House spurns new evidence of foreigners bankrolling Biden family
The White House on Thursday rejected House investigators' newly revealed evidence that President Biden and his family were engaged in an influence-peddling scheme.
Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance faces extradition to U.S. on fraud charges
Peru's government will allow the extradition to the United States of the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba, bringing her family hope there will be justice in the case.
FBI won't give Congress whistleblower document alleging Biden bribery scheme
The FBI does not deny it has a whistleblower document alleging then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden engaged in a bribery scheme with a foreign national. But it won't turn the document over to Congress.
Banks failed to stop financial scam on dying man
A Washington state woman is suing Navy Federal Credit Union and Wells Fargo to restore the legacy and estate of her late uncle, whom scam artists had tricked into transferring more than $3.6 million to the Bangkok Bank.
Biden's family received millions in foreign payments while he served as vice president
President Biden's family was pocketing millions of dollars from foreign nationals in corruption-riddled Romania while he was vice president in the Obama administration, bank records show.
Feds arrest Rep. George Santos, allege he siphoned political funds and lied on House forms
Rep. George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who fabricated most of his life story to get elected, was arrested Wednesday and charged with multiple offenses related to an alleged scheme to use political donations for designer clothing and personal debts.
Harlan Crow rebuffs Senate tax inquiry into ties to Justice Thomas
Republican megadonor Harlan Crow has "serious concerns" about the breadth of a Democratic senator's inquiry into lavish trips and other gifts Mr. Crow gave Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Civil trial verdict in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit deals another loss to Trump
A federal jury in New York found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual battery and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll and ordered him to pay $5 million, but the same jury cleared him of rape. The verdict Tuesday is the latest legal blow to Mr. Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Goldman settles gender discrimination suit for $215 million
Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle a yearslong class action lawsuit that claimed the bank discriminated against women when it came to pay, performance evaluations and promotions.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictment
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues that resulted from an industrywide collapse of cryptocurrency markets dubbed the "crypto winter."
Jury to start deliberations in suit accusing Trump of rape
A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations Tuesday in a civil trial over advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996.
Texas shooter's 'RWDS' patch linked to far-right extremists
The shooter who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a patch that read "RWDS" -- short for "Right Wing Death Squad" -- a phrase that has been embraced in recent years by far-right extremists who glorify violence against their political enemies.
'Outraged' letter carriers demand action to stop robberies
Postal carriers have more worries than snow, rain or the gloom of night keeping them from their appointed rounds. They're increasingly being robbed, often at gunpoint, from Maine to California.
Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard
A Wisconsin judge said Monday he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake Republican electors who attempted in 2020 to cast the state's electoral ballots for former President Donald Trump.
Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial
Former President Donald Trump rejected his last chance Sunday to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.
New whistleblower prods lawmakers to probe pattern of federal cover-ups to protect Biden
Lawmakers are scrutinizing a pattern of possible cover-ups by federal agencies to shield President Biden following a whistleblower tip alleging a pay-for-play scheme from his time as vice president.
Justice Sotomayor got millions from publishing company while not recusing from cases: Report
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reportedly accepted nearly $2 million from Penguin Random House in a book deal, and then went on to sit in judgment of a copyright case involving that same company the following year.
ATF lied about job duties to overpay employees
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives intentionally overstated the duties of dozens of employees, labeling them as law enforcement agents so it could pay them more money, costing the government tens of millions of dollars.
