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USCIS Uncovers U Visa Fraud Scheme by Corrupt Law Enforcement, Leading to Federal Indictments

USCIS Uncovers U Visa Fraud Scheme by Corrupt Law Enforcement, Leading to Federal Indictments

LAFAYETTE, La. — Five Louisiana men, including four active and former law enforcement officers, were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and mail fraud, following a federal investigation initiated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. USCIS fraud detection officers uncovered a pattern of inconsistencies among U visa applications, spurring a multi-agency federal investigation. The 62-count indictment …

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Thousands of Federal Troops in LA Spent 40 Days Doing Nothing

Thousands of Federal Troops in LA Spent 40 Days Doing Nothing

Thousands of federal troops have been deployed to Los Angeles since June 7 on the orders of President Donald Trump. In the first 40 days of this military operation on U.S. soil, they have done vanishingly close to nothing. The more than 5,000 National Guard soldiers and Marines who have operated in Southern California — under the command of the Army’s Task …

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Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Emil Bove as Federal Judge – The New York Times

Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Emil Bove as Federal Judge  The New York Times Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg  Just Security Hundreds of DOJ alumni warn Senate against Trump’s appellate judge nominee  Reuters Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower  The New Yorker Opinion | Trump’s Plans to Put Emil Bove …

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Trump pulls federal funds for California’s high-speed rail – Politico

Trump pulls federal funds for California’s high-speed rail  Politico Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California’s high-speed rail  ABC7 Los Angeles Trump rescinds $4bn in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project  The Guardian $4 billion in federal funding for California High-Speed Rail project terminated  KBAK Governor Newsom responds to Trump’s latest gift to China: Defunding America’s only high-speed rail  Governor of California …

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Rio Grande Valley health clinic canceled due to federal cuts

Rio Grande Valley health clinic canceled due to federal cuts

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. McALLEN — Every year since 1999, the Rio Grande Valley has hosted a massive five-day event to offer …

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Federal indictment against Vance Boelter includes full FBI letter, stalking details and murky motive

Federal indictment against Vance Boelter includes full FBI letter, stalking details and murky motive

Thompson said investigators have confirmed Boelter set out to commit a targeted assassination as an act of “political extremism.” He carried lists of DFL politicians’ home addresses and conducted surveillance outside the lawmakers’ homes. The lists included names of attorneys at national law firms, Thompson revealed Tuesday. An unsealed federal search warrant released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows a …

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Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing Minnesota legislator

Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing Minnesota legislator

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man indicted Tuesday on charges he fatally shot the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband, and wounded another lawmaker and his wife, confessed to the crimes in a rambling handwritten letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, but didn’t say why he targeted the couples, prosecutors said. Vance Boelter also wrote in the …

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Federal grand jury indicts Vance Boelter on six counts related to lawmaker shootings – MPR News

Federal grand jury indicts Vance Boelter on six counts related to lawmaker shootings – MPR News

Federal grand jury indicts Vance Boelter on six counts related to lawmaker shootings  MPR News Federal indictment reveals new details about the case against man accused in killing of former Minnesota House speaker  CNN Alleged Minnesota shooter confessed to killings in letter to FBI director  The Washington Post Vance Boelter indicted on federal murder charges in the killing of Minnesota lawmaker and her …

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