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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Fraudulent suppliers stole millions from the federal government by bribing purchasing agents and others at South Florida veterans hospitals and then billing for orders that were non-existent or grossly overpriced, federal…

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of California was recovering Wednesday following surgery in Washington to implant a heart stent after he experienced chest pains, his office said. Lieu, 50, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on the advice…

DALLAS (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested fewer people during the 2019 budget year than last year, in part because resources were shifted to help handle the massive surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency said Wednesday.…

Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday he wanted to throw up after reading the inspector general's report on the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign. "About 15 percent of the way through it made me want to heave," the Louisiana Republican said. "About 25…

Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 10 The Post and Courier on We welcome S.C. Rep. Tommy Stringer’s interest in figuring out why the state’s judicial disciplinarians can’t find any trial judges worth disciplining. A state…

Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Dec. 10 The (Tuepelo) Daily Journal on fraudulent charities: In 2018, Americans donated $427.71 billion in charitable giving. Fraser Institute, based in Canada, indicates that Mississippians gave an average…

CHICAGO (AP) - Recreational marijuana will be legal in Illinois within weeks, but legal experts on Wednesday urged immigrants to exercise caution as marijuana use or cannabis-related jobs could mean repercussions including deportation. Illinois will allow…

GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee savaged the FBI and Justice Department Wednesday as they listened to testimony from the Justice Department watchdog. Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz appeared before the panel to discuss his…

CNN's Don Lemon says President Trump is "literally crazy" for allowing his campaign to troll Democrats on Twitter with Marvel-inspired jokes. A modified clip of the villain Thanos erasing his enemies with the "Infinity Gauntlet" left the "CNN Tonight" host…

BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland would invest millions of dollars to fight violent crime and would strengthen penalties for repeat gun-violence offenders and witness intimidation, under a package of initiatives announced Wednesday by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan's…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio lawmaker who proposed legislation extending insurance coverage to a procedure considered medically impossible as a way of fighting abortion worked closely on the bill with a conservative lobbyist, newly released emails show. State…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - U.S. lawyers want a judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico that immigration officials shirked their duties earlier this year by quickly releasing thousands of mostly Central American migrants into communities after they crossed into the…

BAGHDAD (AP) - Deliberate killings, abduction and arbitrary detention are among abuses that continue against Iraqi anti-government demonstrators by unknown groups, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. The report comes amid a string of targeted…

BOSTON (AP) - Boston lawmakers imposed new restrictions Wednesday on city police in their work on federal immigration matters. The City Council approved amendments to Boston’s Trust Act, which limits the role city officials play in enforcing the nation’s…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - North Korea’s ballistic missile tests have been “deeply counterproductive” and risk closing the door on prospects for negotiating peace, U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said Wednesday. She told the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. is…

CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (AP) - Protesters gathered outside a Rhode Island detention facility calling for the prison to stop housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. About 200 protesters from Never Again Action assembled outside the Donald W.…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's independently elected fiscal watchdog said Wednesday that his staff was repeatedly refused a tour of a Berks County facility that is one of three family detention centers in the United States that hold children and parents…

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday he was surprised that U.S. Attorney John Durham issued a statement disputing his conclusions on the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign. "I was surprised by the statement," Mr. Horowitz said…

Sen. Mike Crapo, Idaho Republican, blocked Tuesday an effort to fast-track a bipartisan bill meant to deter foreign governments from interfering in the U.S. electoral process. The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Mr. Crapo shot down an attempt by Sen.…

Near the end of a marathon impeachment hearing in the House of Representatives last month, former White House national security aide Fiona Hill tied conservative jabs at George Soros to “the longest-running anti-Semitic trope that we have in history.”…