Independence Arch, or “Arc de Trump,” plans include taxpayer funds

Washington — American taxpayers will help fund the construction of President Trump’s planned triumphal arch in Arlington, Virginia, according to the spending plan for the National Endowment for the Humanities released by the administration this week.  According to the endowment’s spending plan approved by the Office of Management and Budget in September, $2 million in

California officials make arrests in LA hospice fraud crackdown

The California Department of Justice and several state agencies arrested five people Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged hospice fraud ring, and officials said more arrests will come. Several suspects received “notices to appear” in court and will face arrest warrants if they don’t show. In total, the state filed charges against 21 suspects.

DOJ probing NFL over games on paid platforms, sources say

The National Football League is being investigated by the federal government for practices that allegedly harm consumers for licensing games to multiple platforms — paid streaming platforms, paid cable networks, and others, sources told CBS News. A government official familiar with the matter said the probe is about affordability for consumers and creating an “even

ICE Holds a Press Conference on One-Year Anniversary Relaunch of the VOICE Program

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold a press conference at 11 a.m. ET on April 9 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement) Office’s re-launch. ICE Director Todd M. Lyons, joined by “victims of alien crime,” will release the first-year statistics related to the … Original News

Managing the Mullahs: What a Negotiated Victory Over Iran Looks Like

After weeks of threats, taunts, bombs, dramatic rescues, and careening markets, the world is holding its breath as the two-week ceasefire begins in the Middle East. The United States and Israel inflicted a significant amount of damage on Iran during the most recent campaign, but the negotiations set to begin later this week in Pakistan

USPS halts contributions to pension plan after warning of “cash crisis”

The U.S. Postal Service is suspending its contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System, a pension plan for its workers and other civil servants, as the agency struggles with mounting losses that put it at risk of running out of funds.  “The United States Postal Service is heading toward a cash crisis,” USPS spokesman David

Acting AG Todd Blanche gives go-ahead to pursue death penalty in MS-13 murder case

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the top federal prosecutor in California to seek the death penalty for three alleged MS-13 members charged with killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities, according to a memo dated April 8 and obtained by CBS News. In one of his first acts as acting attorney general, Blanche