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Responding to the Erosion of Independent Regulation
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (561+ words) That raises three practical questions: What is regulatory independence? Does it matter? And if it weakens, what else should change? This is why debates over whether a president can fire commissioners miss the larger point. Removal protections are only one…...
Scammers exploit the president's name in 'Trump Bucks" scheme
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (392+ words) Two North Macedonian nationals have been charged in a scheme that allegedly used President Donald Trump's name and brand to sell fake legal tender dubbed "Trump Bucks," defrauding Americans " particularly senior citizens " out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, federal…...
ICE Discovers Thousands of Foreign Workers in Alleged Fraud Scheme
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (357+ words) Just the "tip of the iceberg." To say there has been a little government fraud uncovered since President Donald Trump started his second term would be an understatement. It seems everywhere you look, every government program, and just about every…...
State audits raise flags around compliance, grant oversight for various programs
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (976+ words) (The Center Square) - From mandatory police trainings to millions of dollars in state spending to close the "digital divide," Washington agencies are struggling to prove whether major programs are working. The Washington State Auditor's Office said as much on Wednesday,…...
WATCH: Federal Way mayor seeks 'audit of every dollar' after KCRHA loses millions
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (700+ words) Ferrell: Forensic Review Required Before More KCRHA Funding (The Center Square) - The mayor of Federal Way is calling for an immediate suspension of all spending activities with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, until a forensic accounting is complete to…...
US EPA moves to speed clean air permits for power plants, industry
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (219+ words) May 11 " The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Monday it would speed up the process for large polluters to obtain clean "air permits, the latest move by the Trump "administration to ease regulatory burdens on American power plants and industry....
How Governments, Corporations, & Technocratic Systems Are Quietly Redefining Ownership In The 21st Century
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1426+ words) Authored by Milan Adams via Prepp Group, There are periods in history when societies begin to discover that the liberties they believed to be permanent were, in reality, conditional arrangements tolerated only while they remained politically convenient. Across the Western…...
How's The Rabbi?': Feds Say Insider Traders Used Bizarre Code To Hide Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme
1+ week, 3+ day ago (541+ words) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed charges Wednesday against 30 people who used Jewish code words to allegedly coordinate insider trading that netted participants tens of millions of dollars. The bureau said those arrested will…...
Main Street Could Get Hosed If Swamp Compromise On Stablecoin Comes To Fruition
1+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) The Senate Banking Committee should not mark this up until those gaps are closed. And if they are not, Congress should not pass it into law....
EEOC Prepares Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Bias Claim
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (369+ words) By Solange Reyner "|" Monday, 04 May 2026 01: 19 PM EDT The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is preparing to file a civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times over a reverse-discrimination claim filed by a white male employee. The Times said in an…...