In an act of cartoonish villainy, six Department of Education employees stole valuable seats from homeless children to take their own children and grandchildren on multi-day, taxpayer-funded trips, including to Disney World, according to the city’s special investigator for schools. The ringleader of the affair appears to be Linda M. Wilson, a supervisor of DOE’s […]
The Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago is pictured. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel) Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Trial of former spokesman for organized crime scheduled for next month By HANNAH MEISELCapitol News [email protected] CHICAGO – Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of Paul […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) holds a press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center following a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday canceled a scheduled vote on a stopgap funding bill that […]
The social media accounts of two of Canada’s most vocal far-right pundits have gone unusually quiet after U.S. authorities accused them of participating in a covert Russian propaganda campaign. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice has published an indictment against two Russian citizens who are accused of having founded a conservative media company as […]
On or about February 14, 2023, Linda Sun submitted to a voluntary interview with the New York State Office of the Inspector General. During the interview, Sun stated that she was attending Asian community events in her personal capacity and not in her new role with the Department of Labor. Courtesy: United States District Court […]
Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov has been arrested on fraud charges related to a sprawling military theme park outside Moscow, federal investigators said Thursday. Popov is accused of misusing Patriot Park’s resources for personal gain. He allegedly forced the park’s contract workers to carry out unpaid construction work on his private property in […]
Hezbollah is accused of diverting fuel from the Lebanese state to Shiite villages in the south of the country as part of a charm offensive to bolster Lebanese support, the Alma Research and Education Center said on Thursday. According to research by the Alma Center, between April and July 2024, nearly 484,000 liters of […]
Federal prosecutors and lawyers for former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith are seeking to sell the assets of Smith’s Southfield nightclub, a move that could recoup some of the roughly $40 million allegedly stolen from the nonprofit, according to a court filing Thursday. U.S. District Judge Kay Behm signed an order allowing the U.S. […]
