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Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

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Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

Federal executive created fake program, diverted $145M; FBI found 298 gold bars in $193.6M fraud (Image Credit: USAO EDVA) A former senior federal employee with a top-secret security clearance has pleaded guilty to defrauding the US government of approximately $193.6 million, allegedly using fabricated government authorities to obtain money for himself. According to the US … Read more

A Utah man who spent 41 years behind bars after being sentenced to death in a 1985 murder case has been ordered released on bail after new DNA tests excluded him from crime-scene evidence

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A Utah man who spent 41 years behind bars after being sentenced to death in a 1985 murder case has been ordered released on bail after new DNA tests excluded him from crime-scene evidence

Douglas Stewart Carter sits in a car after he was released out of the Utah County Jail (Photo: AP) A 71-year-old man who spent 41 years on death row has been ordered released on bail by a Utah judge after new DNA testing excluded him from evidence found at the crime scene. Douglas Stewart Carter … Read more

White House bars CNN from Air Force One press pool for Trump’s upcoming trip

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White House bars CNN from Air Force One press pool for Trump's upcoming trip

Earlier last week, Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be banned from the White House. The White House has replaced CNN with conservative network Real America’s Voice (RAV) in the television press pool covering President Donald Trump’s trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday.According to White House guidance, RAV was listed as the … Read more

Trump White House bars CNN from Air Force One again, disrupting TV press pool coverage of President’s Tennessee trip

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President Donald Trump bars CNN from Air Force One again, putting White House TV press pool in limbo (AP Photo)

The White House has barred CNN from flying aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump for his Saturday trip to Tennessee, once again disrupting the television press pool just a day after major networks resumed joint coverage of the president. President Donald Trump bars CNN from Air Force One again, putting White House TV … Read more

Archaeologists found 500 Iron Age iron bars in Austria’s Danube, revealing a 1-tonne cargo transported 2,000 years ago

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Archaeologists found 500 Iron Age iron bars in Austria’s Danube, revealing a 1-tonne cargo transported 2,000 years ago

PC: Cambridge University Press Archaeologists have identified at least 500 forged iron bars recovered from the Danube in Upper Austria as the largest known assemblage of Iron Age iron in Europe. The discovery was made in 2019 during gravel extraction at Deinham, when workers found double-pointed iron objects in material taken from beneath the river’s … Read more

‘Reporting fake news’: Trump bars CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House; threatens more bans

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'Reporting fake news': Trump bars CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House; threatens more bans

Trump said the outlets were banned over what he described as their repeated “FAKE NEWS” reporting about him and his administration. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was banning 3 news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House, accusing them of repeatedly publishing what he called “FAKE NEWS”.Trump … Read more

Former CIA official David Rush, found with 303 gold bars worth over $40 million, reaches plea agreement in principle as prosecutors cite classified-material litigation

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Former CIA official David Rush, found with 303 gold bars worth over $40 million, reaches plea agreement in principle as prosecutors cite classified-material litigation

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Central Intelligence Agency official David Rush have reached a plea agreement in principle, stopping proceedings before a grand jury indictment in a case involving $40 million in stolen gold bars and classified operations. A joint court filing submitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of … Read more

Lil Durk trial: Why the rapper may remain behind bars even if he is found not guilty

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Lil Durk faces a second racketeering trial, which experts say could keep him behind bars even if he is acquitted in the current case. (Instagram/ @lildurk)

As Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial comes to a close and the jury begins deliberating, there is one thing that may not change no matter the verdict, that the rapper could still remain behind bars, at least for now. Lil Durk faces a second racketeering trial, which experts say could keep him behind bars even if … Read more

US Treasury bars some reporters from G20 finance talks

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US Treasury bars some reporters from G20 finance talks

The US Treasury Department has barred several reporters from major news outlets from covering this week’s G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, media organizations said over the weekend. US Treasury bars some reporters from G20 finance talks The United States holds the rotating G20 presidency this year, and the Treasury Department is managing access … Read more