Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. --- ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cuts. #News #Trump #Food #Aid #Poverty
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Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison --- Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key witness because of credibility issues. #News #Chicago #Police #Crime #Law
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies --- The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors. #News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law
Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign --- A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives said. #News #Immigration #Business #Government #ICE #TomHoman
Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed. #News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine
A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement. #News #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Government #Law #Trump
Some 4 million people in the U.S. could lose federal housing assistance under new plans from the Trump administration, say experts who reviewed drafts of two unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica. #News #Trump #Housing #Poverty #Homelessness #Homeless #Immigration
After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record. Watch their journey to return home: #Documentary #Hurricane #Helene #Anniversary #FEMA #Housing #Aid #Video
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. #News #NorthCarolina #Hurricane #FEMA #Housing #Aid