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Vance announces about 870,000 people suspected of defrauding COVID-era programs barred from future federal loans

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Kansas City, Missouri — Vice President JD Vance announced Monday the Trump administration will suspend roughly 870,000 people suspected of defrauding pandemic-era small business programs from receiving future federal loans. The vice president contended that borrowers who stole taxpayer money should no longer be eligible to receive loans from government-backed programs. “If you screwed the…

For Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Sept. 11 commemoration invites scrutiny of past remarks

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago06 mins

As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack. El-Sayed is a leader of a new crop of candidates from a wing of his party that opposed American wars and…

Justice Department to send a record 1,000 monitors to polling places in midterm elections

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Washington — The Justice Department is planning to deploy a record 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections, the head of the department’s Civil Rights Division said this week. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, made the announcement in remarks to Bloomberg on Monday….

Spain rejoices in World Cup victory, even if some fans say Trump lingered too long in team’s photo-op

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago03 mins

Barcelona — On the streets of Barcelona’s historic Gothic Quarter, locals had a lot to celebrate Monday following Spain’s 2026 World Cup victory over Argentina. But there were mixed opinions over President Trump lingering on stage around the winning team as cameras snapped shots of the victors hoisting their trophy at the stadium in New Jersey. “Here…