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Trump Hit With Lawsuit for Using Taxpayer Money to Air PropagandaThe Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration Wednesday, alleging that recent TV advertisements espousing the president’s political agenda were funded by taxpayers and thus violated U.S. propaganda law. The 31-page complaint , filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Donald Trump of personally directing the…
Report Details How Trump Has Handed Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card to Wall Street and Big TechA report released by government watchdog Public Citizen Wednesday reveals how, under the Trump administration, a donation to or partnership with President Donald Trump "could make your legal matters disappear." When Trump took office in January 2025, he inherited from the Biden administration hundreds of enforcement actions that were supposed to be…
Ex-CIA spook captured with gold treasure admits creating secret programs to steal nearly $200 millionWhen the FBI raided the Virginia home of ex-CIA official David Rush in May, agents found nearly 300 gold bars, each weighing a kilogram; 35 luxury watches; €104,795; and roughly $2 million in U.S. currency. This apparently stolen treasure was only the tip of the iceberg. 'His self-serving actions threatened to erode public confidence in the intelligence…
Troy Jackson Touted New Cell Phone Tower for His Rural Town. It Was Built on His Family's Land.In March 2023, U.S. Senate hopeful Troy Jackson, then the president of the Maine Senate, took credit for having "secured" a new cell phone tower in his rural town of Allagash, a project he dedicated to the town's "hardworking families" who "have been left behind when it comes to this essential service." Unmentioned in his statement was the fact that the…