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Former congressman gets 10 years in Venezuela foreign agent case

Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, 61, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for secretly acting as an unregistered agent of the Venezuelan government and laundering millions of dollars tied to that work, federal prosecutors announced.

Trump says he'll send everyone $5,000. The math behind it doesn't match his own numbers

President Trump is leaning into his vow to pay a $5,000 "dividend" to every U.S. adult citizen if Republicans win the midterms, saying he will pay the mammoth tab by tapping into surging investment in U.S. manufacturing.

Supreme Court wades into climate change dispute between energy companies and states

Energy companies begged the Supreme Court on Monday to shut down states' attempts to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change.

Obama to campaign in Michigan with El-Sayed, Benson

Former President Barack Obama is joining Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson on the campaign trail.

Brooklyn man pleads guilty in $65M Medicaid fraud scheme

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to defrauding New York State Medicaid of roughly $65 million through claims for social adult day care and home health care services that were not provided, the Justice Department announced.

Driscoll speaks out for first time since ouster by Hegseth as Army secretary

In his first interview since his abrupt Aug. 31 ouster from the Pentagon, former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll he agreed with his former boss, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, more than 50% of the time.

D.C.'s housing authority paid for 17 sex offenders, 13 ineligible immigrants

The D.C. Housing Authority paid $2.5 million in assistance to ineligible sex offenders and noncitizens, a federal watchdog said in a new audit finding that the city lacked effective controls to prevent the bad spending.

Jury convicts Michigan prescriber in 2 million-pill Adderall telehealth case

A federal jury in the Western District of Michigan has convicted Jonathan Decker, 46, of Rockford, Michigan, of distributing more than 2 million pills of Adderall and other stimulants through the telehealth platform Done, the Justice Department announced.

Condo owners near Prince George's homeless campsite fire their management company

Homeowners at the Marylander Condominiums, who said homeless people vandalized their boiler 11 months ago, have fired their property managers.

Brooklyn judge sentences ex-Vitol trader to 48 months over Ecuador, Mexico bribery schemes

A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced former Vitol Inc. energy trader Javier Aguilar to 48 months in prison for his role in two interrelated schemes to bribe Ecuadorian and Mexican government officials, the Justice Department announced.

DOJ has charged more noncitizen voting cases since September than Biden did in 4 years

The Department of Justice announced three more noncitizen voting cases in Louisiana on Monday.

ICC will unseal arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges

The International Criminal Court said Monday it will unseal arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender persecution against women, girls and members of the LGBTQI+ community in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021.