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California woman pleads guilty in $1.6 million counterfeit Series I savings bond scheme

WASHINGTON — A California woman pled guilty to helping process more than $1.6 million in counterfeit Treasury Department Series I…

George Santos former campaign treasurer pleads guilty to campaign finance fraud

The former campaign treasurer to Rep. George Santos of New York pleaded guilty Thursday to numerous campaign finance felonies related…

Trump seeks classified docs trial after election, says feds delaying evidence sharing

Donald Trump asked a judge to delay his criminal classified documents trial in Florida from May until after the November…

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sues Biden for defamation over ‘Russian pawn’ crack

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani sued President Joe Biden for defamation Wednesday, saying he lost clients and podcast listeners after Biden…

Lab owner who defrauded Medicare to forfeit $187 million, Ferrari

A Miami federal judge ordered a lab owner convicted of defrauding Medicare to forfeit more than $187 million worth of…

Sen. Bob Menendez on reelection bid: ‘We will announce it when it comes time’

(Editors note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported a question Sen. Bob Menendez was asked Wednesday on Capitol…

‘The Donald Trump show is over,’ AG says after ex-president leaves New York fraud trial

New York Attorney General Letitia James declared that “the Donald Trump show is over” after the former president left his…

Judge issues gag order in Trump fraud trial after ex-president posts about law clerk

A judge issued a gag order Tuesday after Donald Trump attacked the judge’s law clerk on social media and in…

Supreme Court case may gut the CFPB: Consumer watchdog’s ‘future is on the line,’ group says

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case with the potential to gut the Consumer…

House Speaker McCarthy defends leadership, says Gaetz has ‘personal’ issues

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday lashed out at Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying that the fellow Republican lawmaker who is…