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6d ago

Why has the Navy spent at least $175M on an old ship that may never return to sea?

The USS Vicksburg’s long and costly ordeal highlights the Navy’s struggle to modernize its fleet as China seeks naval supremacy in the Pacific.
The USS Vicksburg.
The USS Vicksburg.
7d ago

Jimmy Lai's son says the jailed Hong Kong media tycoon 'refuses to be cowed'

The wealthy businessman, who has British citizenship, could have left Hong Kong to avoid jail, but he chose to stay to defend his beliefs, his son told NBC News. 
Sebastien Lai, son of jailed Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai, in London on Sept. 26, 2023.
Sebastien Lai, son of jailed Hong Kong businessman Jimmy Lai, in London on Sept. 26, 2023.
10d ago

Sen. Bob Menendez of N.J. indicted on federal bribery charges

The New Jersey Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair rejected calls for him to resign from Congress. This is his second indictment since becoming a senator.
Sen. Bob Menendez arrives for a vote on Capitol
Sen. Bob Menendez arrives for a vote on Capitol

FTC sues private-equity backed anesthesia staffing company, saying it tried to monopolize the market and drive up prices

The suit against U.S. Anesthesia Partners follows comments by the FTC chair that the agency would probe anticompetitive practices at companies acquired by private-equity firms.
U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. headquarters in Dallas.
U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. headquarters in Dallas.
12d ago

F-35 fighter jets are only 'mission capable' 55% of the time, new report says

Days after a $100 million F-35B jet crashed in rural South Carolina, a new government watchdog report highlights ongoing maintenance delays.
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II.
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II.

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12d ago

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Whistleblowers say U.S. government's poor oversight may have led to migrant kids' working in unsafe and illegal jobs

A watchdog group representing ex-workers at a facility for unaccompanied minors says HHS may have sent some children to live with sponsors who weren't thoroughly vetted.
Image: Fort Bliss, which holds temporary housing for migrants is seen through a fence on June 25, 2018 in Fort Bliss, Texas.
Image: Fort Bliss, which holds temporary housing for migrants is seen through a fence on June 25, 2018 in Fort Bliss, Texas.

Under pressure from New York City, the Biden admin gives more Venezuelan migrants Temporary Protected Status

The decision gives more than 200,000 migrants the right to obtain work authorization and live in the U.S. without fear of deportation.
Members of the Cumales/Suarez family (kids age 13, 12, 8, 3 and month old -No first names given) from Venezuela along along with dozens of other migrants/immigrants families are seen arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal early Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Accordingly to activist Power Malu from the organization Artists, Athletes and Activists New York City has removed the MTA buses from transporting immigrants from the bus terminal to the Roosevelt hotel Processing Center forcing the activists to hire Uber, Lift mini vans to transport the immigrants.
Members of the Cumales/Suarez family (kids age 13, 12, 8, 3 and month old -No first names given) from Venezuela along along with dozens of other migrants/immigrants families are seen arriving from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal early Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Accordingly to activist Power Malu from the organization Artists, Athletes and Activists New York City has removed the MTA buses from transporting immigrants from the bus terminal to the Roosevelt hotel Processing Center forcing the activists to hire Uber, Lift mini vans to transport the immigrants.
12d ago

Did Sen. Bob Menendez and wife improperly take gold bars from corrupt bank exec?

Investigators want to know if the New Jersey Democrat offered to contact the Justice Department to try to help a man who was accused of banking crimes.
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The fight over who bears the blame for the recent US bank failures will turn ever more political today when lawmakers grill the lenders' former senior managers and top regulators. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The fight over who bears the blame for the recent US bank failures will turn ever more political today when lawmakers grill the lenders' former senior managers and top regulators. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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13d ago

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U.S. senators ask Biden admin to push for release of Princeton grad student held by Iran-backed militia

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who has Israeli and Russian citizenship, was abducted in March while doing research in Iraq “simply because she is Jewish and Israeli,” the two senators said.
A rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City in July demanding the Iraqi government  include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.
A rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City in July demanding the Iraqi government  include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.

Mexican firm stops sending freight trains north to U.S. border as 'unprecedented' number of migrants hitch rides

As more migrants hitch rides on freight trains headed north, and some are injured or killed, Ferromex suspends 60 routes for the first time ever.
Three young migrants traveling on a freight train crossing the border were discovered by the border patrol and asked to get off the train in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on May 11, 2021.
Three young migrants traveling on a freight train crossing the border were discovered by the border patrol and asked to get off the train in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico on May 11, 2021.

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14d ago

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Illegal border crossings are on the rise: 7,500 migrants were stopped on Sunday alone

The surge in migrants may indicate that new policies put in place by the Biden administration in May, which initially kept numbers low, may now be having less of an impact.
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent arrives to pick up a family of five in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent arrives to pick up a family of five in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border