Feds probing Santos’ role in service dog charity scheme

NEW YORK — FBI agents are investigating Rep. George Santos’ role in an alleged GoFundMe scheme involving a disabled U.S. Navy veteran's dying service dog. Two agents contacted former service member Richard Osthoff Wednesday on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, he told POLITICO. Osthoff gave the agents text messages from 2016 with Santos,...

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Marty Walsh under consideration for spot atop NHL players’ union

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has been approached about running the NHL Players Association and is in consideration for the gig, in what could be the second major shakeup to the Biden administration in recent weeks. A person familiar with the discussions said Walsh is a strong contender for the lead role atop the hockey players’ union but that no deal is yet done. The Department...

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Dems name former Trump impeachment officials to GOP investigative panel

House Democrats have tapped a former Donald Trump impeachment manager to lead their counterattack to Republicans’ sweeping investigative panel. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced his picks to sit on the select subcommittee on the “weaponization” of the federal government, which will be the home of several high-profile, controversial Republican probes — including a...

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Harris at Tyre Nichols’ funeral: This isn't public safety

The funeral of Tyre Nichols, a Black man fatally beaten by police officers in Memphis, Tenn., was marked by emotion, music and a sharp call to justice on Wednesday, including by Vice President Kamala Harris. “This is a family that lost their son and their brother through an act of violence, at the hands and the feet of people who had been charged with keeping them safe,”...

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Black caucus press Biden to use the bully pulpit to push for police reform

When Rep. Steven Horsford heads to the White House to meet with President Joe Biden this week, he will bring a message directly from the family of Tyre Nichols: Act now. “They want action,” the Nevada Democrat and Congressional Black Caucus chair said of his conversation with Nichols’ parents. “The action is legislative action; that's here in Congress and at the state and...

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Fed hikes rates again even as inflation cools

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing policymakers another step closer to an expected pause in their inflation fight sometime this year. For now, the central bank’s rate-setting committee signaled that borrowing costs will increase further, saying rate hikes will be "ongoing." But Wednesday’s move is the smallest...

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Biden and McCarthy meet as White House aides envision a debt ceiling off-ramp

When President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday to discuss the lifting of the nation's debt ceiling, it will kick off what’s likely to be a drawn-out fight over the nation’s fiscal path — one that could lead to an economic catastrophe. The White House has insisted that it will not negotiate over the debt ceiling, warning that an extended stalemate...

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