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More than 571,000 current and retired federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes, a delinquency rate that has been increasing steadily despite threatening letters from the IRS. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to know why the IRS and other federal agencies haven’t cracked down harder on tax scofflaws within their ranks or moved to seize their wages and pensions through an existing enforcement program. In a letter sent Thursday to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano, the GOP-led panel asked the agency to turn over data showing the IRS’s efforts to recover unpaid taxes, whether they’ve…

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins threw cold water on President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that his renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was vandalized amid concerns about its algae bloom outbreak, peeling paint and dead ducks.On CNN’s “The Source With Kaitlan Collins” Tuesday, Collins resurrected a receipt of Trump boasting last month about how durable his controversial, multimillion-dollar renovations have made the pool — so much so that he directly bragged that a knife wouldn’t even be able to damage it. “This will last for at least 50 years. You’ll never have a leak,” the president said in the clip. “It’s very strong.…

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration can turn away migrants seeking asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border by physically preventing them from crossing into the United States as they seek protection from persecution.The administration had asked the court to permit the government to revive a policy, first used in 2016, as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Under that so-called turn-back policy, the government had stopped asylum seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil, where federal law would have entitled them to try to claim asylum and receive protections.The statute at issue says any noncitizen who is “physically…

Ordinary people are trying to make the rent, and fraudsters are ripping off Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. Source link

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a new threat on Thursday to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Gulf Arab leaders in Bahrain to try to allay their security concerns.Iran warned ships that the only route through the strait, which is usually a vital pathway for oil and natural gas, was through its waters, in coordination with its navy, and said they should not take an alternative route, in an apparent reference to Omani territorial waters. The threat came just as shipping in the strategic waterway was surging this week after months of paralysis.“This…

Humanoid robot maker Agility Robotics is set to go public in a deal valuing the company at $2.5 billion.The startup, based in Salem, Oregon, revealed its intentions to merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a special purpose acquisition company.A release about the transaction said it would “create the only US publicly listed pure-play humanoid company with proven, active commercial deployments.”Agility said that it expected to receive more than $620 million in proceeds, including an incremental $200 million in financing from new and existing investors.Among the big names that have supported Agility to date are Nvidia, Amazon, SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2,…

Talk to your doctor before making beet juice a regular part of your diet, because it can interact with medications or supplements you’re already taking; people on blood pressure medication should be especially cautious. If you get the okay, monitor your blood pressure closely to make sure it doesn’t drop too low, and adjust your intake accordingly.Riehm also notes that beetroot supplements don’t have the same impact as beet juice itself, because they don’t usually contain the same concentration of nitrates.Choose unsweetened beet juice and check the serving size on the nutrition label. “This is important, as the amount of…

When a massive earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July, it unleashed a tsunami that raced across the Pacific Ocean. As the giant waves spread outward, an advanced NASA satellite happened to be in a perfect position to observe the event in unprecedented detail. The satellite, called Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT), recorded the first high resolution, wide area view of a major tsunami generated by a subduction zone earthquake, according to research published in The Seismic Record. What scientists found was unexpected. Rather than moving across the ocean as a relatively simple wave, the tsunami displayed a…

Rep. Tim Burchett, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE), demanded explanations Wednesday from five Democratic governors who have refused to share state data related to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that could reveal large-scale fraud.  Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York, Gavin Newsom of California, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania each received letters from the House DOGE subcommittee chairman requesting documents and communications related to their withholding of data “necessary for ensuring the integrity of the federally funded SNAP program.”  The US Department of…

Starmer says he wants to ensure any disruption during transition to Burnham government ‘absolutely minimised’Keir Starmer has recorded a pooled TV interview at an event in Milton Keynes this morning, where he was promoting the government’s Great British Summer Savings Scheme.Asked if he would serve in an Andy Burnham government, he replied: double quotation markLet me make my position absolutely clear. I am stepping down after two years, leaving the country in a better position than when I found it. I will do that with good grace, and I will do that making sure that there is an orderly transition.…