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Read more The Department of Justice unveiled a $1.776 billion settlement fund on Monday intended to compensate individuals it characterizes as victims of government overreach, while a separate settlement addendum released Tuesday permanently bars the Internal Revenue Service from auditing the past tax returns of President Donald Trump and his adult sons. Read more It was Thucydides who observed, in his account of the Peloponnesian War, that the greatest threat to any established political order comes not from external enemies but from the widening chasm between those who govern and those they govern. Read more Vice President JD Vance has directed the Trump administration’s Fraud Task Force to immediately investigate and prosecute apparent Medicaid fraud in Columbus, Ohio.... Read more Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker is urging state officials to pursue criminal investigations into federal immigration enforcement agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz.... Read more
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