Washington, March 28 (IANS) The Trump administration launched a federal task force to crack down on fraud in welfare programmes, with Vice President JD Vance warning that the problem has “become a massive, massive problem” that is draining taxpayer funds.Addressing a meeting of senior officials, Vance said the administration would restore anti-fraud safeguards and enforce cross-departmental coordination to detect abuse in federal benefit programs.“We have to take the fraud issue seriously,…
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Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Former US President Bill Clinton told House lawmakers that he had “no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and insisted he “saw nothing and I did nothing wrong” during his association with the disgraced financier.Clinton appeared for a closed-door deposition before the Republican-led House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Chappaqua, New York. It marked the first time a former US president had been compelled to testify before Congress under a subpoena.I…
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told lawmakers that she had no information about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and did not recall ever meeting the disgraced financier, as she sat for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.“I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or visited his island, homes, or offices,” Clinton said in prepared rema…
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) Four Republican lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to direct the Justice Department to reopen a criminal probe into Cuban leader Raul Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, calling for possible charges and international arrest notices.Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar joined Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez and Nicole Malliotakis in sending a letter to the President seeking a …
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) The United States has filed a civil action seeking to revoke the citizenship of an Indian-born man convicted of rape and kidnapping, saying he concealed violent crimes during his naturalization process, the Justice Department announced.In a complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York, the Justice Department said Gurmeet Singh hid and misrepresented material facts on his naturalization application, including that he had previously kidnapped and sexually assaulted …
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) A federal judge in New York rejected a bipartisan request by two US lawmakers, including Indian American Ro Khanna, seeking court supervision of the Justice Department’s compliance with a law mandating the release of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday (local time) denied a request by Reps. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, a Democrat from Ca…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to block courts and creditors from seizing Venezuelan government funds held by the United States of America. This is important to protect oil-related revenues, which is critical to US national security and foreign policy objectives in the Western Hemisphere.In an executive order signed on Friday and released on Saturday, Trump said the “threat of attachment or the imposition of other judicial process” against V…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) A US federal court has cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by New York-based parents who allege negligence and emotional distress after their minor daughter was removed from Pakistan and brought to the United States without their knowledge, rejecting the government’s effort to have the case dismissed.In an order issued on December 11, Senior US District Judge Frederic Block denied a motion by the United States seeking reconsideration of an earlier ruling that allowed …