Kash Patel accused of directing $1m to ‘slush fund’ to pay bonuses to loyalist agents

Congressman Jamie Raskin alleges FBI director authorized substantial recurring payments to agents in his inner circle FBI director Kash Patel has been accused of directing more than $1m in taxpayer-funded bonus payments to a small circle of loyalist agents as part of a “personal slush fund” that may have violated federal law. Representative Jamie Raskin … Read more

Trump’s Department of Labor claims without data that states defrauded government

Keith Sonderling, acting head of the agency, threatens to withhold administrative funds from states for first time in history Keith Sonderling sent letters to 53 states and US territories demanding action to “combat waste, fraud, and abuse” within the unemployment insurance program, threatening to withhold administrative funds from states for the first time history. “We … Read more

Oklahoma Democrats face runoff showdown in race for deep-red Senate seat

Two underdog candidates advanced to a runoff election in Oklahoma’s 2026 Democratic Senate primary after no candidate clinched a majority of the vote. N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a nurse and Chickasaw Nation citizen, and Jim Priest, a lawyer and ordained minister, will compete in an Aug. 25 runoff election, according to The Associated Press. Thomas won … Read more