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Albany, NY
News
Border Czar, NY Native Homan Calls Alleged $50,000 FBI ‘Bribe’ Story False Border Czar, NY Native Homan Calls Alleged $50,000 FBI ‘Bribe’ Story False
Border Czar, NY Native Homan Calls Alleged $50,000 FBI ‘Bribe’ Story False Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan is now pushing back hard, denying that he took a tens of thousands of dollars in cash from undercover FBI agents as questions swirl around a closed Justice Department probe. During a live NewsNation town hall Wednesday, Oct. 15, Homan said, “I didn’t take $50,000 from anybody.”  Co-host Bill O’Reilly then asked, “How did that get into the mainstream?”  Homan responded by saying, “I have no idea,” and added, “There’s been hit pieces on me since I came back to this administration. Either it’s got to be 30, 40 hit pieces on me, about how I’…

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by Joe Lombardi
Arlington, VA
Politics
'Very Serious Consequences': Trump Issues Warning To Elon Musk Days After Blowup 'Very Serious Consequences': Trump Issues Warning To Elon Musk Days After Blowup
'Very Serious Consequences': Trump Issues Warning To Elon Musk Days After Blowup President Donald Trump has issued a new warning to Elon Musk just days after their one-year political partnership blew up in spectacular fashion. Trump said the billionaire entrepreneur had better not switch sides and financially back Democrats. "If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News on Saturday, June 7. "He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that.” Trump didn't get into specifics.  During his back-and-forth war of words with the 53-year-old Musk on Thursday, June 5, Trump floated the possibility of ca…

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by Joe Lombardi
Chappaqua, NY
Politics
Elon's Next Move? Musk Now Pushing For Third Party Amid Bitter Blowup With Trump Elon's Next Move? Musk Now Pushing For Third Party Amid Bitter Blowup With Trump
Elon's Next Move? Musk Now Pushing For Third Party Amid Bitter Blowup With Trump Following the collapse of his year-long partnership with President Donald Trump after a series of back-and-forth insults, Elon Musk is now floating the idea of the formation of a third party. “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” Musk wrote on his X social media platform. The 53-year-old billionaire entrepreneur and world's richest man attached a poll question underneath the post. As of late Friday morning, June 6, with nearly 5,200,000 votes cast, 80.6 percent said yes, and 19.4 percent voted no. Earlier report: Glo…

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by Joe Lombardi
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
News
Fake Government Contract Fraud Scheme Nets PA Man Prison Time: USDOJ Fake Government Contract Fraud Scheme Nets PA Man Prison Time: USDOJ
Fake Government Contract Fraud Scheme Nets PA Man Prison Time: Usdoj A Philadelphia man is getting prison time after participating in a $622,000 fraud scheme involving fake government contracts, according to authorities. Darren Barr, 39, was sentenced to almost five years in prison after pleading guilty to an organized scheme that defrauded Lucas County Auditor in Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 6, the US Department of Justice states in a news release. Barr collaborated with unnamed co-conspirators in a plan that had them pretending to be legitimate vendors Lucas County was authorized to do business with, according to the news release. This scheme began in March 201…

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by Merriell Moyer
Arlington, VA
Politics
Politicians Speak Out After DC Council Member Arrested On Bribery Charges Politicians Speak Out After DC Council Member Arrested On Bribery Charges
Politicians Speak Out After DC Council Member Arrested On Bribery Charges There has been an outcry from elected officials in Washington after DC Council Member Trayon White, Sr. was arrested in connection to a bribery investigation. White, who represents Ward 8, was arrested this week on the federal charge following an investigation into the bribery claims. The 40-year-old Democrat, who is the Chair of the Council’s Committee on Recreation, Libraries and Youth Affairs, which oversees several agencies including the DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services is charged with accepting more than $150,000 in bribes. The complaint alleges that, beginning in J…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hackensack CEO: My Passaic Firm Sold US Army Faulty Equipment Made In China Hackensack CEO: My Passaic Firm Sold US Army Faulty Equipment Made In China
Hackensack CEO: My Passaic Firm Sold US Army Faulty Equipment Made In China A Passaic company CEO from Hackensack admitted selling knockoff forklifts made in China to the US Army, federal authorities said. James Cai, 33, secured $247,000 in government contracts to supply two FD150 diesel forklifts to the Fort Cavazos military installation in Killeen, Texas, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Thursday, Dec. 7. The forklifts supplied by Toner Connect LLC had to be manufactured in America and required at least half of the components to also be of U.S. origin, the attorney general said. Cai ignored the requirements, Sellinger said. He bought the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Massapequa, NY
News
Long Island Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore, Protect Montauk Point Lighthouse Long Island Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore, Protect Montauk Point Lighthouse
Long Island Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore, Protect Montauk Point Lighthouse A Long Island company has been awarded a near $31 million contract to restore and protect the Montauk Point Lighthouse. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week that a $30.7 million contract has been granted to Bay Shore-based H&L Contracting to “protect the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse and associated cultural resources located on the easternmost point of Long Island.” The project is expected to last approximately two years as crews work to safeguard the lighthouse from shoreline erosion. Work is planned to start in the spring. “The hist…

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by Zak Failla
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Elizabeth Firm Settles Claim It Lied About Veteran Ownership To Get Contracts Elizabeth Firm Settles Claim It Lied About Veteran Ownership To Get Contracts
Elizabeth Firm Settles Claim It Lied About Veteran Ownership To Get Contracts An Elizabeth construction firm has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle allegations the company’s management lied when it said it was owned by a service-disabled military veteran in order to win government contracts, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Tuesday.  The U.S. government gives preference to companies owned by service-disabled veterans when awarding some contracts. Regiment Construction Corp. bid on and won multiple contracts between 2008 and 2015 set aside for companies owned by veterans, according to court documents.  Regiment did not admit wrongdoing in …

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by Paul Milo