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The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers.Read more

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The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

The Great Grift: How Billions in COVID-19 Relief Aid was Stolen or Wasted

Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers.Continue Reading

House OKs Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default, Sends Biden-McCarthy Deal to Senate

House OKs Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default, Sends Biden-McCarthy Deal to Senate

Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.Continue Reading

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