A stunning new report reveals that artificial intelligence bots posing as college students have siphoned off millions of taxpayer dollars in federal and state financial aid, targeting California’s community colleges. These so-called “ghost students” are part of a growing financial fraud scheme exploiting the ease of enrollment in virtual classes.
Former ESPN host and current Atlantic writer Jemele Hill ignited controversy Tuesday night after comparing the national debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports to the historic civil rights struggle for racial equality. Speaking on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Hill suggested that efforts to restrict biological males from competing in women’s sports are akin to past discrimination against Black Americans.
An MS-13 gang member known as “Anticristo” has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for orchestrating and participating in the 2017 slayings of four young men in a New York park. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced Wednesday that Omar Antonio Villalta pleaded guilty to his role in the premeditated killings carried out by more than a dozen MS-13 members and associates.
Key moderate Republicans are quietly pushing back against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood through the upcoming reconciliation package, according to sources cited by NOTUS. During a closed-door meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), lawmakers including Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) reportedly voiced concern about using the budget process to cut Medicaid funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced indictments and arrests for several public officials for matters related to election crimes and a vote-harvesting scheme.
The FBI has opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud following a letter from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte urging a probe into the matter.
