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Justice Department Moves to Dismiss COVID Relief Fraud Case Against Former Florida Lawmaker

Prosecutors filed to dismiss the case without prejudice following the submission of extensive exculpatory evidence.

Yoon Suk Yeol Defies Detention Warrant by Stripping to Underwear

NOAA Places Sharpiegate Investigators on Leave Days Before Jacobs Confirmation

Adams Mocks Opponents’ Campaign Getaways, Then Says He Was Only Joking

President Sheinbaum Sues El Chapo’s U.S. Lawyer Over Cartel-Collusion Claims

Pentagon Chief Hegseth Under Fire Over Unapproved Ukraine Arms Pause

George Santos Insists He Won’t Harm Himself as July 25 Prison Surrender Looms

James McMurdock Leaves Reform UK to Sit as Independent MP

Albanese Nominates Mike Kaiser as Secretary of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Reform UK MP McMurdock Removes Party Whip Over Covid Loan Probe

Costa Rica Supreme Court Asks Congress to Strip President’s Immunity for Bribery Trial

Genoa Probe Broadens From Dossier Scheme to Public Contract Bribery

Former Sen. Bob Menendez Reports to Pennsylvania Prison to Begin 11-Year Bribery Sentence

Netflix’s 'Trainwreck' Reexamines Rob Ford’s Mayoral Scandals, Provoking Brother’s Outrage

Sarkozy Stripped of Légion d’Honneur After Final Corruption Verdict

Sarkozy Loses Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour Following Corruption Conviction

Sarkozy Stripped of Legion of Honor Following Graft Conviction

Nicolas Sarkozy Stripped of France’s Highest Honor Over Convictions

Michael Madigan to Be Sentenced Friday After Bribery Conviction

Alvise Appears at Supreme Court to Face Charges Over Fake Illa COVID-19 Test