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U.S. Federal Prisons Failed To Stop Almost 200 Deaths By Suicide, DOJ Watchdog Finds

(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) OAN’s James Myers10:16am – Thursday, February 15, 2024 The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) failed to prevent 187 inmate suicides over an eight-year period, according to a report published by an insider at the Justice Department’s watchdog agency. advertisement On Thursday, Inspector General Michael Horowitz blamed the deaths on BOP’s […]

California fights for federal tax dollars to cover $300M it spent on COVID-era housing program

California could be forced to pay at least $300 million it spent on coronavirus-era housing programs after the Federal Emergency Management Agency capped reimbursements in a “retroactive” rule change. announced. new york post report. In March 2020, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom instituted Project Room Key, a program to house homeless people in vacant hotel […]

​House Democrat demands $50-per-hour federal minimum wage: ‘Just do​ the math!’

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) argued Monday that a $50 hourly minimum wage is mathematically consistent. Lee tried to justify himself during a debate for candidates vying for the late Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat. her request is The U.S. government requires businesses to pay their employees at least $50 an hour. “In the Bay Area, […]

Serious threats against federal judges, prosecutors spike

Serious threats against federal judges and prosecutors in the United States have skyrocketed in recent years, according to data collected by the U.S. Marshals Service. The federal agency responsible for “the security of federal court facilities and the safety of judges and other court employees” said it has seen a dramatic increase in threats targeting […]

Threats to US federal judges have doubled since 2021 thanks to political division

Serious threats against federal judges in the United States have more than doubled in the past three years, as part of an escalation in politically-driven violence, according to U.S. Marshals Service data reviewed by Reuters. The agency, which is responsible for protecting 2,700 federal judges and more than 30,000 federal prosecutors and other court employees, […]

Federal judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit challenging Medicare drug negotiations

A federal judge in Texas on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the pharmaceutical industry lobby group PhRMA challenging the Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations. The ruling marks a modest victory for the Biden administration, marking the first time a court has completely rejected a challenge to Medicare’s new price-negotiating powers. Eight other lawsuits […]