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Trump's Miami library plan got sued, because apparently the presidential archive needed a hotel and a gold statue
AP says Miami residents sued over Florida's land transfer for Trump's future presidential library, arguing the plan violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Claus…
READ STORY ↗House Republicans canceled the Iran war vote before it could pass, because apparently democracy needed a Memorial Day timeout
AP and Reuters say House GOP leaders called off a vote on an Iran war-powers resolution after Democrats said they had the votes to force Trump back to Congress.
READ STORY ↗The FTC warned nudify sites to add takedown buttons, because apparently the AI creep factory needed a federal cleanup timer
The FTC says it sent warning letters to 12 websites offering so-called nudify tools, telling them to comply with the TAKE IT DOWN Act or face possible penalties.
READ STORY ↗The FCC wants phone companies to know their upstream providers, because apparently scam calls had a velvet rope
The FCC proposed enhanced Know-Your-Upstream-Provider requirements and tougher STIR/SHAKEN rules aimed at cutting illegal robocall enablers out of the phone network.
READ STORY ↗DOJ says defense contractors hid bribes inside innovation-lab costs, because apparently procurement needed a cover charge
DOJ says two Florida defense contractors were arrested in a bribery and major-fraud case tied to an Army technology innovation campus in Hawaii.
READ STORY ↗The FTC says a payment processor helped scammers dodge fraud alarms, because apparently chargebacks needed witness protection
The FTC says a federal court held payment processor Cliq and two executives in contempt and ordered $6.5 million in sanctions for violating a 2015 anti-fraud order.
READ STORY ↗Trump yanked an AI order hours before the ceremony, because apparently the robot guardrails failed vibe inspection
AP and Reuters say Trump postponed an AI executive order shortly before a planned White House signing after deciding parts of it might slow the U.S. race against China.
READ STORY ↗DOJ indicted 94-year-old Raul Castro over a 1996 shootdown, because apparently foreign policy found a courtroom time machine
NBC and CBS say DOJ charged Raul Castro and five others over the Brothers to the Rescue plane shootdown, nearly 30 years after the deadly incident.
READ STORY ↗DOJ says Minnesota Medicaid fraud hit $90 million, because apparently care programs came with a billing pinata
DOJ announced charges against 15 defendants in Minnesota health care fraud cases involving more than $90 million in alleged intended loss, including autism-services and …
READ STORY ↗AP found a growing GOP "YOLO caucus," because apparently Congress discovered object permanence after the primary smoke cleared
AP says a small but growing group of congressional Republicans is more willing to buck Trump, which is a funny thing to rediscover after building a party around loyalty …
READ STORY ↗The FTC warned about business-coaching scams, because "proven system" still means magic beans with a webinar
The FTC says ads promising easy money through crypto, forex, ecommerce or real estate coaching can be scam funnels dressed up as entrepreneurship.
READ STORY ↗The Senate immigration bill hit a ballroom pothole, because apparently border funding needed a chandelier attachment
AP and The Guardian say a GOP immigration funding push stalled amid backlash over White House ballroom security money and Trump's new $1.8 billion settlement fund.
READ STORY ↗The FTC started the TAKE IT DOWN clock, because apparently platforms needed a federal egg timer for nonconsensual images
The FTC says platforms now must give victims a removal process and take down nonconsensual intimate images, including known identical copies, within 48 hours of a valid …
READ STORY ↗Trump has four giant Supreme Court cases in the chute, because apparently one constitutional boss fight was not enough
Reuters says the Supreme Court still has to decide Trump fights over birthright citizenship, firing a Fed governor, ousting an FTC commissioner, and ending protections f…
READ STORY ↗Shutterstock will pay $35 million over subscription traps, because apparently stock photos came with escape-room billing
The FTC says Shutterstock agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it used illegal subscription, renewal and cancellation practices.
READ STORY ↗The Senate advanced an Iran-war off-ramp after Cassidy flipped, because apparently two months of war finally found the calendar
AP says the Senate advanced a measure to force Trump to withdraw from the Iran war after Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy switched sides.
READ STORY ↗Massie lost after Trump made him a loyalty test, because apparently Congress now comes with a boss fight
AP says Trump-backed Ed Gallrein beat Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's GOP primary after Massie broke with Trump on Iran, spending and Epstein files.
READ STORY ↗ABC told the FCC to quit treating The View like campaign airtime, because apparently daytime TV needed a constitutional helmet
AP says ABC accused the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech in an FCC fight over whether The View is subject to equal-time rules.
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