Article Title: In Memorial to the Saudi Attack on America Sept. 11, 2001
Article Title: FBI chief Chris Wray must explain the suppression of the Hunter Biden investigation
Snippet of Article: "Top Senate Judiciary Committee Republican Charles Grassley in late July wrote Wray and Garland (following up on a May letter) citing charges by multiple FBI “highly credible whistleblowers” about the burying of “verified and verifiable” dirt on Hunter by falsely dismissing valid intelligence as “disinformation.”
The whistleblowers claim Thibault (then assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office) shut down an entire avenue of the Hunter investigation in October 2020. (Seemingly, that avenue centered on info from the infamous laptop, which the FBI first acquired in December 2019.)..."
Biden Administration | Times Square Billboard Says it All
The Job Creators Network (JCN) put up a new billboard in Times Square calling out the broken promises the Biden administration has made to small businesses. The ad comes on the heels of the passage of the boldly misnamed Inflation Reduction Act—which includes tax increases that will roll downhill to Mainstreet and an army of new IRS agents that will have small businesses in their crosshairs.
Article Title: President Biden announces $10,000 student debt forgiveness, payment pause
Snippet of Article: "Borrowers who earn less than $125,000 a year, or families earning less than $250,000, would be eligible for the $10,000 loan forgiveness, Biden announced. For those who also receive Pell Grants, which are reserved for undergraduates with the most significant financial need, the federal government would cancel up to an additional $10,000 in federal loan debt.
“Both of these targeted actions are for families who need it the most..."
Article Title: The FBI, Facebook & leftist podcasters: All enemies of free speech
Snippet of Article: "...On the August 25th edition of Joe Rogan’s immensely popular podcast, Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the impetus for his platform’s squelching of the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop. He said the FBI had alerted Facebook to be wary of a burst of Russian propaganda in the weeks before the presidential election, so when the laptop story exploded, the platform reduced the number of users who could see the report. ..."
Article Title: Countless human remains found at cartel 'extermination site' near U.S. border as Mexico can't account for nearly 100,000 missing
Snippet of Article: "...For the investigators, the human foot -- burned, but with some fabric still attached -- was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico's missing multitudes were obliterated.
How many disappeared in this cartel "extermination site" on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo, miles from the U.S. border? ..."
Article Title: Biden Letter Likely Next Step Toward 4.6 Percent Fed Pay Raise
Snippet of Article: "...Under the 1990 law on pay-setting procedures, if a raise hasn’t been enacted by the end of August, the President may issue by the end of that month a letter setting an “alternative” raise—“alternative” to the much larger raise that would take effect by default if nothing were to be enacted by year’s end. Under the calculation recently reported by the Federal Salary Council, that would be above 22 percent.
That letter in almost all cases has repeated the raise proposal the President originally made in the early-year budget message to Congress—in this case for 4.6 percent. ..."
Article Title: CNN’s Stelter admits Hunter Biden scandal ‘not just a right-wing media story’
Snippet of Article: "...Hunter Biden may face charges as the federal criminal investigation continues into possible tax fraud, money laundering and foreign lobbying crimes linked to his overseas business deals.
Stelter — who had called the Hunter Biden leaked laptop...“What about his son?” Stelter asked his guest. “What about Hunter? Hunter under federal investigation, charges can be coming at any time, this is not just a right-wing media story. This is a real problem for the Bidens..."
Article Title: Unlawful crossings along U.S.-Mexico border set a record for June
Snippet of Article: "...apprehensions of migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally last month set a record for any June with available data, government figures disclosed on Friday show. ..."
Article Title: Biden defends border policies after deaths of at least 51 migrants in Texas
Snippet of Article: "...defended his administration's border policies following the deaths of at least 51 people..."These deaths are on Biden," Abbott said in a Tweet. "They are a result of his deadly open border policies. They show the deadly consequences of his refusal to enforce the law.""
Snippet of Article: "...U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Social Security Expansion Act (SSEA) in both houses of the U.S. Congress on June 9, 2022. This legislation seeks to keep Social Security solvent through 2096. But it goes beyond just keeping the program going. The SSEA would boost benefits for current and new Social Security beneficiaries by $200 per month, or $2,400 per year. Individuals wouldn’t have to wait until their full retirement age under the bill, either. Anyone who turns 62 would be eligible for the increase...."
Source: www.koamnewsnow.com
Article Title: What is one of the best things i can do to prepare for retirement?
Snippet of Article: "Find out what your Social Security pension will be based on your reported earnings. Do you have enough credits? ...Plan for your future with your My Social Security Account. Estimate your retirement benefits at different ages and dates. Your personal my Social Security account gives you secure access to information based on your earnings history..."
Article Title: 2023 COLA Update
Snippet of Article: "...Relevant to the cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) to civil service annuities for 2023, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased by 1.52 percent in March 2022. Under current law, COLAs for federal retirement annuities, as well as for military retiree annuities and Social Security payments, are determined by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which is calculated by economists and statisticians with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The CPI-W is the current index used for measuring increases in the prices of consumer goods, including food and beverages, housing, clothing, transportation, medical care, recreation, education, communication, and more. ..."
Article Title: Health benefits -- New law creates Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for employees, other
Snippet of Article: "The Postal Service reform legislation that President Biden signed into law on April 6 will involve changes to employees’ health and retirement benefits.
USPS understands that employees have many questions, so here are a few things to know:
• The law establishes the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) ..."
Article Title: Biden seeks to resume federal worker vaccine mandate
Snippet of Article: "...Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to clear a procedural hurdle that remained after a key legal victory last week and allow the administration to quickly resume enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees..."
Article Title: 2023 COLA Could Be at Least 7.6%, Surpassing This Year's
Snippet of Article: "...In what could be a sign that soaring inflation might not ease anytime soon, at least one group has already forecast that the 2023 cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security recipients could be as high as 7.6% — a much bigger bump than even this year’s, which is already the highest in decades..."
Article Title: federal prison employee pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he sexually abused at least two inmates at a women’s prison in California
Snippet of Article: "... the first conviction in a wave of arrests at a lockup known to prisoners and workers as “the rape club.”
Ross Klinger, 36, is one of four employees, including the warden and chaplain, who’ve been arrested..."
Article Title: Mailbox and Postal Blue Box Users: Check Washing Crime Reduction
Snippet of Article: "...Many postal blueboxes and residential mailboxes are being robbed of handwritten checks. Thieves steal these checks and wash them. Check washing is the erasing of the written amount and altering that amount to a much greater sum...."
Article Title: Massive check fraud operation: Encrypted communication platforms online, selling everything from postal keys used to steal mail from blue boxes to the checks themselves
Snippet of Article: "...But how did Keith Williams’ checks get stolen? After all, they were mailed from inside a post office.
“Some postal workers have been bribed to literally steal checks from the mail. Some mailmen have been bribed to leave trucks unlocked, and then later on report the bag stolen,” Guy Williams said. “This is literally a criminal conspiracy with multiple layers and without a real way to roll up and find out who’s really behind it.”..."
Article Title: USCIS director: Federal immigration funds ‘critical’...
Snippet of Article: "...Congress passed an emergency funding law in 2020 that allowed USCIS to collect higher fees for fast-tracked processing and offer the service on more types of applications...“USCIS must continue to receive appropriations to meet the increasing demand for many of our humanitarian benefits.”..."
Article Title: US Agriculture Secretary to visit Lincoln University Monday
Snippet of Article: "...expressed a desire for government support. ... everyone needs to make a profit... “Helping them out financially I know is a big deal because we’ve had farmers just in this year say they are not making a big profit,” Dean said. ..."
Article Title: Amazon profits nearly double
Snippet of Article: "...The company defied analysts' expectations and its own predictions, turning a profit of $14.3 billion. ..."
Article Title: Pension Agency Latest to Track Exemptions From COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Snippet of Article: "...The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.’s< notice on the Federal Register was placed by Hilary Duke, the agency’s assistant general counsel for regulatory affairs.
Several Republican lawmakers already have criticized the Biden administration for what they characterized as its “tracking” of federal employees who seek religious or medical exemptions from getting one of the COVID-19 vaccines. ...The Daily Signal also first reported that 41 House Republicans signed onto a letter criticizing the Biden administration for tracking religious exemptions. ..."
New Year. New Law. Beginning January 1, 2022, new federal protections will shield millions of consumers from surprise medical bills. Surprise medical bills – unexpected bills from an out-of-network provider, out-of-network facility or out-of-network air ambulance provider – is common among those with private insurance. Nearly one in five patients who go to the emergency room, have an elective surgery, or give birth in a hospital receive surprise bills, with average costs ranging from $750 to $2,600 per episode.
Learn about how the No Surprises Act can protect you from surprise medical billing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Article Title: Average Age at Retirement Steady, Years of Service Decline
Snippet of Article: "...the average retirement age that year was 61.8, the same as the two prior years after rising from 61.3 in 2015. Average length of service at retirement was 24.9 years, a figure that has decreased steadily from 26.7 in 2015..."
Article Title: Border Patrol Arrested Four More Sex Offenders
Snippet of Article: "...Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested four sex offenders.
On Jan. 7, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents arrested Edgar Antonio Barajas-Granados, a registered sex offender, in Roma, Texas. Barajas-Granados was arrested in Corpus Christi, Texas, for continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14..."
Article Title: Five More States Make Military Retirement Tax Free
Snippet of Article: "... stop paying taxes on their military retirement, retirees living in..."
Article Title: 45% of All Federal Employees Teleworked in Fiscal 2020
Snippet of Article: "...The Office of Personnel Management’s latest annual telework report captures the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic...."
Article Title: House Democrat slams Kamala Harris on border: 'Doesn't look like she's very interested in this'
Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, a moderate whose district covers nearly 200 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, told the New York Times he had been disappointed by his interactions with Harris, who was tasked by President Biden with addressing the migrant border crisis. ..."
