Month: March 2026

Chicago man bought and resold soda in $1.5 million food stamp fraud scheme…

Court records detail one of the earliest charged transactions: on November 14, 2018, federal investigators watched Quinones drive to a store and purchase roughly 20 cases of Pepsi using three Link cards.
Prosecutors said from 2018 to 2023, Quinones paid cash to people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP or food stamps, in exchange for access to their Link cards and PINs. He then used those cards to make bulk purchases of sodas, water, and snacks at retail stores and resold the goods to convenience stores and restaurants for profit.

New York Man Freed After 19 Years in Prison for Robbery He Didn’t Commit

NEW YORK—A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn’t commit the crime. “It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So that’s all that matters. So I’m good with that,” Kenneth Windley, […]

Tennessee State House Passes Immigration Enforcement Bill, Legislation to Track Number of Illegal Aliens in Schools

The Tennessee State House on Monday passed two immigration bills as part of the effort to make the Volunteer State a national model for cooperating with the federal government on immigration enforcement.
House Bill (HB) 1704 by State House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-Portland) would create the new Class A misdemeanor offense of intentionally failing or refusing to leave the United States while subject to a final order of removal. It would also make it a Class A misdemeanor to illegally enter the country, or be found in Tennessee, after previously being denied entry, deported, or otherwise removed from the United States. 

Man Charged in Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Case Argues Trump Pardon Applies to Him

Brian Cole Jr. is charged with planting explosive devices the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, unrest at the Capitol.

House Committee Hearing Examines Waste and Fraud in Foreign Assistance

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing at 2 p.m. ET on March 17 titled “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Foreign Assistance: Lessons Learned and Charting a Path Forward.” Witnesses: Adam Kaplan, deputy inspector general of the Office of the Inspector General at the  U.S. Agency for International Development Latesha Love-Grayer, director of International […]

FTC Flags Nashville Prep School’s Conduct Code Under Consumer Protection Law

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has stepped into an ongoing dispute between Nashville prep school Lipscomb Academy and concerned parents, raising questions about whether the private Christian school’s code of conduct unlawfully restricts free expression.

‘VICIOUS AND NASTY’: Democrats Liken SAVE America Act to Jim Crow. But Can They Back It Up?

Democrats in Congress continue to resist the SAVE America Act by claiming that it seeks a return to the “Jim Crow era” and “discriminates” against… Read More

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Term limits in government must be imposed to prevent entrenched ruling class: Bruce Pardy

Subhead:Queen’s University law professor Bruce Pardy argues federal judges, bureaucrats, and legislators must serve shorter terms to prevent the establishment of a protected ruling elite.#

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