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LOS ANGELES—The owner of a now-shuttered Orange County healthcare business management services company and three others were arrested on July 19 on a nine-count federal indictment alleging they defrauded lenders and investors out of millions of dollars via false claims that the owner’s struggling business was booming. Tammy Le, 48, of San Clemente, the former […]

Commentary When the Canadian prime minister shows up at a NATO conference with empty pockets, then criticizes his allies for giving cluster munitions to Ukraine as the wrong kind of help, it’s tempting to tune him out. But just as an alcoholic might be right that you drink too much, you should sometimes read a

When Orange County Board of Education Trustee Tim Shaw was appointed board president on July 5, he became the second person in his family to hold such a position—joining his mother, Karen Shaw, who is currently the president of the Lowell Joint Unified School Board, which serves the Whittier and La Habra areas. The Shaw family, who

Capitol Police continues to retaliate against employees who file whistleblower complaints with the Capitol Police Office of Inspector General, a U.S. House oversight panel was told on July 19. “…Numerous whistleblowers have come forward with claims of retaliation and abuse after speaking with the Office of Inspector General,” said Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of

Two people working to dismantle a long-disputed billboard at the main entryway into San Pedro were injured on July 18 when a crane toppled over. The accident was reported around 11:30 a.m. near Gaffey Street and the Harbor 110 Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. A search-and-rescue team was initially dispatched to the

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) asked IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler, a 13-year IRS special agent with the Criminal Investigation Division, about the money transfers from foreign companies to President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday. This is the first time Mr. Ziegler spoke publicly. Also on Tuesday, YouTube removed

Michigan GOP Co-chairwoman Malinda Pego, joined by Macomb County GOP Chairman Mark Forton and Oakland County GOP Chairman Vance Patrick, hold a press conference at 5:30 p.m. ET on July 19 to speak about the “weaponization of the justice system in our state (Michigan)” that “has 16 Republicans now facing felony charges.” … Read More

A previously anonymous IRS whistleblower alleging political interference in the Hunter Biden probe revealed his identity as special agent Joseph Ziegler at a House Oversight Committee hearing on July 19. A federal judge in New York dealt former President Donald Trump’s legal effort a blow by rejecting his request for a new trial and upholding

Toronto residents will be allowed to consume alcohol in a select number of parks in the coming months after city council approved a time-limited pilot program. The pilot project will run from Aug. 2 to Oct. 9, and allow those 19 and older to drink alcohol at 27 selected parks across the city. They include

The Biden administration is exposing so-called junk fees in the housing rental industry in an effort to make the actual cost of housing more transparent to consumers. President Joe Biden announced the initiative on July 19 at a meeting of the White House Competition Council, an inter-agency task force formed in 2021 to combat unfair