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Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud0
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- October 28, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS — A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in a sprawling scheme to collect millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming to have fed needy children. The depth of fraud in Minnesota —
READ MOREAlvin K. Hellerstein, a federal judge who handled Trump, Maduro and 9/11 cases, dies at 920
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- October 28, 2026
NEW YORK — Alvin K. Hellerstein, a Manhattan federal judge who presided over matters involving President Donald Trump, former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the 9/11 attacks during nearly three decades on the bench, has died. He was 92. Hellerstein died Wednesday, according to Edward Friedland, district executive for the Southern District of New York
READ MOREFDA scientists opposed the Trump administration’s effort to ease peptides access0
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- October 28, 2026
WASHINGTON — A plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with the policy’s development. The document, which covers certain injectable
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Special master could evaluate Justice Department’s claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls0
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- October 28, 2026
Los Angeles — A federal judge on Tuesday said he was considering appointing a special master to evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has some 20,000 noncitizens on its voter rolls and to determine whether counties would be able to separate any ballots belonging to ineligible voters. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter
READ MOREFederal judge rules top US prosecutor in Los Angeles isn’t legally serving0
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- October 28, 2026
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles. The ruling is the latest roadblock to the Trump administration’s effort to extend handpicked acting U.S. attorneys beyond the 120-day limit set by federal law. The strategy was designed to bypass
READ MOREUN holds annual vote on condemning US embargo on Cuba as tensions spill into public0
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- October 28, 2026
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cuba’s socialist government, including by threatening military intervention. The annual exercise aimed at calling out the U.S. government’s “maximum pressure policy” has been put
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