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☆ Feds raid Sean Combs properties in LA, Miami on search warrants out of New York: NBC News
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Federal agents on Monday raided homes owned by hip-hop mogul Sean Combs in Los Angeles and Miami, NBC News reported, citing sources. The Department of Homeland Security agents were authorized to search the properties by warrants issued in Manhattan federal court, months after a series of lawsuit accused Combs of serious sexual misconduct, law enforcement sources said. Benjamin Brafman, a New York attorney who has represented Combs, did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. "We will always support law enforcement when it seeks to prosecute those that have violated the law," Wigdor said in a statement. Combs was sued in Manhattan federal court by Ventura, who is known as Cassie.

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☆ 'America's greatest gift to Israel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

As the country's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, once declared, "America's greatest gift to Israel was Al Schwimmer." Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

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☆ An Arms Smugger, a Daring Heist, and the Birth of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. "It went against the grain to buck the same government we had fought to preserve only a few years before," Hank Greenspun recalled. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

• But after the interview, Ohtani’s spokesperson “disavowed” Mizuhara’s account, then released a statement saying Ohtani had been the victim of theft. • Later on Wednesday, Mizuhara was fired as Ohtani’s interpreter. ESPN’s Thompson said the interpreter and Ohtani’s representatives did “a big 180” in what they were telling her. At first, Ohtani’s spokesperson told ESPN the player had transferred money to help pay off Mizuhara’s gambling debts, the outlet reported. “I’ve been told (Mizuhara) says something to the effect of ‘I’m sorry.

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☆ A Stormy Daniels documentary comes out Monday, and Trump's hush-money lawyers are already raging. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewAdult film actor Stormy Daniels drops so many bombshells in the smart, surprisingly moving documentary, "Stormy," that it's no wonder former President Donald Trump's "hush money" case lawyers are now raging against it. 'Unacceptable'"Extraordinarily prejudicial," Trump's lawyers called the film in defense filings made public this week. There is also their client to consider, Trump's lawyers said, in the delay request made public Thursday. Trump's lawyers are meanwhile asking that Daniels — given name Stephanie Clifford — be barred from testifying at the hush-money trial. A still from the Peacock documentary, "Stormy."

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☆ To get $9 million in pandemic aid, Lil Wayne pledged to operate a 'drug-free workplace.' The feds believed him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lil Wayne loves weed. But in 2021, Lil Wayne — whose real name Dwayne Carter — told the government that his touring company was a "drug-free" workplace. No one at the Small Business Administration appeared to question it, and the government cut a $8.9 million check to Lil Wayne's company Young Money Touring Inc. Representatives for Beach House didn't respond to a request for comment, nor did press contacts for Lil Wayne or Post Malone. The feds could claw the money backThe SBA told grant applicants that they could be sued or even prosecuted for lying.

Persons: Malone, Lil Wayne, —, Lil Wayne —, Dwayne Carter —, Lil Wayne's, Post Malone, Post, Joe Rogan's, they're, Carter, , Harold Pollack, Josh Schiller, Schiller, Dan Meyer, Andrew Preble, should've, Day Organizations: Service, Small Business Administration, Inc, Austin Post, Post, SBA, Touring Inc, University of Chicago, Elon, SpaceX, Beach House, NME, Beach Locations: people's, San Francisco, Angeles, New Orleans

☆ A former Democratic senator claimed a GOP congressman impregnated a 20-year-old staffer — and she may face legal trouble over it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said Rep. Matt Rosendale suspended his campaign because he impregnated a staffer. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFormer Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is facing potential legal action after she said a Republican congressman impregnated a young staffer. Advertisement"This is 100% false and defamatory and former Sen. Heitkamp will be hearing from our lawyers soon," said Kovach.

Persons: Sen, Heidi Heitkamp, Matt Rosendale, —, Heitkamp, Kevin McCarthy, Donald Trump's, Tim Sheehy, Ron Kovach, who's, Kovach Organizations: Service, Republican, North Dakota Democrat, House Republicans, Business, University of Chicago's Institute of Politics Locations: Montana, Rosendale

☆ Prison inmate led scheme swindling U.S. out of $550 million in Covid tax credits, feds say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A California prison inmate locked up on a gang-related murder conviction led a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government out of more than $550 million in Covid-era federal tax credits, prosecutors said. Five other people were charged with Thomas in the alleged drug trafficking scheme. The employee retention credits became a refundable federal tax credit for employers during the Covid-19 pandemic to encourage businesses to retain workers. "But that apparently was not enough: he also conspired to pursue over half a billion dollars in federal tax credits that were meant to help struggling businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic," Talbert said. DEA agents intercepted those calls and also intercepted text messages showing Thomas communicating about the tax fraud scheme, prosecutors said.

Persons: Kristopher Thomas, Thomas, Kettisha Thompson, Dozier, Charmane Dozier, Sharon Vance, Philip Talbert, Talbert Organizations: Main Street Mafia, Attorney's, Eastern, Eastern District of, Drug Enforcement Administration Locations: California, Covid, Kern Valley, Waldorf , Maryland, Hawthorne , California, Los Angeles, Eastern District, Eastern District of California, Las Vegas, U.S, Delano , California, Hawaii

☆ FBI and Homeland Security are looking into the AT&T cellular outage, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

AdvertisementA sudden cellular outage left tens of thousands of AT&T customers without service on Thursday — and now the feds are looking into it. While AT&T restored all of its networks by 3 p.m. ET, White House spokesperson John Kirby said that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security are looking into the cellular outage. "The bottom line is we don't have all the answers," Kirby told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: John Kirby, Kirby Organizations: White, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Reuters, Business

☆ Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The DOJ alleges that a high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, was the central figure in a plot to funnel American weapons to ethnic militias in Myanmar in exchange for heroin and meth. Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday said they charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries in the belief that they would be used by Iran to make a nuclear weapon. "A U.S. nuclear forensic laboratory later analyzed the samples and confirmed that the samples contain uranium and weapons-grade plutonium," the statement said. Williams said Ebisawa "brazenly trafficked" the nuclear material while believing it would be used to develop a nuclear weapons program." The top prosecutor also said that even as he tried to sell the nuclear materials, the Yakuza leader "also negotiated for the purchase of deadly weapons, including surface-to-air missiles," M60 machine guns, AK-47s and armor-piercing ammunition.

Persons: Takeshi Ebisawa, Ebisawa, Damian Williams, Williams Organizations: DOJ, U.S . Drug, Administration, Attorney's, U.S, AK Locations: Myanmar, New York, Japanese, Burma, Iran, Thailand, Iranian, Manhattan, U.S

Our experts answer readers' tax questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess tax products). I always start tax prep at the end of December, but doing so felt especially important this year. Finally, I send tax forms to the people whom I subcontracted with. I like the idea that he’s spending a bit more time on my taxes during the quiet start to tax season. Starting my taxes early lets me plan and feel in control, which reduces my stress about my tax bill.

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☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with Hugh Johnson and Dynasty Financial’s Ron Insana
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with Hugh Johnson and Dynasty Financial’s Ron InsanaHugh Johnson and Dynasty Financial’s Ron Insana, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss what the PPI print may mean for the Feds next moves.

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☆ 2024 will be an abnormally normal year for the market and economy, says Dynasty's Ron Insana
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email2024 will be an abnormally normal year for the market and economy, says Dynasty's Ron InsanaHugh Johnson and Dynasty Financial’s Ron Insana, join 'Power Lunch' to discuss what the PPI print may mean for the Feds next moves.

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Tina Kotek said she was committed to developing a transparent roadmap for exploring offshore wind opportunities with the input of coastal and tribal communities. As a next step, BOEM said it will prepare an environmental assessment on the potential impacts of leasing offshore wind farms. The offshore wind industry in the U.S. is growing after lagging behind Europe for decades. The first auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating farms was held in 2022, for five sites off the coast of California. The administration has set a goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 using traditional technology that secures wind turbines to the ocean floor.

Persons: Tina Kotek, ” Kotek, ” BOEM, Brad Kneaper, BOEM, Joe Biden Organizations: of Ocean Energy Management, Oregon Gov, Tribal Locations: PORTLAND, Oregon, Coos Bay, Brookings, California, Coos, Lower Umpqua, U.S, New York

☆ There's still time to plan next weekend's travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I'm Joi-Marie McKenzie, the editor in chief of Life at Business Insider and your new Saturday anchor. Emily HartDispatchThere's still time to plan next weekend's travelRaise your hand if you're taking advantage of the upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend. If you’re like me and forgot to plan an amazing three-day vacation, don’t worry.

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☆ Trump Calls His Classified Documents Case ‘Selective Persecution’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Michael Gold | Glenn Thrush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump, who faces a criminal case accusing him of illegally retaining classified documents, blasted on Friday a special counsel’s decision not to charge President Biden for his handling of classified material, accusing prosecutors of an unfair double standard. “You know, look, if he’s not going to be charged, that’s up to them. But then I should not be charged,” Mr. Trump said at an event in Harrisburg, Pa. “This is nothing more than selective persecution of Biden’s political opponent: me.”Mr. Trump’s speech, at a forum hosted by the National Rifle Association, were his first public remarks on the matter since the special counsel, Robert K. Hur, released a report stating that, although Mr. Biden had “willfully” retained and disclosed classified material after his vice presidency had ended, no criminal charges were warranted. Mr. Trump said he had cooperated “with the very hostile and unfriendly feds” more than Mr. Biden, a claim unsupported by any evidence. Mr. Hur’s report said the president fully cooperated with his investigation, while Mr. Trump has been accused of misleading the government for months over the classified documents in his possession.

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☆ The Fall of the Timepiece Gentleman, the Luxury Watch Dealer Who Ran Afoul of the Feds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Farrer is better known as the Timepiece Gentleman, the flashiest online dealer in the $75 billion luxury watch trade. All he needed was the right name for his luxury watch business — something distinctive, something memorable. In his mind, he pictured what the ultimate luxury watch dealer would look like. To launch his career as the Timepiece Gentleman, Farrer boned up on the jargon of horology, from escape wheels and spring barrels to flinques and guilloches. Despite the staggering size of the luxury watch trade, nobody had thought to market its glamour and mystique.

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☆ Four Secret Service agents were disciplined after getting snookered by imposter federal cops
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But what happened to the four Secret Service agents they bamboozled? But the remaining two are still working as Secret Service agents "after discipline," Mihalek said. But the pair's ability to trick four Secret Service agents was no laughing matter. But at least one of the other Secret Service agents had his location tracked while working. AdvertisementRegardless, it's a bad look, former Secret Service agents told Business Insider.

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☆ Niecy Nash-Betts on 'Dahmer,' 'Reno 911!,' 'Origin' & Acting With Her Kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

and whether she'd return for a new seasonNiecy Nash-Betts in costume as Raineesha Williams from "Reno 911!" David X Prutting/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesYou wore a prosthetic butt while playing Raineesha Williams on "Reno 911!" AdvertisementOn kissing Glen Powell in front of his mom for 'Scream Queens,' and the quote from her character Denise that fans still loveNiecy Nash-Betts as Denise on "Scream Queens." Your "Scream Queens" costar Glen Powell is certainly having a moment with his new movie right now. And also from "Scream Queens," I would want to do something with Keke Palmer.

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☆ Niecy Nash-Betts doesn't regret turning down 'Girls Trip' because it helped Tiffany Haddish's career: 'Everybody can have a turn'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Niecy Nash-Betts told Business Insider she turned down a role in the 2017 comedy "Girls Trip." "I don't regret turning anything down, I don't think," Nash-Betts told Business Insider's Libby Torres for the latest installment of our "Role Play" interview series. "But I did turn down, what was the one with all the girls that went to New Orleans? "I turned down 'Girls Trip,' and they ended up booking Tiffany Haddish and her career completely took off," she said. NetflixDespite turning down a part in "Girls Trip," Nash-Betts' career has been thriving.

Persons: Niecy Nash, Betts, Dina, Tiffany Haddish, Nash, —, Libby Torres, Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dahmer, Jeffrey Dahmer, Guy, Raineesha Williams, Glenda Cleveland, Ryan Murphy's, Marion Wilkerson, Ava Duvernay's Organizations: Service, Regina, Netflix Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, Hollywood, America

☆ Niecy Nash-Betts doesn't want her kids to be nepo babies and makes sure they audition for roles: 'Make 'em work for it, make 'em earn it'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Niecy Nash-Betts told Business Insider she enjoys working with her three kids and would do it again. The actor said that her children typically audition, and she wants them to earn their roles. AdvertisementNiecy Nash-Betts' three children may occasionally work with their Emmy-winning mom, but she doesn't hand them the jobs. And they go up against other people," Nash-Betts told Business Insider's Libby Torres for the latest installment of our "Role Play" interview series . If they don't, that's fine," Nash-Betts told BI.

Persons: Niecy Nash, Betts, —, Nash, Libby Torres, who's, Jessica Betts, Dominic, Donielle, Don Nash, Dia, Sandra Smith, Dahmer, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ryan Murphy's, Dia Nash, Scott Everett White, I've Organizations: Service, ABC, Getty Locations: Dia

☆ Feds crack down hard on selling of personal data without consent
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US government is coming down hard on a data broker accused of selling consumers’ detailed location histories without their consent, highlighting privacy regulators’ growing focus on a sensitive and revealing form of personal information. But InMarket never got those people’s informed consent before using that data for advertising, according to the FTC. In addition to banning InMarket from selling or licensing the data, it also forced the company to either delete all of its previously collected location data or to take steps to anonymize it. Policy experts have highlighted the potential for location data to reveal whether a person has sought certain medical care. “All too often, Americans are tracked by serial data hoarders that endlessly vacuum up and use personal information,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement on the InMarket settlement.

Persons: InMarket, ”, ” InMarket, “, Roe, Wade, Thursday’s, —, Lina Khan, “ We’ll Organizations: CNN, Federal Trade Commission, InMarket Media, FTC, Google Locations: Texas

☆ DOJ's Uvalde report details failures by hundreds of police officers. Only a handful faced any consequences.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But out of hundreds of officials who responded to the scene, according to the report, only a handful have faced any consequences so far. The DOJ's scathing report details how officers hesitated to confront the shooter, violating training for how to handle active shootings. The DOJ report says the UCISD PD didn't do any internal investigations. Uvalde Police DepartmentThe Uvalde Police Department (UPD) launched its own internal investigation into the incident, which hasn't finished, according to the DOJ report. And so, the weapon the shooter used is considered a machine gun under federal law, according to the DOJ report.

Persons: —, didn't, Pete Arredondo, Uvalde —, hasn't, Mariano Pargas —, Steve McCraw, Uvalde Organizations: DOJ, Service, US Department of, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police, Customs, Border Patrol, CBP, District, Uvalde Police, Uvalde Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, City, Texas Tribune, Texas Rangers, Associated Press, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, ATF Locations: Uvalde , Texas, Uvalde County, Uvalde

Police responding to the Uvalde, Texas, shooting showed "no urgency," a DOJ report found. Uvalde school district officers arrived within three minutes of Ramos' arrival at the school and ran toward the classroom, but as they approached, Ramos fired from inside the classroom. Later that night, Justice Department officials privately briefed family members at a community center in Uvalde before the findings were made public. Greg Abbott initially praised the courage of officers' response and blame was later cast heavily on local authorities in Uvalde. The 376 officers at the scene included state police, Uvalde police, school officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Persons: —, Merrick Garland, Robb, Ramos, Berlinda Arreola, Arreola, Attorney Christina Mitchell, Department's, Greg Abbott, Pete Arredondo, ___ Bleiberg, Tucker, Whitehurst Organizations: DOJ, Service, — Police, Justice Department, The, Department, Robb Elementary School, Office, Oriented, Services, Texas Rangers, Attorney, Republican Gov, . Border Patrol, Columbine High, of Public Safety Locations: , Texas, UVALDE , Texas, Uvalde , Texas, Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde County, San Antonio, In Texas, Dallas, Washington ,

☆ The Politicized EV Charger ‘Revolution’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyThe government rollout of EV chargers has been a slow-motion affair, and as you’d expect the reason is politics. The feds are throwing billions of dollars to build charging stations, but they’ve added social-justice and union mandates that make the build-out more complicated than necessary. In a better Washington, there would be no subsidies for EV chargers. The market would meet demand, as it did with gasoline stations. But we live in the age of subsidy, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) last week announced $623 million in new awards for charging stations.

Persons: Mark Kelly Organizations: EV, Federal Highway Administration Locations: Washington

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