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International criminal groups are stealing as much as a trillion dollars a year from U.S. government programs but DOGE has done little to address the problem, according to a new report by a private anti-fraud firm. “It’s the government’s dirty little secret—this has been an ongoing effort by nation states and other criminal organizations …

FBI field offices around the country have been ordered to assign significantly more agents to immigration enforcement, a dramatic shift in federal law enforcement priorities that will likely siphon resources away from counterterrorism, counterintelligence and fraud investigations, multiple current and former bureau officials told NBC News. The orders, given in a series of memos and meetings in …

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her detention. Federal prosecutors allege that Petrova, 30, violated U.S. customs law by failing to declare preserved …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will unveil a budget plan on Wednesday that would cut health care benefits for undocumented immigrants, his office said. The proposed plan, which Newsom’s office said would help to balance the state’s budget, would be a stark reversal of the Democratic governor’s promises of universal health …

NEW YORK — Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two South Carolina legislators have requested an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month after lawyers for the inmate said his autopsy showed the shots nearly missed his heart and left him in extreme pain for up to a minute. The Democratic and Republican representatives asked the …

WARREN, Mich. — General Motors expects to pioneer a new “groundbreaking” EV battery technology that the automaker says will reduce costs and boost profitability of its largest electric SUVs and trucks. GM is targeting the new batteries and chemistry inside them — called lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic battery cells — to be …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism. In a letter to Harvard on Tuesday, a federal antisemitism task force said Harvard will …

PARIS — A Paris court on Tuesday found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexual assault on a 2021 film set. The actor, 76, was convicted of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser during the filming of “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”). The panel of judges will deliver a verdict …

MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was almost certain to be elected mayor of his home city by a landslide on Monday, unimpeded by his detention at the International Criminal Court on charges of murder as a crime against humanity. With 80% of votes counted in an unofficial tally, Duterte, …