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Month: June 2025

Woman who received mortgage-free home in Georgia sentenced to prison for military benefits fraud

By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story     EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Georgia (WJCL) — A woman who was gifted a mortgage-free home in Effingham County has been sentenced to prison for fraudulently claiming her ex-husband’s military benefits. Miranda Briggs, aka Miranda Rachel Fisher, presented herself as a military widow. And she founded the non-profit

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CANADA WILDFIRES-SMOKY SKIES Air quality worsens in eastern US as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest SUMMARY: Smoke

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CANADA WILDFIRES-SMOKY SKIES Air quality worsens in eastern US as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest SUMMARY: Smoke

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CANADA WILDFIRES-SMOKY SKIES Air quality worsens in eastern US as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest SUMMARY: Smoke

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CANADA WILDFIRES-SMOKY SKIES Air quality worsens in eastern US as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest SUMMARY: Smoke

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What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over Trump’s tax bill

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.” The Congressional Budget Office has projected that the legislation would increase federal deficits by about $2.4 trillion over 10 years. That’s

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Judge tosses Democratic committees’ lawsuit over the Federal Election Commission’s independence

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing an executive order that Democratic Party officials claim could undermine the independence of the Federal Election Commission. U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali in Washington ruled late

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Israel signed a record $14 billion in defense deals last year despite Gaza war criticism

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record, the country’s defense ministry said Wednesday, even as international outrage mounts over the war in Gaza. Over half the deals were with European countries. The contracts — a 13% increase from 2023, itself

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Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s big bill in Congress would unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance, raising the political stakes for the GOP’s signature domestic priority.

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