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The District of Columbia’s attorney general promised accountability for nonprofits that took advantage of the Trump administration’s era of grift. Yet after D.C.’s top prosecutor let the Trump family off easy last month for misusing donor funds, The Daily Beast has discovered yet another recent example of a gentle settlement for executives—with Trumpworld connections—accused of personally enriching themselves with charitable funds. Last year, Attorney General Karl Racine sued the corporation that nearly ruined the United States’ presence at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. The event presented a lucrative opportunity to represent the nation at the modern World’s Fair, and the State Department initially handed it over to Pavilion USA 2020, a nonprofit started by two political players in Washington. But Racine’s office says it eventually discovered these two men misused their nonprofit to pay themselves handsomely—and dupe well-meaning investors into pouring money into a failed … [Read more...] about D.C. Attorney General Lets the Trump Swamp Win Again

You can’t get rid of me. Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images Bill de Blasio can’t be mayor anymore, no one voted for him for president , and a run for governor was dead before it started, so he’s running for Congress. On Friday, the former mayor went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to announce he is running in one of the city’s newly formed congressional districts. “The polls show people are hurting. They need help, they need help fast, and they need leaders who can actually get them help now and know how to do it. I do know how to do it from years of serving the people of this city. And so today, I’m declaring my candidacy for Congress in the Tenth Congressional District of New York,” de Blasio said. The news wasn’t exactly a surprise, given he had launched an exploratory committee on Wednesday. In addition to de Blasio, Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou and State Senator Brad Hoylman say they are considering a run. De Blasio will run in the Tenth Congressional District, … [Read more...] about De Blasio Finally Settles on a New Job: Running for Congress

close Video Biden better be thinking about Americans 'first and foremost' abroad: Ex-Naval intel officer Former Naval Intelligence Officer Robert Charles argues Biden's trip to South Korea is for national security, not economic, reasons. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Joe Biden’s approval rating has plummeted in May to its lowest point since he took office, according to a poll commissioned by the Associated Press. The poll, published by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public research, shows that only 39% of adults in the United States approve of Biden’s performance as president. President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Overall, only about 2 in 10 adults say the U.S. is heading in the right direction or the economy is good, both down from about 3 in 10 a month earlier. Those drops were concentrated among Democrats, with just 33% within the president’s party saying the country is headed in the … [Read more...] about Biden approval rating plummets to 39%, down 24 points from last year: AP poll

close Video Bill Bennett: COVID-19 resulted in 'severe learning loss' Former Education Secretary Bill Bennett discusses a report that learning loss due to COVID-19 is worse than in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican senators are calling on President Biden to remove the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) over the agency's "absymal lack of competence" throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sent a letter, exclusively reviewed by Fox News Digital, to Biden Friday stating that the U.S. must leave the "corrupt and inept" organization, due to the agency's failures during the coronavirus pandemic. WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The senators take issue with the Biden administration's plan to support amendments to the International Health Regulations … [Read more...] about Daines, Cotton call on Biden to withdraw US from WHO due to ‘abysmal lack of competence’ during COVID-19

close Video Sen. Scott: We're trying to rescue America Florida Sen. Rick Scott discusses the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary that is likely headed to a recount. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! MANCHESTER, NH — Pundits view Sen. Rick Scott of Florida as a possible Republican presidential contender in the upcoming race for the White House. And the latest trip by the former two-term Florida governor and current chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate GOP’s re-election arm, to New Hampshire is raising eyebrows. The state for a century has held the first presidential primary and is a must stop for potential White House hopefuls. But Scott told Fox News Digital in an interview Friday ahead of his visit that "I'm planning on running for the Senate" in 2024, when he’s up for re-election. Scott told Fox Digital last August, during a previous trip to New Hampshire , that "I have no plans to run for … [Read more...] about Ahead of NH trip, Rick Scott reiterates he’s ‘planning on running’ for Senate re-election in 2024

close Video Female athlete on competing with trans women: NCAA position ‘defies logic and common sense’ University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines on World Swimming Coaches Association calling it ‘unfair' for biological males to compete against women. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Social media giant Facebook has censored a post shared by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., after she spoke out against biological males competing in women's sports. "Biological men have no place in women's sports," Blackburn wrote, linking to a donation page that called on conservatives to "fight back against Big Tech censorship." The post, which was shared to Blackburn's personal Facebook page that has nearly 150,000 followers, was removed, according to Facebook, for violating "community standards on hate speech." "Your post didn't follow our Community Standards on hate speech," Facebook wrote in an alert to Blackburn. "No one else … [Read more...] about Facebook censored Blackburn post after she claimed ‘biological men have no place’ in female sports

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday signed legislation to crack down on drug trafficking, pointing to President Biden’s open border policies, which he said are threatening the safety of all Americans. DeSantis signed HB 95, which tightens laws on issues related to drug trafficking. For instance, the bill “makes the distribution of methamphetamine which causes the death of a person to be a felony murder,” DeSantis said, noting that the substance is pouring across the border. The bill also “enhances the penalties for selling controlled substances within 1,000 feet of substance abuse treatment facilities, and in addition to those recommendations, HB 95 increases the mandatory minimum sentence for trafficking fentanyl and analogs, which has impacted communities across Florida and across the United States,” DeSantis explained, identifying fentanyl overdose as the “leading cause of death for Americans 18 to 45 in the year 2021.” DeSantis made it clear this issue is directly … [Read more...] about Ron DeSantis Enhances Drug Trafficking Laws: Biden’s Open Border Threatens All Americans’ Safety

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The long-serving Dutch prime minister is in hot water over his low-tech cell phone. Mark Rutte is facing unusual political and public pressure after revelations that he has been deleting text messages about official matters for years. Critics accuse him of concealing state activity – but he says the messages just took up too much space in his years-old Nokia phone. Rutte survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday over the deleted text messages, but opposition parties are calling for further inquiry. Questions have also surfaced over whether his use of the old phone might have jeopardized national security. In investigating the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant discovered that Rutte had been regularly deleting texts from his Nokia 301 for years. The daily newspaper noticed messages … [Read more...] about Dutch leader faces pressure over old-school text messages

The United States has determined that Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film "Hotel Rwanda" sheltering hundreds of people during the African nation's 1994 genocide, has been "wrongfully detained," the State Department said on Thursday. Rusesabagina, 67, was sentenced last September to 25 years in prison over eight terrorism charges tied to an organization opposed to Rwandan President Paul Kagame's rule. He has denied all the charges and refused to take part in the trial that he and his supporters have called a political sham. "The determination took into account the totality of the circumstances, notably the lack of fair trial guarantees during his trial. This determination does not imply any position on his innocence or guilt," a State Department spokesperson said. Rusesabagina, who was feted around the world after being portrayed by actor Don Cheadle in 2004's "Hotel Rwanda," is a vocal critic of Kagame. He is being held in a Rwandan prison. … [Read more...] about US says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina ‘wrongly detained’

(CNN) Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film 'Hotel Rwanda,' has been convicted of terrorism related charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in Kigali on Monday. Rusesabagina, who inspired the film 'Hotel Rwanda,' has been found guilty of being part of a terror group, MRCD-FLN. Along with 20 other people, he was accused of acts of terrorism . Two organized attacks, in 2018, during which nine people died, were a particular focus, according to a Rwanda government statement. Reacting to the sentence Rusesabagina's daughter, Carine Kanimba, told CNN: "It is what the family expected a guilty sentence and many years in prison. Kagame has tried to silence my father for the past 20 years and he has succeeded in silencing him for 25 years." Kanimba told CNN that all of her father's basic human rights have been violated by the Rwanda government. "We knew there would never be a fair trial for my father, and now the world knows too. If the US, Belgium … [Read more...] about Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges