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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a press conference Monday, July 14, 2014, in Chicago. Madigan has filed lawsuits against two companies for allegedly scamming people who are repaying student loan debt. The lawsuits name Chicago-based First American Tax Defense LLC and Frisco, Texas-based Broadsword Student Advantage LLC. The companies allegedly charged people up to $1,200 up front for sham services.(AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Education

Illinois AG sues, alleging student loan debt scams

July 14, 2014 7:10 pm

Chicago taxpayers paying for millions in ‘free’ trash pickup

Kelly Cohen -

July 13, 2014 4:40 pm

VA paid out about $2.7 million in merit bonuses to SES executives in 2013. Bonuses for 2014 have been suspended.ÃÂ (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Politics

Veterans Affairs officials claim agency cannot revoke bonuses, contradicting earlier statements to congressional committee

Mark Flatten -

July 11, 2014 10:11 pm

Students of the Muthesius Art Academy stand around a bed for Edward Snowden in front of a Snowden poster in Kiel, Germany, in June. The academy wants to offer Snowden asylum symbolically to mark the one-year anniversary of the NSA whistleblowing. (Photo: Ruben Neugebauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Immigration

Here’s what the company that vetted Edward Snowden for the NSA just got

Kelly Cohen -

July 10, 2014 5:34 pm

Business

2 companies that outsourced jobs got state money

Washington Examiner -

July 10, 2014 12:15 am

News

Improper payments by federal government top $100B

Stephen Ohlemacher -

July 9, 2014 8:33 pm

10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

Kevin McGill -

July 9, 2014 3:15 pm

Foreign Policy

The U.S. has spent $626 million on embassy expansion it may not need in this country

Kelly Cohen -

July 9, 2014 10:00 am

This Tuesday, June 8, 2014 photo provided by the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office shows Anthony D'Alessandro. The former pharmacy chief for Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan allegedly stole nearly 200,000 oxycodone pills from the medical center over more than five years and has been charged under a state drug-kingpin law more often aimed at accused street dealers, narcotics prosecutors said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office)

Business

Hospital pharmacist charged in theft of 200K pills

Jennifer Peltz -

July 8, 2014 9:31 pm

The Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas. The Harlingen medical center ranked high on the list of the facilities with the longest average waits as of May 15 for new patients seeking primary care, specialist care and mental health care. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Millions of tax dollars in ‘sordid’ bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

Mark Flatten -

July 8, 2014 9:00 am

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Illinois AG sues, alleging student loan debt scams

Chicago taxpayers paying for millions in ‘free’ trash pickup

Veterans Affairs officials claim agency cannot revoke bonuses, contradicting earlier statements to congressional committee

Here’s what the company that vetted Edward Snowden for the NSA just got

2 companies that outsourced jobs got state money

Improper payments by federal government top $100B

10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

The U.S. has spent $626 million on embassy expansion it may not need in this country

Hospital pharmacist charged in theft of 200K pills

Millions of tax dollars in ‘sordid’ bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

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