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Ex-CIA official expected to plead guilty in $40 million gold bar case

A former senior intelligence official used fake credentials and self-approved funds to buy gold bars and Florida real estate, revealing a staggering lapse in administrative oversight.

By Adele Rutherford · October 6, 2026

The FBI's hunt for Manjit Singh Bedi is a trophy hunt

When you’ve spent a decade in an ER, you learn that the people who suffer the most are the ones the system treats as invisible.

By Josie Calloway · September 6, 2026

Justice department charges Heidi Beirich, weaponizing law against SPLC

The law is supposed to be collateral—a universal standard that holds up when the political winds shift. But what we are witnessing in Washington suggests otherwise.

By Emilio Quesada · August 12, 2026