Ineligible expenses included a $3,760 charge for transportation that consisted of “two lead escort vehicles, a limousine, and a horse and carriage,” the report said.
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Judge orders FBI to produce records on Civil War gold hunt
A federal judge has ordered the FBI to speed up the release of records about the agency’s search for buried Civil War-era gold in Pennsylvania.
Regulators approve CSX’s purchase of Pan Am Railways
The deal will expand CSX’s 23-state network into Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine while adding to its reach in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Fuel leak thwarts NASA’s dress rehearsal for moon rocket
NASA’s latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test has been thwarted by a hazardous hydrogen leak.
Abortions stop in Kentucky as groups seek to block new law
Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky.
FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
The Food and Drug Administration said the device, InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.
Man blaming Trump’s ‘orders’ for U.S. Capitol riot actions found guilty
Jurors rejected Dustin Byron Thompson’s novel defense, in which he blamed Trump and members of the president’s inner circle for the insurrection and for his own actions.
Capitol riot defendant: I was following Trump’s instructions
An Ohio man who acknowledges he joined the mob at the U.S. Capitol last year and ignored a variety of warning signs says he was only following orders from the president, Donald Trump.
UN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations
Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, prices were already on the rise, ‘but the war has made a bad situation worse,’ U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Southwest Airlines pilots’ union officials say fatigue is a safety problem
Pilots at Southwest Airlines say fatigue from poor scheduling is a growing problem and is raising safety concerns.