Entries by Brett Rowland

US won’t say how it knows drug-boat strikes are working

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President Donald Trump’s administration says maritime strikes cut drug trafficking by up to 98%, but Southern Command won’t release the internal metrics it uses to evaluate the operation’s effectiveness, citing security reasons. The Department of War has killed 221 people in 66 strikes since September, a Southern Command official said. The government has obligated at least $820.9 million to Operation Southern Spear through June 30, according to the most recent report by the Department of War’s lead inspector general. That figure reflects only what Southern Command has obligated, not the campaign’s full cost.

GAO says fraud risk high in $1.1T of state-run federal programs

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Twenty federal programs that route nearly $1.1 trillion through state governments – including Medicaid, SNAP and disaster relief – are vulnerable to fraud because of how the money is distributed, the Government Accountability Office reports. The money rarely goes straight from Washington to a recipient. It passes through states, then often to subrecipients, contractors and subcontractors. Every layer, GAO found, adds another entry point for fraud while making oversight harder to enforce.

Judge tells Trump that ‘clock is ticking’ on costly tariff refunds

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A judge gave the Trump administration time to build a system to streamline tariff refunds, but pointed out that the “clock is ticking” and U.S. taxpayers will pay the cost of delays. Customs and Border Protection requested 45 days to develop a system for issuing refunds for President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs, ruling that the law did not grant the president authority to impose tariffs.

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