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Social Security watchdog opens probe into alleged misuse of data by ex-DOGE employee

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration's internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into what it describes as a former Department of Government Efficiency worker's potential misuse of data obtained from the Social Security Administration. According to a document ...

Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man whose accomplice fired fatal shot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery. Ivey reduced Charles "Sonny" Burton's sentence to life in ...

Majority leader says Senate will consider strict voting bill

WASHINGTON — Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections, but says "the votes aren't there" to pass it through a marathon talking filibuster sought by President Donald Trump. Trump has said ...

Trump joins families during return of fallen soldiers

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East. The dignified transfer, a ritual that returns the remains of U.S. service members killed ...