EU loans funneled to Imamoğlu’s alleged crime network: Report
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality secured TL 66 billion in European loans between 2019 and 2025 from European development institutions. Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu is currently in jail on corruption charges. He has dismissed previous corruption accusations as politically motivated. The revelations could strain relations with European lenders who provided the bulk of the loans.
Brooke Pinto (D.C. City Councilwoman) believes the DOJ investigation into the city's crime stats is a distraction. The chief of police in D.C.'s police department conducted her own internal investigation several months ago to make sure that the stats were accurate. Pinto trusts the numbers from the police department.
Scammer poses as senior UK cop to steal $2.8M in crypto
A scammer stole 2.1 million British pounds worth of Bitcoin by impersonating a senior police officer. North Wales Police is investigating the Bitcoin theft. The victim may have been identified in a data breach, making it a “highly targeted and advanced scam”
Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said there would be a reckoning for private prison companies' staff running immigration detention facilities under Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s direction. He was talking on MSNBC's "The Weeknight" with Alicia Menendez.
How a crowdsourced database aims to track problematic opioid settlement spending
Opioid Policy Institute and Popular Democracy launched a crowdsourced database to document problematic settlement spending. The database contains about 200 examples, from spending on t-shirts and swag to purchases of new police cruisers. In March, commissioners for North Central Ohio’s Ashland County approved spending about $20,000 in opioid settlement funds on an emergency alert system.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) loves Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social media posts aimed at President Donald Trump. He believes that Democrats need to be more on to voters and always on with their ideas and values to project authenticity and who they really are.
Tulsi Gabbard Slashes ODNI by Nearly 50% to 'Restore Trust'
Tulsi Gabbard is downsizing her department’s staff and streamlining “redundant” projects to save money and restore trust in the U.S. intelligence community. The latest round of layoffs will save taxpayers $700 million. The Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) and the National Intelligence University (NIU) will be closed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will integrate students into his department's National Defense University.
The Prosecutor's Office investigates the lack of prevention plans in the worst fire wave in 30 years
Antonio Vercher is investigating the relationship between the lack of prevention plans against forest fires and the current wave of fires in Spain. The law of Montes, of 2003, states that high-fire risk areas must have prevention plans. Autonomous communities have been obliged by law for three years to develop annual plans of this type.
Opinion | The Folly of Trump’s Cartel-Bombing Fantasy
The U.S. drug trade was worth over $150 billion in 2017. Organized crime syndicates are one of Mexico’s biggest employers. Mexico has been working with the United States to arrest and eliminate top members of the cartels. Mexico sent 26 people accused of being high-ranking cartel members to the US last week.
Eric Adams is running for re-election as an independent in November. Several of his associates and supporters are expected to be charged with corruption this week. They include his former chief adviser and close friend, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, and her son Glenn Martin II, Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator and friend of the mayor’s, Gina and Tony Argento, and Jesse …