One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came from an independent consultant who was paid handsomely to guide families through it and increase the odds that Harvard or Yale said yes. He recounted the involvement of one father and mother in their son’s personal...
Huffman and Loughlin Charges Shatter Actresses’ Clean Images
LOS ANGELES — As an Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, Felicity Huffman has been known as one of Hollywood's more versatile actresses, as well as one-half of one of its more famous acting couples with husband William H. Macy. While Lori Loughlin's resume might not be as accomplished, her face...
Walters: Another Conflict Brewing Over Work Disability Costs
Gavin Newsom loves high-concept, almost edgy, approaches to governance – not unlike a younger Jerry Brown during his first governorship four decades ago. However, as Brown eventually learned and Newsom will discover if, as expected, he follows Brown into the Capitol’s corner office, much of governing is not pro-active and...
Trump's '$1 Million Loan' From Dad Was $413M Inheritance
NEW YORK — The New York Times reported Tuesday that President Donald Trump received at least $413 million from his father over the decades, much of that through dubious tax dodges, including outright fraud. The 15,000-word Times report contradicts Trump's portrayal of himself as a self-made billionaire who started with just a...
Court Sides With California in Fight Over Koch Group Donors
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that California's attorney general can collect the names and addresses of top donors to two conservative nonprofit groups, including one with links to the billionaire Koch brothers. The information from Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Thomas More Law Center serves the...
Israeli PM's Wife Charged With Fraud Over Lavish Meals
JERUSALEM — The wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged Thursday with misusing some $100,000 in public funds to order lavish meals from celebrity chefs, dealing an embarrassing blow to the country's first family and drawing fresh attention to a series of separate corruption investigations plaguing the prime minister....
'Obama Phone' Program Rife with Fraud, Says GAO
By Giuseppe Macri InsideSources.com Lifeline — a federal program to subsidize telephone and internet service for poor Americans often dubbed the “Obama phone” program — is highly susceptible to fraud, abuse, and negligence, the director of a federal watchdog agency told Congress Wednesday. Safeguards designed to vet enrollees’ eligibility for...