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The husband of former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, has been charged with defrauding the government after allegedly accepting $20,000 in payments from the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs, the Justice Department said. Cortney Merritts, 46, of St. Louis, falsified details about his purported businesses to obtain loans from the Small Business Administration in 2020 and 2021, federal prosecutors said Thursday. He was charged with two counts of wire fraud.CORI BUSH'S CAMPAIGN PAYS $17,500 MORE TO HER HUSBAND, BRINGING HIS TOTAL TO $120K, NEW FILINGS SHOW"Mr. Merritts intends to plead not guilty to the charges," Merritts'

Although Kentucky head coach Mark Pope seemed to instantly regret his recent vow to help fund fan travel to the Wildcats' first round game in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, he still made good on the promise.Kentucky is scheduled to play Troy in Milwaukee in the first round on Friday. During a recent edition of his call-in radio show, Pope volunteered to help cover fuel costs for Kentucky fans who were willing to drive from Lexington, Kentucky to Wisconsin.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"It’s only a 7-hour drive, so if you’re having trouble with gas money,

As the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) looks to slash waste and correct inefficiencies, one DOGE adviser revealed it's "hard to really grasp the scale" of problems facing the IRS."A huge part of our government is collecting taxes. We cannot perform the basic functions of tax collection without paying a toll to all these contractors. We really have to figure out how to get out of this hole. We're in a really deep hole right now," DOGE representative Sam Corcos said on "The Ingraham Angle" Thursday. The "DOGE bro" shed light on his work within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to

HGTV stars Ben and Erin Napier have been married for 16 years, and, every so often, Erin experiences a little jealousy.The couple spoke with Us Weekly, and Erin explained that she didn’t like that someone "who looks too much like a supermodel" was messaging Ben about working with them.Erin said she trusts Ben "110%," but lets her imagination run wild sometimes, like when she happened to find her husband taking a mid-afternoon shower.Ben had spilled something "all over" himself, as it turned out, and while not "accusatory," she recalled, "I just wanted to let know how creative my mind is."JASON

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt the planned deportation of a Georgetown University scholar arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Monday over allegations he spread Hamas propaganda online.Judge Patricia Giles ordered that Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen, "shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court issues a contrary order."Suri was detained in Alexandria, Louisiana.Suri, a postdoctoral scholar student in the United States on a student visa, was accused of "actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media," a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said

Portland (Maine) Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon is facing immense criticism after comparing the ongoing battle to enable trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports to past American civil rights struggles involving women and minorities. Scallon made his comments during a school board meeting on Tuesday. "In our country’s history, there have been many civil rights struggles, including, but not limited, to fights for women’s rights to vote, for racial equality and for gay marriage. In each of these fights, the opposition in part was driven by fear in attempts to ostracize other people who look, act or believe in something different,"

House GOP leaders have little appetite to launch a full-scale impeachment process against judges who have been blocking President Donald Trump's agenda, sources said Thursday.Three people – two senior House GOP aides and one source familiar with leadership's discussions – told Fox News Digital that House leadership does not see impeachment as the most effective way to hold accountable those they view as "activist" judges.Republican leaders are still looking into it, however, after Trump himself called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg over the weekend. Boasberg issued an emergency 14-day injunction on the Trump administration's deportation

It has been a rather long waiting game since the PGA Tour and LIV Golf announced their intention to join forces.That shock announcement came on June 6, 2023, but by almost all accounts, no deal is imminent.Rory McIlroy recently seemed to imply that it's on those who defected to get a deal done, saying that "it takes two to tango."CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMReigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler shared a similar sentiment earlier this week."I wish some of those guys had stayed, but at the end of the day, they made their choice. They knew the consequences