The Justice Department has charged 371 people in a nationwide crackdown on fraud related to COVID-19 aid, targeting more than $830 million in stolen coronavirus funds, the agency announced in a news release Wednesday.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday that the bureau believes the COVID-19 pandemic “most likely” originated from a leak in a Chinese lab.
Inez Vasquez was heartbroken when her husband, a Border Patrol K-9 handler, died after contracting COVID-19 while on the line of duty in December 2021.
A COVID-19 outbreak has hit Los Angeles International Airport, infecting at least 233 TSA employees and more than 150 workers at American and Southwest Airlines.
Thousands of Border Patrol agents face potential termination for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at a time when the agency is struggling with staffing.
The TSA is no longer reporting the number of its employees who are actively infected with COVID-19.
The TSA stopped enforcing the mask mandate on planes, trains and other forms of public transportation after a federal judge struck down the requirements.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19, the Justice Department announced just hours after he held a news conference with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and others.
