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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a longstanding corruption problem, and the Trump Administration hasn’t been immune. 13 CBP Employees Arrested for Corruption this Administration According to new documents obtained by the Project On Government Oversight through the Freedom of Information Act, 210 employees at Customs and Border Protection were arrested from October 2004 through March 2018 on charges related to corruption. The data shows the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest law enforcement agency has a major, longstanding internal corruption issue. President Trump’s executive order last year calling for the rapid hiring of thousands of additional CBP employees could exacerbate the challenge, according to congressional testimony by then-DHS Inspector General John Roth last fall. Read more Acting Head of Consumer Protection Office Likely Violated Anti-Lobbying Law POGO filed an official complaint regarding a potential violation of the gra...

DNC Files Civil Suit Against Trump, Russia Over Election Hacking The suit, drawing on the volume of reporting over the issue, seeks to subject Trump campaign officials, as well as Russia,...  Read More REGULATORY   |   NEWS The Supreme Court's 'Little Pink House' Case Hits the Silver Screen By Tony Mauro The film recounts the 2005 eminent domain case "Kelo v. New London."  Read More REGULATORY   |   NEWS Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses By Mike Scarcella The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.  Read More Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its...  Read More Higher Law: Your 4/20 Update on Cannabis as a Practice...

McGOVERN rising — No GUN consensus on Beacon Hill — Great Barrington’s WEED turf war 04/11/2018 07:08 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. THERE'S ALWAYS A MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION: HOUSE LEADERSHIP EDITION -  Massachusetts continues to build its clout within the congressional Democratic Caucus: Rep. Jim McGovern of Worcester was named the  highest-ranking Democrat on the powerful House Rules Committee . The committee already has a long history with Massachusetts pols - McGovern's mentor Rep. Joe Moakley, of South Boston, previously served as Rules Committee chairman. Moakley himself had been appointed to the committee by another Bostonian, former House Speaker Tip O'Neill. McGovern, formally appointed yesterday, rose to the position following the death of former ranking member Rep. Louise Slaug...