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The White House is seen, July 30, 2022, in Washington. No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in the West Wing lobby last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect, according to a summary of the Secret Service investigation obtained by The Associated Press. There are no leads on who brought the drugs into the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Cocaine mystery at White House remains unsolved as Biden leaves office

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - This combination of undated photos provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department shows Master Police Officer Robert McDonald, left, and Sgt. Michael Bongiovanni in their official portraits. Video from an April 2017 traffic stop in Georgia shows Bongiovanni hitting Demetrius Hollins as he stood with his hands up and McDonald stomping on Hollins’ head as he lay on the ground handcuffed. (Gwinnett County Police Department via AP)

Officer captured on video hitting man convicted of assault

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Louisiana man sentenced to 260 years for raping young girl

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Louisiana man convicted of sex crimes, faces life sentences

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Georgia officers charged; police say video showed assault

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017 photo released by the Gwinnett County (Ga.) Sheriff's Office, Demetrius Bryan Hollins poses for a photograph after being arrested. A Georgia police officer is under investigation after authorities say he kicked Hollins in the head during a traffic stop in Lawrenceville, Ga., just outside Atlanta. The incident was captured on cellphone video by a witness stuck behind the stopped car and the police vehicle. The police statement says the video is &quot;very disturbing and speaks for itself.&quot; (Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Police fire Georgia officers recorded assaulting man

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 photo U.S. Navy veteran Stephen Matthews, 55, sits for a photograph with his son Alexander, center, and daughter Victoria, right, in the bedroom of a relatives home, in Warwick, R.I. Matthews fell in his driveway in 2015, injuring his neck resulting in him getting laid off from his job. After being evicted he and his wife temporarily lived in their car while his children went to live with a relative. The relative then let Matthews and his wife come too. Matthews said he received a voucher that would pay about two-thirds of his rent, but struggled to find an apartment in Rhode Island where he could afford the balance. He got one in West Warwick, R.I. in late December 2016 after a six-month search. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The Latest: VA chief sets timeline to end vet homelessness

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The seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen here on June 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Veterans’ group charges VA with failure to fix health care system

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Roy Blunt calls on VA secretary to resign over ‘Disney’ comment

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Feb. 25, 206, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald speaks in Washington. Republicans are criticizing McDonald after he compared wait times to receive VA health care to the hours people wait for rides at Disney theme parks. McDonald has told reporters on Monday, May 23, 2016, that the VA should not use wait times as a measure of success because Disney doesn't either. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Robert McDonald, Veterans Affairs Secretary: ‘I deeply regret’ Disneyland comments

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is facing calls for his resignation amid persistent agency failings and his own highly publicized gaffes. (Associated Press)

Robert McDonald, VA secretary, faces calls for resignation after ‘Disneyland’ gaffe

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 1, 2014, file photo, Mickey Mouse, center, Minnie Mouse, left, and Horace Horsecollar, all clad in Japan's traditional kimono, entertain visitors to the Tokyo Disneyland during the New Year's celebration at the amusement park in Urayasu, east of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Robert McDonald, Veterans Affairs secretary, likens VA wait times to Disneyland experience

By Dave Boyer and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Robert McDonald rejects VA’s failing grade audit

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald fired back at Congress for punishing the scandal-ridden agency by cutting the president's proposed funding. In remarks to the American Legion's annual convention, he accused lawmakers of using the VA to score political points, making it a place where "the needs of veterans are secondary to ideology." (Associated Press)

Bob McDonald, VA secretary, slams Congress for playing with funding to score political points

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

A veteran stands as President Barack Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Obama touts progress in VA, admits he’s ‘still not satisfied’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The House debates and votes for final passage on NSA Surveillance legislation, known as the USA Freedom Act. The measure seeks to codify President Barack Obama's proposal to end the NSA's collection of domestic calling records. It would allow the agency to request certain records held by the telephone companies under a court order in terrorism investigations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Boehner: Obama VA has left veterans ‘to die’

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Jeff Miller blasts VA’s ‘rampant lack of accountability’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

VA Secretary Robert McDonald, who took over in July amid a scandal over delayed care and phony waiting lists at VA hospitals, has pledged to stop the agency's pattern of punishing whistleblowers. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

VA whistleblowers tell of retribution, raise fresh concerns about employee intimidation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix is seen here on April 28, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama to visit Phoenix VA this week

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times