agencies said in an annual report Tuesday that the number of hungry people facing chronic food deprivation increased to 821 million in 2017 from 804 million in 2016.

It is a disgusting politicized smear that shows the depths of how low our federal government has sunk.committee leaders revealed investigators had contacted about 40 witnesses.

and engaged in knowing and willful violations of federal ethics law related to financial disclosure statements filed with the House.adding that the evidence it uncovered revealed that Representative George Santos cannot be trusted.A fundamental tenet of government service is that public office is a public trust.

said in its report to the full House Ethics Committee.The report comes about two weeks after Santos survived a second attempt to expel him from Congress as he faces nearly two dozen federal charges.

But a group of his fellow New York Republicans renewed the effort to expel him in October after he was hit with more charges accusing him of stealing campaign donors identities and putting thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges on their credit cards.

Santos said ahead of the vote.and that having accusers take the witness stand at this stage is atypical.

have filed the civil complaints under the Federal Torts Claims Act.Since the investigation remains ongoing.

Stockin is presumed innocent until proven guilty at trial.Alleged victims have a statutory right not to testify at preliminary hearings.