Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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While Trump sharply cuts foreign aid, past abuses from the Obama-Biden era keep piling up
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says Democrats have a pecuniary interest in keeping foreign aid going because nonprofit recipients of federal largesse are big Democrat donors.
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Louisiana billed in trash-collection contract for buildings appearing vacant, non-existent: audit
Auditors separately found 442 duplicate addresses that cost the city $318,767 between December 2022 and March 2026
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Pirro issues arrest warrants for DC police employees over $440K in alleged fraudulent overtime pay
The DOJ alleges that during the calendar year 2024, these employees manipulated official records, forged supervisory approvals, or claimed compensation while engaged in secondary employment.
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Rep. Omar is center stage in massive Minnesota fraud scandal for her support of abused programs
Worse than Walz? Omar’s pandemic-era MEALS Act was later exploited by more than 70 defendants who stand accused of using meals program money for personal expenses or to send overseas.
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Somali fraud scheme exposes billions siphoned from US, one state set to crack down
Somali fraud scheme not limited to Minnesota: Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek is imposing new requirements that remittance payment businesses ensure that customers are lawfully in the U.S. before they can send money to foreign countries. He hopes other states follow suit.
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HHS demands accounting from Minnesota to prove feds' money didn't 'fuel illegal and mass migration'
Children and families chief wants "comprehensive list" of state entities that got federal funding going back six years, citing "public statements from hundreds" of state human services employees.
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Prescription for fraud? GAO finds serious abuses in Obamacare exchanges
Remember when Americans were told that the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) would lower health care costs and that if you liked your doctor, you could keep her? How things have changed over the past 15 years. Health care costs continue to rise faster
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Food stamp data show thousands of liquor, smoke shops are approved for EBT, raising fraud concerns
More than 5,000 liquor and smoke shops were approved as retailers under SNAP, raising fraud concerns. There's no way to determine how much alcohol, tobacco, or other "non-compliant" goods have been sold nationwide. At least 20 states refuse to share data with the feds.
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U.S. Comptroller who spent decades trying to shrink government has big ambitions for Trump
Walker said that the biggest savings are to be made in eliminating duplication, waste, fraud, and payments to dead people and foreigners in major entitlement programs. He also thinks President Trump can accomplish that goal.
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Audit shows millions in questionable taxpayer spending at former college
State Auditor Keith Faber is questioning $17 million in spending at Eastern Gateway Community College.
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Massive fraud by Somali immigrants in Minnesota hands GOP political hammer against liberal programs
Officials say some money siphoned away by Somali immigrants made its way to Kenya and Somalia to the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group Al Shabab.
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Acetaminophen-autism link research gets boost from Texas Tylenol liability fraud lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson "recently tried this tactic three times," transferring liabilities without assets, "after it faced large verdicts because its talc powder caused cancer in women," Paxton fraudulent transfer lawsuit says.
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Trump administration pushes to remove noncitizen Medicaid enrollees
Effort launched to provide states with reports of individuals enrolled in Medicaid who do not appear in federal databases.