Federal Agencies
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New York AG James leads coalition to stop White House from ending transgender treatments for minors
New York is among 19 states suing to stop the Department of Health and Human Services from barring hospitals from offering gender-reassignment surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors, arguing these treatments are safe and effective.
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HHS report finds Medicaid paid over $200 million in incorrect payments for deceased recipients
The internal watchdog said its audit found that Medicaid programs paid $207 million to managed care organizations on behalf of deceased enrollees between July 2021 to July 2022.
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Most states have not yet adopted federal tax changes under Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill'
Some officials, particularly in states under Democratic leadership, argue that reducing tax collection could jeopardize funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure
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Blanche says all Epstein files material, including anything mentioning Trump, will be released
"If President Trump is mentioned, if there’s photographs that we have of President Trump or anybody else, they, of course, will be released, with the exception of any victims or survivors that we’ve identified,” the deputy attorney general says
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Transgender individual sentenced to 3 years probation for throwing knife outside ICE building
Prosecutors said Winters approached federal agents guarding the ICE facility and produced a large knife before throwing the blade at an officer, narrowly missing its target.
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PETA praises RFK Jr. for looking into ending importation of monkeys for laboratory research
Kathy Guillermo, PETA’s senior vice president, called the potential shift a major step forward for both public health and animal welfare.
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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog warns of national debt interest payments hitting $1 trillion
The federal government added roughly $1.8 trillion to the now $38 trillion national debt in fiscal year 2025. While net interest on the debt totaled $970 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the federal government’s net interest payments exceeded $1 trillion for the first time.
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Funeral service held for the discontinued penny at the Lincoln Memorial
Ramp, an expense management platform, organized the event, which was complete with a white casket, dramatic readings, and performers dressed in Victorian attire
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US seizes second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters: report
The action follows the Dec. 10 seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast by U.S. forces.
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DOJ is suing both red and blue states to force them to clean voter rolls for 2026 midterms
"There had been no prior lawsuits to enforce states’ requirement to keep their voter rolls clean for all federal election rolls," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said
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‘Long overdue’: Praise for HHS’ action to bar taxpayer-funded sex-change procedures
Dr. Jay Richards, director of the DeVos Center for Human Flourishing and the William E. Simon senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said: “We’re delighted that Secretary Kennedy and HHS are taking such bold action to protect children who are struggling with the sexual aspects of their bodies.”
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Noem says Trump admin has located more than 129,000 'unaccompanied children' Biden admin lost
"Too many of these children were exploited, trafficked and abused. We will continue to ramp up efforts and will not stop until every last child is found," Noem says
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GAO finds 61% of public libraries have health or safety issue, 40% have a failing major system
The audit’s findings are based on a nationally representative survey of about 16,400 public libraries across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. territories.