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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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Lawyer working for Trump says DOJ attorneys who don't get on board with Trump agenda may get fired
“Those employees who engage in so-called ‘resistance’ against the duly-elected President’s lawful agenda would be subverting American democracy," Paoletta wrote on the social media platform, X.
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Discussions happening among Pentagon workers about responses to Trump's upcoming orders: report
Some of Trump's orders, these Pentagon officials reportedly argue, include using the military to enforce massive deportations and get new national security personnel in the agencies.
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FEMA whistleblower alleges agency official told relief workers to skip pro-Trump houses
The employees were allegedly told in late October that they should skip houses of Trump supporters when canvassing in Lake Placid, Florida. At least 20 houses were reportedly skipped over the guidance, and therefore were not given the opportunity to qualify for FEMA assistance.
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Paxton files FOIA request with DOJ demanding records from Jack Smith's investigation of Trump
"This request is part of my Office’s efforts to ensure that Americans are not cheated out of accountability or information again. This pattern of weaponizing the justice system for partisan retribution must end," Paxton says
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Chilling details released on the Iranian plot to murder president-elect Donald Trump
The complaint alleges mastermind Farjad Shakeri wasn't able to create such a plan, the operation would be paused until after the presidential election.
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Fed Chairman Powell says won't step down if Trump asks him to leave
Powell also said presidents removing members of the Fed is "not permitted under the law."
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Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge shortly after Trump victory
According to a supplemental environmental impact statement from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management about the plan, oil development in the refuge would be limited much more than under the first Trump administration.
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Georgia poll worker charged over allegedly making bomb threats to election workers
The employee, identified as 25-year-old Nicholas Wimbish, has been charged with mailing a bomb threat, conveying false information about a bomb threat, mailing a threatening letter, and making false statements to the FBI.
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Gender affirming catastrophe? House probes NIH for lax oversight, lawsuit alleges shoddy evaluation
"The community of scientists supported by NIH is pretty incestuous, especially if there are large financial or political interests at stake" like transgender medicine, science watchdog says, dubs it "policy-based evidence making."