From the States
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FBI makes multiple arrests Thursday in alleged $60M hospice-related Medicaid fraud in LA County
“But they have a lot of questions as to how this was allowed to happen under [Gov.] Gavin Newsom’s watch for as long as it did,” said Assemblymember Alexandra Macedo.
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FEMA makes $1B in hurricane protection funding that Louisiana has depended on
The $1 billion is not for Louisiana alone. It is a nationwide pool for states, local governments, tribes and territories. “Investing before a disaster strikes saves lives and taxpayer dollars,” U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said in a statement announcing the funding.
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Healthcare industry leaders urge caution by White House in fraud enforcement
President Donald Trump established the White House’s Fraud Task Force on March 16, with Vice President JD Vance set to lead the group. Leaders in the healthcare industry called on the Trump administration to exercise caution as it goes after fraud.
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Mike Tyson, Ric Flair suing former CBD products partners, accusing them of $50M+ fraud
Flair and Tyson said the defendants were repeatedly deceptive and fraudulent, naming as a fellow victim the musical artist known as Future.
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Nearly 1M impacted by tussle over Affordable Care Act extension
An estimated nearly 1 million North Carolinians accessing insurance coverage are being impacted by the ongoing battle for expanded coverage in the Affordable Care Act. The 2010 Obama era law was centered in the shutdown of the federal government in October and
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Robots and AI are all the talk at Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas
Artificial intelligence is front and center at the famed Consumer Electronics Show, which took over Las Vegas this week at multiple venues. AI is part of the new technology that was unveiled across a variety of
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Walz authorizes Minnesota National Guard to help Minneapolis police amid protests
Walz said the National Guard troops would help protect critical infrastructure in the city and help maintain public safety if the protests turn violent. However, he emphasized that he believes "peace will hold."
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Trump orders government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to lower rates
In recent days, the U.S. president has floated a number of ideas to bring down housing costs.
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HHS tells Illinois ‘show us the receipts’ on welfare spending
Feds freeze $10 billion in welfare from five states.
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NY Gov Hochul moves to further restrict 'ghost' guns with new regulations
Hochul said as firearm technology continues to evolve, the proposed regulations would help the state uphold its "strongest-in-the-nation" gun control laws and continue its progress in reducing gun violence.
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Comer's House Oversight Committee holds hearing on over $9 billion of social services fraud
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state attorney general were either “complicit” in the now-estimated $9 billion of social services fraud that has taken place in the state in recent years or “asleep at the wheel,” according to Comer.
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Mamdani stands by tenant official who previously called home ownership 'weapon of white supremacy'
Weaver made the controversial comment in 2019, where she blasted the ownership of all "private property" as racist against non-white people.
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CA Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis pushes back on Trump admin efforts to expand offshore oil drilling
Worries abound that the coast along Santa Barbara, which would be the site of most of the new oil drilling leases the federal government proposed, would endanger the area.