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IG special agent recounts case of Virginia doctor imprisoned for performing unneeded surgeries
The investigation was sparked by an anonymous nurse's tip in 2018 about unnecessary surgeries on Medicaid patients.
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California attorney general pushes back on Trump’s new rules on trans care for kids
The new Medicaid and CHIP Reimbursement Rule would block both federally-funded health care programs from paying for gender-affirming care for minors. Under the new rules, funds can’t pay for that care for patients under age 18 who get Medicare and for those under 19 benefitting from the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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Colorado adopts first-of-its-kind water protections in U.S.
Rules were in reaction to U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Clean Water Act only applied to streams or wetlands that flowed year-round.
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While US stocks prices stay high amid Trump's tariff-trade agenda, European stocks struggle
The US stock market continues to hover its record heights, as Wall Street wade through such up-and-down developments including US-China trade war to Big Tech profits
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Mamdani's tax plans could exacerbate NYC exodus, report warns
Mamdani plans to set a new wealth tax on households making more than $1 million per year and increase corporate taxes.
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Michigan's debt totals nearly $40 billion
The report, which was released by Reason Foundation, ranked Michigan’s debt 16th highest nationally at the end of 2023.
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Former National Security Advisor O'Brien criticizes Ireland for ‘cozying up to China’
O’Brien said the Trump administration and the American people “expect better burden sharing from our allies and partners.”
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More than 1,000 items stolen from Oakland museum
“The theft that occurred represents a brazen act that robs the public of our state’s cultural heritage,” Oakland Museum of California CEO Lori Fogarty said
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Local and state officials react to reports of civilians impersonating ICE
The CNN investigation, meanwhile, found more than two dozen cases of private individuals posing as ICE officers across the country since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.
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Jailed a month for anti-Trump meme, ex-cop's charges dismissed after sheriff admits no threat
Tennessee law passed in wake of school shooting used against self-proclaimed "a--hole" who posted Trump quote about school shooting in Charlie Kirk vigil Facebook group. Sheriff's office allegedly refuses records request.
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After tense, 7-hour standoff, ICE arrests 3 illegal aliens in Houston area suburb
ICE has confirmed that all three men who were arrested and remain in ICE custody were identified as part of a larger enforcement operation in the city. ICE officers have been prioritizing violent offenders.
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Trump's announced plan to re-start nuclear weapons testing draws criticism
Trump broke with decades of U.S. policy and international nuclear testing ban treaties this week with an order for the U.S. Dept. of War to immediately begin testing U.S. weapons. The plan drew concern from some foreign nations, disarmament groups and Democrats.
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Russian mob leaders sentenced in attempted assassination of journalist in New York
In what has been described as a scene from a mafia movie, a journalist in Brooklyn, New York, narrowly escaped being assassinated by the Russian mob in an Iranian government murder-for-hire scheme.