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Medicaid paid millions for dead enrollees as new law targets waste
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Medicaid paid millions for dead enrollees as new law targets waste

WASHINGTON — Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022...


December 23, 2025
US Pursues Third Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela Amid Sanctions Crackdown
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US Pursues Third Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela Amid Sanctions Crackdown

The US Coast Guard is in “active pursuit” of a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the...


December 22, 2025
Trump Official Defends Partial Epstein Files Release Amid Democratic Outcry
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Trump Official Defends Partial Epstein Files Release Amid Democratic Outcry

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just...


December 22, 2025
Schumer Urges Senate Action Over DOJ’s Epstein Files Release
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Schumer Urges Senate Action Over DOJ’s Epstein Files Release

NEW YORK — The Senate’s top Democrat urged his colleagues Monday to take legal action over the Justice Department’s incremental...


December 22, 2025
Trump Removes Nearly 30 Career Diplomats From Ambassador Posts
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Trump Removes Nearly 30 Career Diplomats From Ambassador Posts

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it...


December 22, 2025
Judge to Rule in May on Luigi Mangione Evidence Exclusion Request
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Judge to Rule in May on Luigi Mangione Evidence Exclusion Request

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing wrapped up Thursday with a judge saying he plans to rule in May...


December 18, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order That Could Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug
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Trump Signs Executive Order That Could Reclassify Marijuana as a Less Dangerous Drug

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open...


December 18, 2025
4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force vote on ACA subsidy extension
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4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force vote on ACA subsidy extension

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that...


December 17, 2025
FCC leader grilled over Jimmy Kimmel controversy stands firm against Democrats
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FCC leader grilled over Jimmy Kimmel controversy stands firm against Democrats

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators on Wednesday hammered the Federal Communications Commission’s leader for pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off...


December 17, 2025
Mark Kelly Says Pentagon Probe Aims to Silence Military Dissent
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Mark Kelly Says Pentagon Probe Aims to Silence Military Dissent

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Tuesday that the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his remarks urging troops to...


December 16, 2025