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Poll: Majority rejects AI fraud detection if eligible people lose out
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services screened 1 billion payments through the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay system in fiscal 2024 and prevented 363,386 payments worth $2.6 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service.
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Minnesota students could miss out on millions in education funding as Walz opts out of program
According to the America First Policy Institute, Minnesota could generate an estimated $810 million for students over three years if it participates
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Louisiana adds 36,000 jobs, with construction leading
Construction added 18,800 jobs compared with September 2025, accounting for about 52% of the state’s net annual increase. Professional and business services added 8,000 jobs, while private education and health services gained 7,200.
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PA Sen Fetterman says in op-ed that Dems can't 'simply be the opposite' of 'whatever Trump says'
After a series of votes and statements putting him at odds with his fellow Democrats over the past year, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., says that he has “no plans to leave” the party.
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Watchdog group says Mamdani's plans for ‘free’ NYC bus service would cost more than $900M a year
Mamdani's progressive plan to offer free bus service would saddle taxpayers with more than $900 million a year in new costs, according to a fiscal watchdog, which says the money would be better spent on reducing fares.
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Detention hearing pushed to next week for suspect in threats to President Trump
According to the federal complaint, "The defendant, did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States."
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Catholic counselor sues Oregon over $90k fine for not 'blessing' client's lesbian relationship
Supreme Court explicitly rejected the Beaver State's argument, that words alone are "professional conduct," when it stopped Colorado from punishing therapist for not affirming young clients' gender confusion, lawsuit says.
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White House press secretary Leavitt announces birth of second child, a girl named Viviana
"Our hearts instantly exploded with love. She is perfect and healthy," Leavitt said, while sharing a photo of the mother and her child.
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Chicago Mayor Johnson, other local leaders, clash with Gov. Pritzker over local funding cuts
As mayor of the largest city in the state, Johnson said the decrease in funding proposed by Pritzker for the coming year would slash an additional $12 million in funding to the city of Chicago, and a combined $60 million statewide.
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Federal judge releases Jeffrey Epstein's alleged 2019 suicide note
In the note, Epstein wrote, "They investigated me for month — found nothing!!!" and “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”
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Group of House Dems want answers from Trump on consideration of consumer costs of Iran conflict
Their letter also highlighted the ways Americans are directly feeling the impact of the severely disrupted Strait of Hormuz, holding up shipments of fertilizer components and oil.
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Former Fedex driver sentenced to death in murder of 7-year-old girl
Though he had pleaded guilty to the killing, the trial proceeded to allow the jury to decide if he should get life in prison or the death penalty.
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Honduran extradited from Texas to New York on rape, strangulation charges
“This is one of the most egregious criminal offenses that I’ve come across in my entire career,” top ICE official says.