The Justice Department announced Friday that it’s charging 138 people for their involvement in telemedicine schemes and other health care fraud across the country that may have incurred over $1.4 billion in losses. Telemedicine, opioid prescriptions, patient information, federally-allocated provider reliefs funds and sober home initiatives were abused and used …
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Alex Murdaugh, the man accused of trying to arrange his own death earlier this month so his son would receive a $10 million life insurance payment, turned himself in to authorities on Thursday, CBS affiliate WSPA-TV reports. Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, allegedly hired a gunman to kill him, but …
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, that aired on Sunday, September 12, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. Good morning to you. REP. ADAM KINZINGER: Hey, good morning. MARGARET BRENNAN …
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Sue Gordon, former deputy director of national intelligence, that aired on Sunday, September 5, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” WEIJIA JIANG: Here with us now is Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence. Good morning, Sue. It’s so great …
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The terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack in Kabul, which killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans, is an offshoot of ISIS, known as ISIS-K. An affiliate of ISIS, the group that spread into northern Iraq from Syria six years ago and once controlled territory …
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Entertainer JoJo Siwa will join ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” as the first competitor paired with a partner of the same sex, the network announced this week. The 18-year-old, who is known for her social media videos and her appearance on the reality show “Dance Moms,” said earlier this year that …
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A second round of checks are hitting bank accounts as Democrats push to extend the monthly expanded Child Tax Credit payments. Payments totaling more than $15 billion went out to the families of 61 million children Friday. The are was a decline in the number of households reporting they sometimes …
Read More »Washington — President Biden joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers in calling for Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign on Tuesday, after New York Attorney General Letitia James released a report Tuesday substantiating allegations of sexual harassment against him from 11 women. “I think he should resign,” Mr. Biden …
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Washington — The House and Senate on Thursday both approved a $2.1 billion supplemental security spending package that directs much-needed funding to the U.S. Capitol Police and National Guard, under strain following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and bolsters federal efforts to relocate Afghans who aided U.S. …
Read More »Washington — The Justice Department on Monday unveiled a new policy tightening the rules on prosecutors seeking subpoenas, warrants and court orders for journalists’ records after the Trump administration was found to have secretly obtained information from reporters at three news outlets as part of its efforts to tamp down …
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