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President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk celebrated their efforts to slash federal spending before Musk stepped away from his White House work. Musk wore a black DOGE hat over ...

President Donald Trump’s domestic policy legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House in May and now moves to the Senate, could also be called Obamacare Repeal Lite, its critics ...

As the public sought answers in the June 1 Molotov cocktail attack against people gathering in support of hostages from Israel and other countries held by Hamas, viral claims on social media spread ...

Office of Management and Budget in President Donald Trump's second administration. He also served in the same position during Trump's first term. Previously, he served as vice president of Heritage ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White ...

Viral images of tubs with flavor names of "Free Palestine" and "From the River to Sea" were made using ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot. Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen and ...

Another finding in the MAHA report about asthma drug prescriptions said "an estimated 25-40% of mild cases are overprescribed," citing a nonexistent article. Pediatric pulmonologist Dr. Harold J.

A North Carolina legislator said the state’s minority-owned businesses guidelines are hindering its ability to hire contractors to help with Hurricane Helene damage cleanup. Sta ...

Social media posts said former President Joe Biden’s cancer was “turbo cancer” caused by COVID-19 vaccines. There’s no such thing, and there’s no link between the vaccine and cancer.

"We are not cutting SNAP," Johnson said in a May 25 episode of CBS News’ "Face the Nation." "We're working in the elements of fraud, waste and abuse. SNAP for example, listen to the statistics, in ...

Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are ...