Trump administration targets health insurers and pharmacy middlemen in new fraud crackdown

The Office of Personnel Management is directing insurance carriers in federal health benefits programs to tighten fraud controls, opening a new front in the Trump administration's campaign against waste and corruption in government-funded health care. OPM sent new compliance expectations to carriers on Wednesday, Fox News Digital first reported, with mandates covering fraud prevention, payment […]

Trump taps acting DNI Bill Pulte to begin clearing out Obama- and Biden-era intelligence officials

President Trump has directed incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to begin removing officials hired during the Obama and Biden administrations from the nation's intelligence agencies, a sweeping personnel move that bypasses the Senate confirmation process and hands a former real estate executive authority over more than $100 billion in annual intelligence spending. […]

Federal prosecutor expects criminal charges over California voter roll failures

Bill Essayli, the first assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, said Monday he expects criminal charges to come out of ongoing investigations into alleged voter fraud in the state, a public declaration that landed as the Justice Department presses its own lawsuit demanding access to California's voter registration records. "I expect people […]

House passes $70 billion immigration enforcement package, locking in ICE funding through the end of Trump's term

The House cleared a $70 billion immigration enforcement and border security package on Tuesday by a razor-thin 214-212 vote, sending the measure to President Donald Trump's desk and guaranteeing funding for ICE and the Border Patrol through fiscal year 2029. Every Republican present voted yes. Every Democrat voted no. And one newly minted independent, Rep. […]

House oversight report accuses Walz administration of ignoring fraud warnings as billions in federal funds disappeared

A 205-page congressional report released Monday charges that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison presided over one of the worst fraud oversight failures in recent memory, allowing billions in federal nutrition and Medicaid dollars to flow to suspected fraudsters for years after credible warnings reached the highest levels of state government. The […]

Trump takes $475 million CNN defamation case to the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump has notified the U.S. Supreme Court that he intends to ask the justices to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, a case built on the network's repeated use of the phrase "Big Lie" to characterize his claims about the 2020 election. Trump's lawyers formally requested a 60-day extension, pushing their […]

Stephen A. Smith tells Trump to stay away from NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith used his Monday morning platform to demand that President Donald Trump skip Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York City, calling the president's planned attendance "selfish," "narcissistic," and "ridiculous." The target of Smith's objection: a longtime New York Knicks fan who wanted to watch his team play the […]

Five people stabbed at Penn Station one night before Trump's NBA championship visit

Five people were stabbed inside New York City's Penn Station on Sunday night, police said, leaving one person seriously injured and sending all five to the hospital, just hours before President Donald Trump was expected at the adjacent Madison Square Garden for an NBA championship game. The attack happened around 7 p.m. ET in one […]

Stacey King, Chicago Bulls champion and beloved broadcaster, dies at 59

Stacey King, who won three NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls dynasty and later became the franchise's signature broadcast voice, has died at 59. The Bulls announced his death on Sunday. The team did not disclose a cause of death or the circumstances surrounding it. What the organization did offer, in lengthy, personal statements from […]

American Airlines flight attendant killed by boat while snorkeling off South Florida coast

Two fishermen casting lines near Hollywood Beach on Wednesday night pulled something from the surf that turned out to be the body of a 31-year-old American Airlines flight attendant. Kellie Melinda Williams, a California native who had recently moved to Florida, was dead, her injuries, officials later said, consistent with being struck by a boat. […]