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Minnesota Man Once Praised as ‘Outstanding Refugee’ Now Faces Charges in Alleged Medicaid Fraud Case
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A man previously recognized as an “outstanding refugee” by the Minnesota Department of Human Services has been charged over an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme, according to news coverage. Democrat Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Monday that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit had charged two men for allegedly stealing more than $1.5… -
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Democrats Refused to Look Into Fauci, Now the DOJ Can
Dr. Anthony Fauci could now be charged by the Department of Justice for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding claims that he knowingly funded the lab that created the COVID-19 virus, lied about the origin of COVID-19, and contributed to the spread. Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee successfully held Fauci in contempt of… -
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Fauci’s Lawyer Fires Back at Aaron Rodgers
A week ago, attorney David Schertler found himself being escorted out of a Senate hearing after disrupting proceedings in defense of his client, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Now, Fauci’s attorney is once again speaking out in defense of the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—this time in response to criticism from… -
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Fetterman Does the Unthinkable in Washington: Show Contrition
During Dr. Anthony Fauci’s appearance on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, we witnessed one of the most astonishing things we’ve seen recently in Washington, D.C.—perhaps in decades. No, it was not the smug and cowardly Fauci pleading the Fifth 111 times. Washington does smug and cowardly the way Ocean City… -
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Fauci’s Downfall Reveals the Danger of Rule by ‘Experts’
The rise and fall of Fauci is one of the great political lessons of our time about the folly and destructiveness of rule by so-called expertise. On Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in his appearance before… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Fauci’s Private Diary Contradicts His Public Claims
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. This video was recorded before Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions from the Senate Oversight and Homeland Security committees…. -
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‘Keep Forgetting’: Recordings Suggest Biden Memory Lapses Years Ahead of Presidency
Almost four years before he was sworn in as president, Joe Biden showed numerous instances of apparent memory loss, recently released recordings show. Recordings of Biden’s conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer became available through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the Oversight Project, a watchdog group. The conversations took place on several occasions from… -
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AP Report on ‘LGBT’ USAID Workers in Nepal Reveals True Agenda of the Shuttered Program
Remember how the Left said that eliminating USAID would lead to “devastating” consequences? It certainly did, but for their global cultural aspirations, not for our country. The Associated Press published a lengthy report on Thursday—and I can’t believe this is real—highlighting how shutting down USAID in Nepal led to “around 100 LGBTQ+” now-unemployed workers to… -
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Banks, Cloud Lead House GOP Members In Charge to Urge White House to Enact Grant Transparency Rule to Block Woke Activism Funding
Citing the “network” of liberal activists funded by President Joe Biden’s administration, 34 Republican lawmakers are urging the Office of Management and Budget to finalize a proposed rule they say would bring greater transparency to the federal grant-making process and give taxpayers more insight into how government funds are spent. The lawmakers—including Reps. August Pfluger… -
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OMB’s Grant Proposal Is a Win for Taxpayers
The Office of Management and Budget is considering new regulations to crack down on wasteful spending and reassert the people’s control over spending decisions for federal grant-making. OMB coordinates policy implementation across the executive branch. As such, it wields great power over the administrative state, including the disbursement of federal funds. Under the Biden administration, OMB undercut taxpayers with wasteful spending that hurt America’s research capacity. The… -
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Gravy Train Ends: National Science Foundation Grants to DEI-Related Projects Plunge Under Trump
The Trump administration continues to quietly unwind the noxious and, in many cases, illegal DEI-centric policies of the Great Awokening. A recently released report unveiled by The Washington Free Beacon found that National Science Foundation grants containing “DEI language” have not only dipped from the highs of the previous administration, but they’ve also plummeted to… -
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Who’s Watching the Watchdogs? House Demands Answers After Scathing Audit of Inspectors General
Congress is demanding answers after a review found that inspectors general—the federal officials charged with weeding out agency waste and fraud—are failing to police their own. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking the body with oversight of inspectors general across multiple agencies, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency,… -
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Strong Fathers Are Crucial for Society to Thrive and the Government Doesn’t Know It
Government programs that claim to support families actually cut fathers out of the picture—and that results in broken families and higher poverty rates, according to Delano Squires. The Heritage Foundation hosted the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center on Tuesday to lead a panel discussion titled “Invisible Men: How Guaranteed Income Programs for… -
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SNAP’s Updated Work Requirements: A Needed Makeover for Upward Mobility
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s new work requirements are now on display across all states as of June 1. California, the country’s last holdout, began implementing the updated work requirements set forth in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last July. The work requirements were rolled out in waves across the country. Some politicians on the left and several media outlets claim the work requirements are harmful. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is among those sounding the alarm, with a recent X post stating: “Food stamp work requirements don’t create jobs, they create… -
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How California’s Election System Keeps Democrats in Power
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc: So, Victor, California polls or the California election results have come in, and I was wondering your… -
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‘NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT’: Mehek Cooke Says Ohio Lacked the Political Will to Confront Medicaid Fraud
On Tuesday, Mehek Cooke, Daily Signal’s senior national security & legal analyst, testified at a hearing examining fraud within Ohio’s Medicaid system. This transcript of Cooke’s testimony has been slightly edited for clarity. Opening Statement Thank you very much for the opportunity to testify to strengthen Ohio’s Medicaid funding system so that we could prevent fraud. I… -
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DOJ FRAUD CHIEF: Fraudsters Should Fear a 6 A.M. Knock on the Door
In an exclusive interview, Daily Signal legal analyst Mehek Cooke discussed with Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald why the Justice Department launched its inaugural state partnership roundtable in Ohio, how data sharing could help investigators identify fraudsters who target multiple government programs, and why other states should join the effort. This transcript has been slightly… -
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For Spanberger, It’s ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’
It’s only been a few months into Abigail Spanberger’s administration, and already I’m growing weary of this. Here we are again in a scenario too similar to issues that dogged Gov. Glenn Youngkin during the previous four years. On several occasions, as is his right and responsibility as governor, Youngkin appointed people to empty seats… -
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Still Wearing a Bandage, Pam Bondi Walks Into Committee Epstein Investigation
Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sat down for her second round of interviews with the House Oversight Committee Friday amid investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—despite undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer. Bondi underwent surgery in May. She wore a throat bandage from the surgery on her walk to the committee hearing. She testified… -
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Victor Davis Hanson Exposes What Fascism Actually Looks Like
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: The fascists in this country are not going to be orange-colored and, you know, crude…