#Public Policy
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🇺🇸 Crackdown targets alleged hospice fraud in California tied to $267 million in charges
[USA]
CBS News has been investigating allegations of sweeping hospice fraud in California. Prosecutors say bogus payments cost the state's Medicaid program $267 million. Adam Yamaguchi reports.
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🇺🇸 Evers signs a law legalizing online sports betting in Wisconsin
[USA]
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law Thursday that legalizes online sports betting, making it the 33rd state to allow the practice.
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🇺🇸 California officials make arrests in LA hospice fraud crackdown
[USA]
California's attorney general filed charges against 21 suspects, accusing the group of defrauding the state of $267 million. Arrests come after a CBS News investigation into hospice fraud.
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🇺🇸 USPS halts contributions to pension plan after warning of "cash crisis"
[USA]
The U.S. Postal Service, which lost $9 billion in 2025, recently warned that it could run out of money within 12 months.
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🇺🇸 Silicon Valley turns to new media to sell AI
[USA]
Silicon Valley is embracing nontraditional media to sell its vision of technology as concerns mount over artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce, economy and environment. Tech and business ...
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🇺🇸 California bill aims to let families change "accident" label on DUI-related death certificates
[USA]
Families of victims killed in DUI-related crashes are pushing to change how those deaths are recorded on official documents, arguing the term "accident" fails to reflect the reality of what happened.
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🇬🇧 Scotland begins testing newborn babies for rare genetic condition
[United Kingdom]
Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years.
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🇺🇸 California changing César Chavez Day name following new abuse allegations
[USA]
Legislative leaders in California announced Thursday they will rename César Chavez Day after The New York Times detailed allegations of abuse against him. California was the first state to designate ...
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🇬🇧 Council tax rises in Wales - see how your area compares
[United Kingdom]
Vale of Glamorgan and Conwy have the highest increases at 6.5%, while Neath Port Talbot has the lowest at 3.5%.
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🇬🇧 We need a national plan to tackle the health inequity that is killing people | Letters
[United Kingdom]
<p>Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article about the decline in healthy life expectancy in the UK</p><p>How could I fault Aditya Chakrabortty’s account of the failure to prioritise the nation...
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🇺🇸 More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Budget cuts and fluoride fights aren't helping.
[USA]
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the COVID-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for to...
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🇺🇸 Nurses at 4 N.Y.C. Hospitals Vote to End Strike, but It Continues at One
[USA]
At Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals, health care workers ratified a deal to end the walkout, but nurses remain on the picket line at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia.
Related: #Labor Relations, #Healthcare -
🇬🇧 Scrap proposed England holiday tax, hospitality bosses urge
[United Kingdom]
Critics say the proposed tax could force families to shorten trips or spend their money overseas.
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🇬🇧 Health board bosses have 10% pay rise suspended after union backlash
[United Kingdom]
Executives at NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde were previously handed temporary rises worth up to £20,000 per year.
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🇺🇸 Mamdani Wants to Test Free Bus Service During World Cup
[USA]
The mayor is seeking the governor’s help in making bus service free when the New York City area plays host to the soccer tournament this summer.
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🇬🇧 ICE will be 'key part of security' at World Cup in US
[United Kingdom]
The acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has told a congressional committee that the agency is "a key part of the overall security apparatus for the World Cup" when asked if he ...
Related: #National Security, #Sports -
🇺🇸 CoreCivic earnings up next: Can contract wins offset startup costs?
[USA]
Related: #Economy, #Finance
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🇺🇸 Watch: Top House Judiciary Republican, Democrat open Bondi hearing
[USA]
Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the committee, opened their hearing where Attorney General Pam ...
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🇺🇸 There’s no need to create unnecessary fear over the Burbank airport
[USA]
'The air traffic controllers, these unseen heroes of the aviation system, know exactly where everyone is because all airplanes, including the trainers at Van Nuys, have transponders that emit a signal...
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🇺🇸 Sen. Rand Paul says "there's a loss of public trust" in ICE amid scrutiny over crackdowns
[USA]
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky talks with "CBS Mornings" about the brief El Paso airspace closure and immigration crackdowns in U.S. cities, adding "I think there's a loss of public trust" in I...
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🇺🇸 Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows
[USA]
Annual revisions show that employers added far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated.
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🇺🇸 Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns
[USA]
President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire.
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🇺🇸 Trump Decries a ‘Nation of Renters’ but His New Policy Promotes One
[USA]
President Trump’s recently announced executive order that would bar big investors from acquiring single-family homes includes an exemption that allows them to build homes for rent.
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🇺🇸 Canada launched major gun reforms in 2020 after its deadliest mass shooting.
[USA]
Related: #National Security, #Gun Control
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🇬🇧 New plan to fix 'ageing and fragile' schools exposed by Raac crisis
[United Kingdom]
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government's 10-year strategy is a "turning point" for schools.
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🇺🇸 Mother recounts weeks in immigration custody with her U.S. citizen children
[USA]
The Trump administration has said its immigration crackdown targets the worst of the worst, but many people without criminal records are getting swept up and detained — some of them along with their f...
Related: #Immigration, #Human Rights -
🇺🇸 "Fraud tourists" from Philly plead guilty to defrauding Minnesota programs
[USA]
Two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to Minneapolis after a friend told them the taxpayer-funded programs there presented "a good opportunity to make money," pleaded guilty to wire fraud on...
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🇬🇧 Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
[United Kingdom]
<p>When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows </p><p>Ireland is creating a scheme that will give artists a weekly income in the...
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🇺🇸 WATCH LIVE: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore delivers 2026 State of the State address
[USA]
Gov. Wes Moore is set to speak to the people of Maryland during his State of the State address at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday where he is expected to address issues facing Marylanders, s...
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🇬🇧 NI to join trial to assess use of puberty blockers
[United Kingdom]
The trial will assess the risks and benefits of the drugs in children who question their gender.
Related: #Healthcare, #Science
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