Washington Times,
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Haris Alic
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House Oversight and Reform Committee Republicans sounded the alarm Tuesday about hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars that have been improperly spent on one of the government’s largest and fastest-growing entitlement programs. Rep. James Comer, the top Republican on the committee, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid, demanding answers about “rampant [and] improper” Medicaid payments. Mr. Comer and the committee’s other Republicans are concerned that CMS’ own data shows that more than $57 billion was spent on improper Medicaid payments in fiscal 2019 and nearly $87 billion in fiscal 2020, accounting for one of every five Medicaid payments.
New York Daily News,
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Brian Niemietz
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An Alabama doctor is tired of helping people who refuse to protect themselves and others—so he’s no longer taking appointments with anti-vaxxers. Mobile, Ala., physician Dr. Jason Valentine posted a photo on Facebook in which he’s seen standing in front of a sign that reads “Effective Oct. 1, 2021, Dr. Valentine will no longer see patients that are not vaccinated against COVID-19.”(Snip)“If they asked why, I told them covid is a miserable way to die and I can’t watch them die like that,” he wrote.
Comments on Facebook were mostly supportive of the doctor, though not so much of the yokels who oppose vaccinations
New York Post,
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Tina Moore
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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8/17/2021 5:40:53 PM
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Disturbing new surveillance video shows the moment a 51-year-old man was brutally attacked by a hatchet-wielding maniac while at a Lower Manhattan ATM. The footage, obtained by The Post on Tuesday, shows the victim at one of the ATMs inside a Chase Bank vestibule on Broadway near Beaver Street in the Financial District shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday when his attacker walks in, removes a hatchet from a dark bag, sneaks up behind him and begins slashing him. The frightened and bloodied victim tries to fend off the brutal assault, falling to the floor several times as he futilely attempts to grab his crazed assailant’s weapon
New York Post,
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Mark Moore
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8/17/2021 5:35:33 PM
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National security adviser Jake Sullivan admitted Tuesday that the Taliban gained significant troves of military hardware and weaponry that they took from Afghan security forces—and the Biden administration is still trying to determine the amount of American military equipment that is now in the hands of the extremist insurgents. “We don’t have a complete picture, obviously, of where every article of defense materials has gone but certainly, a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban, and obviously, we don’t have a sense that they are going to readily hand it over to us at the airport,” Sullivan told reporters
Daily Mail (UK),
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James Tapsfield
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James Gant
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Boris Johnson is preparing to unveil a 'big-hearted' resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees as Tories urge him to welcome tens of thousands. The PM is set to give details of the arrangements as he runs the gauntlet of MP fury in a statement to the recalled parliament tomorrow. It is expected to be 'modelled' on the scheme that has allowed more than 20,300 Syrians to flee to the UK over the last seven years.(Snip)He spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday and ministers are hoping for a meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in the coming days.
New York Post,
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Joe Marino
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David Meyer
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The woman arrested Saturday for nearly shoving a 22-year-old man onto the subway tracks at Times Square has been booked seven times since June 25, police sources said—including for several assaults on mass transit. Briana Randolph allegedly came up from behind her victim at around 8 a.m. Saturday on the northbound NQR train platform at 42nd Street and Broadway and pushed him for no reason, according to police.(Snip)She was charged with assault and reckless endangerment and remains in custody pending arraignment. Randolph has been arrested twenty times since 2012, including seven times so far in 2021—once for grand larceny on July 25 and six more
Daily Mail (UK),
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Max Winters
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Natasha Anderson
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Former US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo has launched a withering attack on star player Megan Rapinoe, claiming she's seen the activist 'almost bully' teammates into taking the knee. Rapinoe has been vocal on a range of political issues, with some critics—including former President Donald Trump—blaming Team USA's poor Olympic performance on her activism. Solo, speaking on Goal's women's soccer podcast, was asked what she thought of claims that Rapinoe's behavior—including kneeling to protest racial injustice—had led to the favorite team to win an Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 only taking home a bronze medal. She answered: 'It's tough.
Washington Times,
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Tom Howell Jr.
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Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is requiring its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4, making it the latest employer to forge ahead with a mandate while some companies wait until U.S. regulators grant full approval of the shots to avoid legal headaches and workplace tumult. The New Jersey-based drugmaker, which makes a one-shot vaccine against the disease, said it will offer exemptions for religious or medical reasons. But its policy is more stringent than one from Pfizer, a rival vaccine maker that this month said workers must get vaccinated or face weekly testing.(Snip)“Effective October 4, all employees and contractors of the company
Nashville Tennessean,
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Mariah Timms
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Tennessee's former top vaccination official, who was fired in July, may have sent herself a dog muzzle, and there's no evidence it was intended to threaten her, a new state investigation found. A new investigative report from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security obtained by The Tennessean indicates the muzzle was paid for with Dr. Michelle Fiscus' own American Express credit card, a revelation sure to raise questions about her credibility.(Snip)Michelle Fiscus was fired from her role as Tennessee's top vaccination official in mid-July in a move she has claimed was politically motivated. She received a box marked with Amazon branding
Daily Mail (UK),
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Colin Fernandez
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Henry Martin
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Household energy bills are expected to rise amid plans to force homes into using hydrogen heating. The starting gun for a new 'dash for gas' was fired yesterday as the Government launched its strategy for Britain to burn hydrogen and create a £900million industry in the next five years.
Energy Strategy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said that creating a UK hydrogen industry would lead to 9,000 jobs by 2030, by which time the sector's economy would be worth £4billion.(Snip)MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith, said that it was a 'hard sell' asking Britons to make sacrifices while 'China, Russia etc' are 'carrying on as usual'.
New York Post,
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Paul Sperry
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When then-President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public the dangerous enemy combatants would be transferred to Qatar and kept from causing any trouble in Afghanistan. In fact, they were left free to engineer Sunday’s sacking of Kabul. Soon after gaining their freedom, some of the notorious Taliban Five pledged to return to fight Americans in Afghanistan and made contacts with active Taliban militants there. But the Obama-Biden administration turned a blind eye to the disturbing intelligence reports, and it wasn’t long before the freed detainees used Qatar as a base
New York Post,
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Jennifer Gould
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Not all Big Apple restaurants were happy as a citywide vaccine mandate took effect on Monday—and some are all but thumbing their noses at the controversial clampdown.(Snip)Shortly after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new rules on Aug. 3, a sign appeared in the front window of Pasticceria Rocco, a pastry shop and diner in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: “We do not discriminate against any customer based on sex, gender, race, creed, age, vaccinated or unvaccinated. All customers who wish to patronize are welcome.” “For me, it’s not political—most of my customers are vaccinated,” said Mary Josephine Generoso, who manages the eatery. “It’s about civil liberties
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* Jennifer Smith and Ross Ibbetson
Going by the impressive array of medals and decorations on Milley Vanilley's uniform, he's either among the greatest military heroes in US history, or he's just playing dress-up like a banana republic dictator or a North Korean general.