Prosecutors say the Youngs had patients “drugged with medication” and “cut off from communication with family members” to prevent them from leaving.LOS ANGELES (CN) — A father and son from Los Angeles have been charged with what the U.S. Department of Justice calls the “largest substance abuse treatment fraud scheme ever prosecuted.”Nathan Young, 39, and his 71-year-old father, David, owned dozens of drug treatment facilities in Southern California, according to federal prosecutors in an indictment filed Wednesday. The treatment centers had such names as Helping Hands Rehabilitation, Get Real Recovery and Sunset Rehab. Prosecutors say the Youngs employed “body brokers” to…
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News networks, newspaper and polling sites were embarrassed when the makers of the Wedgewood Poll admitted they were fakers. The polls weren’t real, but were being spread by The New York Times and MS NOW’s Ali Velshi, among others. Isn’t it time to be skeptical of polls and how they’re promoted by the Democrat-touting media? NewsBusters Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and MRC Video Senior Content Creator Nick Kangadis discussed this and other political issues. Earlier this month, Velshi featured a Wedgewood Poll showing Democrat Jocelyn Benson with a 10-point lead over Republican John James in the Michigan gubernatorial race. In…
Rams star receiver Puka Nacua left Thursday’s practice with a calf injury and was listed as a limited participant, leaving his status uncertain for Sunday’s game against the Raiders. Coach Sean McVay was expected to provide an update Friday, when the team would issue its final injury designations. Nacua has already missed two games this season with a hip and groin injury, while Los Angeles is also without Davante Adams, who is expected to miss six to 10 weeks with a hamstring injury. If Nacua cannot play, Konata Mumpfield could be the Rams’ leading receiver option, with Jordan Whittington, Tutu…
In this episode, we’ll continue to look at our study of the use of the words “Heaven” and “Earth” in the Bible and how they need to be understood in prophetic contexts. Indeed, the more we look, the clearer it becomes that Jesus did bring in the new heaven and the new earth in the first century with the destruction of Jerusalem, and yet, there are still questions to be answered in the next episode. Buy All-American! Bring health and vitality back to your body with these non-transdermal patches Get your Vitamin B17 & Get 10% Off With Promo Code…
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Department of Justice asked a Ninth Circuit panel Thursday to vacate a lower court’s order blocking the government from terminating legal funding for undocumented children who are in the United States without a legal guardian.“The statute says nothing, and neither does the regulation, about whether to terminate funding or who to fund. That particular choice is particularly committed to our discretion,” Thomas Vaseliou, representing the government, said.Vaseliou argued the lower court lacked jurisdiction because the plaintiffs’ claims arose from a breach-of-contract issue and belong in the Court of Federal Claims.He objected to U.S. District Judge…
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano stands accused of damaging an Iwo Jima statue. Credit: Prince William County Police Department A Virginia man has been arrested after allegedly getting caught in an incredibly sickening act that betrays those who bled for our country during World War II. As InsideNoVa.com reported, Prince William County police officers responded to an incident involving the historic Iwo Jima monument in Quantico near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road. The statue is located roughly two miles from Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Upon arrival, officers found a thug who has since been identified as 27-year-old Miguel Alonso…
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › I’m stubborn about turning on the heat. I grew up in a “heat is expensive so put on a hoodie” household and that has stuck with me into adulthood. Bedsure has a big batch of cold-weather gear on sale in its Amazon store, including electric throws, heated mattress pads, sherpa blankets, wearable blankets, and thick comforters. Warming the person on the couch usually costs less than warming every room in the house, and an electric throw uses a small fraction of…
‘Historic’ three-way summit of Putin, Trump, Xi could reshape global order — without Ukraine Putin, Trump and Xi could hold their first-ever three-way meeting at an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen, China, next month. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov called the potential meeting historic but said much depends on China as host. The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin sees the summit as a chance to divide the world into spheres of influence. Ushakov cautioned that a single meeting cannot resolve the Ukraine conflict. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned the summit would only encourage Putin to keep fighting. Russian President Vladimir…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved to transfer a portion of disaster response and recovery responsibilities to state governments, according to agency officials and documents reviewed by Politico. The change, reported on Oct. 20, 2026, affects states across the country and follows internal reviews of FEMA’s staffing and funding capacity. Agency officials said the shift is intended to reduce federal response times and align resources with local needs. Critics cited in the report said it could leave poorer states with fewer resources. The directive marks one of the most significant adjustments to federal disaster policy in decades, coming amid…
Companies Are Licensing Workplace Emails, Slack Messages to AI Developers, Often Without Employee Knowledge Companies are increasingly licensing internal emails, Slack messages and documents to artificial intelligence developers, often without the knowledge of the employees whose communications generate the data, according to reports from Business Insider and the International Business Times [1][2]. AI firms including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta are seeking real-world workplace records to train AI agents capable of performing tasks traditionally handled by employees [2][3]. The market has expanded as defunct and struggling companies look to monetize their internal archives, including employee emails, Slack messages and private workplace…
A Binghamton University survey of about 400 U.S. college students linked four everyday habits to stronger stress resilience. Students who ate breakfast at least five times a week reported higher resilience than those who ate it less often. Those sleeping fewer than six hours a night scored lower on both resilience and psychological flexibility. As little as 20 minutes of exercise and regular fish oil use were also tied to more flexible thinking under pressure. Lead author Lina Begdache, an associate professor of health and wellness studies at Binghamton University, says these habits help people step back from stress instead…
Small Trial Reports Berberine Supplement Altered Gut Bacteria Tied to Heart Health Markers A clinical trial involving 23 participants with coronary artery disease examined the effects of berberine, a plant compound found in plants such as barberry, according to a report published October 21, 2026. The trial reported that participants taking berberine showed a greater reduction in LDL cholesterol than those receiving standard treatment alone, researchers said. It also recorded decreases in several inflammation markers and changes in gut bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids. Researchers stated the trial does not establish that bacterial changes caused the cholesterol reduction. Berberine…
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new plan Thursday that aims to combat Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia, which includes raising awareness of the risk factors that could lead to mental decline, and improving care for those battling the conditions. The 2026 update to the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias replaces its six previous goals with four goals that emphasize “reducing dementia risk across the lifespan” and improving disease treatment and care. “Millions of American families have seen the devastating toll of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in…
President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House President Trump responded again on Thursday to Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar’s strange comment when asked if she married her brother in an interview on Wednesday, saying it “tells you a lot.” Omar said “not to my knowledge” when asked whether she was related to her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. She laughed awkwardly when Chris Hayes asked about claims that she had married her brother before making the non-denial. Trump initially responded late on Wednesday night, telling reporters, “‘not to my knowledge,’ that’s not a good answer.” “That’s an answer…
The alleged fraud took place in California and involved at least six doctors. Today, arrests of eight people took place in the early morning.Feds busted Los Angeles medical fraudsters accused of stealing $2 billion Thursday, cuffing white-collar thieves for unneeded surgeries, hunting the homeless for rehabs and billing the government for phony hospice care.Department of Justice officials charged 15 defendants in all, including medical professionals, for making fraudulent claims to government and private health care programs – including $1.6 billion sham rehab case, the largest of its type ever.The California Post was there as Federal SWAT teams sought their suspects…
An important person was buried here more than 1,700 years ago.At the narrowest point of the strait, a passage that everyone travelling by sea had to navigate, five standing stones were erected within a star-shaped stone cairn.The stones are a display of power that is clearly visible from the sea.”The current here is strong. If you want to row through, you have to wait for the tide to turn,” says Håkon Reiersen, a researcher at the University of Stavanger.Travellers could not have helped but notice the standing stones situated on a hill overlooking the Karmsundet strait while they waited.Today, you…
The poll released by Emerson College continues to fuel Democrats’ hopes of flipping the U.S. Senate seat.(CN) — Weeks ahead of Texans selecting a new U.S. senator, Democratic state Representative James Talarico continues to hold a narrow lead over Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a new Emerson College poll released Thursday.Among likely Texas voters, 48% support Talarico while 46% break for Paxton. While the findings continue the trend of Talarico holding the lead, the results are still within the 3% margin of error.In order for Talarico to secure a win in the historically red state, he will have…
In a Truth Social post, Trump accused the Iranian regime of making up false attacks to drive up oil prices to impact the November midterm elections. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that negotiations for peace in the Russia–Ukraine war are “the closest we’ve been.” It comes as the president secured the release of an Americ…
Matthew McConaughey’s take on independent voters is completely wrong. In my view, he’s playing the sympathy card, dressing up political indecision as some badge of intellectual superiority. Give me a break. You don’t get a medal for being unable to make up your mind. Today on Stinchfield, we expose the independent trap. Calling yourself independent doesn’t make you smarter than everyone who picked a side. Sometimes it means you haven’t done the homework. Sometimes it means you lack the backbone to defend your beliefs. And sometimes you simply don’t care. None of those deserves applause. Want credit for thinking for…
Two Donald Trump appointees on the appellate panel appeared skeptical that the 1986 injunction doesn’t run afoul of subsequent developments in U.S. immigration law.PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to end a 40-year-old injunction aimed at protecting unaccompanied minor migrants from agreeing to voluntarily leave the country without first being informed of their legal rights and allowed to speak with a relative or an attorney.The administration is appealing an April decision by a federal judge in Los Angeles who denied the Justice Department’s request to terminate the injunction.The government argues changes in immigration…
Investors accuse Skechers executives of manipulating financial projections to facilitate a discounted buyout by a private equity firm, 3G Capital.LOS ANGELES (CN) — A proposed class of shareholders sued the popular shoe brand Skechers, claiming the company collaborated with a private equity firm and a financial adviser to artificially drive down stock value ahead of last year’s shareholder buyout.The plaintiff, SM Merger/Arbitrage L.P., a private investment fund, accuses Skechers leaders of orchestrating a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme with private equity giant 3G Capital, which purchased the company last year, and financial adviser Greenhill & Co., which aided in the negotiations.The proposed class…
The Pentagon struck a massive agreement Thursday to procure at least 850 F-35 stealth fighters over the next decade. The preliminary agreement with Lockheed Martin would establish a decade-long production framework for the advanced fighters, which military experts say are essential to penetrating enemy air defenses and confronting increasingly capable Chinese and Russian aircraft. However, the Pentagon has not publicly disclosed a price tag for the ambitious procurement effort, which includes billions in private investment and remains subject to congressional funding, according to the Department of War. The massive F-35 agreement arrives as Lockheed Martin is enjoying record-breaking business, with…
If you’re explaining, you’re losing. And if you have to follow up a debate by declaring what you aren’t, you’re both explaining and losing. I didn’t watch the debate between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers in Michigan last night. However, I do know who won it, or rather, I know who lost it, based on this statement: Advertisement El-Sayed campaign statement following tonight’s debate: “Abdul is not a socialist, has not been endorsed by the DSA, and is a capitalist who wants to have a healthy and functional system of capitalism in America.” https://t.co/RG0B9DS0BT— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) October 22, 2026For those…
Corey Lewandowski The Justice Department is investigating allegations of ‘pay-to-play’ against Corey Lewandowski, according to The Wall Street Journal. The investigation stems from a referral from the DHS’s Inspector General claiming that Corey Lewandowski profited from his position at the Department of Homeland Security. Via The Wall Street Journal: The Justice Department is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position at the Department of Homeland Security, people familiar with the matter said. The inquiry is based on a referral from the DHS inspector general, which shared its findings about Lewandowski’s tenure at the department in recent days,…
(Headline USA) A Mexican-born judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote.U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government’s effort is relying on data that is allegedly full of errors and that it’s leading to intimidation of groups performing voter assistance efforts. The Mexican-born judge said it should be halted until polls close on Election Day, Nov. 3. She put her ruling, which was made Wednesday, on hold until Friday to give the administration a chance to appeal. The ruling applies to investigations in…
Calley Means speaks in Washington on April 22, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesA top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is stepping down.Calley Means, who has worked on a range of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiatives, did not disclose a reason for his resignation on Oct. 22, and said he has tremendous respect for both Kennedy and President Donald Trump.“They laid out a vision of combatting the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick. More policy and cultural change has happened around these goals in the past 2 years than any time in history—and…
A former Virginia prosecutor who says he was fired after reporting for sexual misconduct further spoke more about his case against his ex-boss, who is now congressional candidate.HENRICO, Va. (CN) — A former county prosecutor in Virginia says his lawsuit against his ex-boss — who is now locked in a tight race for a seat in Congress — was his last recourse in his attempt to address a series of conflicts that had significantly affected his personal and professional life.“Filing this lawsuit was the last thing I wanted to do, but Shannon Taylor left me no choice,” Nicholas Emmons, a…
Texas GOP Rep. Keith Self introduced a bill Thursday to repeal the State Department’s Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery, which offers permanent residency to up to 55,000 applicants annually from countries with lower levels of immigration to the United States. The Trump administration attempted to end the program last year after the alleged perpetrator behind shootings at Brown University and MIT used it to enter the country. The alleged shooter was a Portuguese national. A California judge ruled last week that the administration must reinstate the program, which was created by Congress. “We cannot allow activist judges to dictate our immigration policy,”…
Wedgewood Polls shut down this week. SoCal Strategies just disappeared without any statements or warnings. Connected? It’s possible. The post SoCal Strategies Drops Offline After Questions Emerge About Wedgewood Polls Ties first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
(Note: Thank you for supporting businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message below and working with them through the links below which benefits Gateway Pundit. We appreciate your support!) Two orange pill bottles sit side by side on your kitchen counter, next to the dish where you drop your keys. One is for your mood. One is for the bedroom. Your doctor wrote both at a quick visit last spring. Nobody checked your testosterone. You still feel flat most days. You snap at your wife over small things. By supper there’s nothing left in the tank. You line the…
We’re watching what’s happening in France, and we’re watching the liars of the corporate press assure us that the riots, looting, burning down of commercial establishments and town halls, and other detestable attacks on civilization are happening because “students” are upset over “school funding” and classroom ratios.And few people are buying it.It’s pretty clear what’s happening on the streets of Paris and other cities across France is a coordinated revolution. Fox News Digital has already smoked out from whence the coordination comes.CHAOS INC: A Fox News Digital investigation by @FoxNews Digital’s senior editor of investigations @AsraNomani has identified 54 organizations…
“Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under investigation for potential immigration fraud that could have major consequences, and Senator Slotkin of Michigan is warning Republicans not to work for Trump, or they might be investigated,” asks Peter Schweizer. “Is this political targeting? Is it all the same?” Two current cases prompt the question of how to tell the difference between a legitimate investigation of a politician for possible crimes or malfeasance, and the deliberate targeting of political opponents. First, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a left-wing Democrat and member of the progressive “Squad,” is being investigated for possible immigration crimes by the Department…
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, has emphasized his experience as a public health official serving the everyman, but his public health scholarship argues against American values in academic jargon. “The single biggest problem that I’ve tried to bend my time and energy to solving is the fact that too many people in this country don’t get the health care they need and deserve,” he said on the campaign trail on Tuesday, citing his experience as the top public health official in Detroit and Wayne County. But El-Sayed’s academic work in public health has a more narrow focus.…
Federal officials are warning about a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections connected to raw oysters that has sickened 27 people so far.An update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 19 said that oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company from the Little Wicomico River area in Virginia were linked to the outbreak.“Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled oysters,” the CDC said.It said that among the 27 who were sickened across 12 states, five were hospitalized with no deaths. According to a map posted by the CDC, eight were sickened in Pennsylvania, four in New…
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, October 22, 2026Security camera footage from the Anchorage Credit Union 1 during a robbery on Feb. 26, 2026, is believed to show Deshalon Jelks, 35. | Department of JusticeAn Alaska man who pleaded guilty in federal court to using the name of Jesus to rob a bank in Anchorage on Monday is now facing up to 20 years in prison for his crime.The man, 37-year-old Deshalon Bosha Jelks, changed his plea to guilty to the single count of Credit Union Robbery, without a plea agreement, seven months after similar state charges were dismissed against…
Despite an overall cooling of the investor housing market during the first half of 2026, small investors continued to participate, making nearly two-thirds of all purchases.The share of investor-purchased homes declined by 0.3 percentage points to 10.7 percent in the first half from the same period in 2025, according to an Oct. 21 report from Realtor.com. Investors bought nearly 224,000 homes—a 7.0 percent decline from the first half of 2025 and the lowest first-half total since 2020.Identified as corporate entities with fewer than 10 total purchases, small investors accounted for 66.2 percent of all investor purchases during the first half…
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Seven in 10 true independents say the country is headed the wrong way, a new The Center Square poll found, but most won’t commit to either major party’s candidate.The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 70% of true independents say things in the country are heading in the wrong direction, against 13% who say it’s going in the right direction. True independents are voters who, asked whether they lean toward one of the major parties, say neither. Among all registered voters, 58% said wrong direction and 31% said right direction. The pessimism tracks what voters…
A burglar in Mesquite, Texas, displayed poor victim-selection skills when he tried to force his way into a home early Saturday, local media reported. Police say residents of a home were awakened by banging inside the residence at 4:00 a.m. local time, WFAA.com, a Texas TV station, reported. Upon investigating, a man in the residence who retrieved a firearm confronted the intruder and fired a shot, wounding the suspect. Police later identified the intruder as Arthur Alonzo, who was booked on charges of burglary of a habitation after he was taken to a local hospital for treatment of the gunshot…
Federal agents executed a sweeping takedown of medical fraud in Los Angeles, Thursday, arresting ten defendants—including six doctors—for allegedly bilking the government and private insurers of $2 billion in fraudulent claims. The cases involve a sham substance abuse treatment program, doctors performing unnecessary surgeries, and bogus hospice care. A total of 15 suspects have been charged in the operation. Federal SWAT teams descended on the suspects in a series of predawn raids, including a dramatic entry into a chiropractor’s Tarzana mansion, the New York Post reported. [embedded content] Chiropractor Dr. Hany Malek and cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Harold Tabaie are accused…
U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to Sioux City, Iowa, at 3:45 p.m. ET on Oct. 22. …
A chief architect of the alliance between President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resigned from the White House on Thursday, citing frustration with what he described as “dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick.” Calley Means, an author, wellness entrepreneur, and advocate for reforms to nutrition policy, arranged a phone call during the 2024 election that helped clinch Kennedy’s endorsement of Trump campaign. Trump would later appoint Kennedy as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the nation’s most powerful official overseeing health policy. “I don’t know him…
Far-left Democrat, Resistance hero, Virginia State Senate pro tempore Louis Lucas and her family were hit with a bevy of charges — including drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering — Thursday morning as part of a years-long criminal investigation into their family’s marijuana businesses. When it came to the Thursday night network newscasts, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News ignored it, while the CBS Evening News suggested the charges were politically motivated by President Trump’s Justice Department and similar to the ongoing federal investigation of Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi (D-MN) (aka Ilhan Omar). Evening News anchor Tony…
Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan Nur Said Elmi Federal sources have revealed to Fox News that “Ilhan Omar” is a fake name used by the Somali Minnesota Congresswoman currently embattled in a federal fraud investigation. Her real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, the name of her brother-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, two sources familiar with the ongoing investigation confirmed to Fox. A former Minnesota federal immigration judge also told the outlet that if it is proven that she lived her “entire life under an alias,” every document she’s ever filled out with the fake name could be “called into question.”…
Labour spent months trying to kill the very idea of a nationwide “grooming” (rape) gang inquiry, and when that effort failed spectacularly in the face of public outrage, it created a commission that won’t have to give its report for years. Advertisement Sir Keir Starmer, the now-former Labour leader, drove much of the effort and was smack dab in the centre of the scandal. For much of that time, he headed the Crown Prosecution Service and, as such, helped cover it up. Keir Starmer listed as ‘core participant’ in grooming gangs inquiry – @CDP1882 https://t.co/MJceouNP6K— GB News (@GBNEWS) October 22, 2026Well,…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A man in Sydney, Australia was arrested this week after telling Anthropic’s Claude that he wanted to kill children at a daycare near his home. As the Sydney Morning Herald reported, 29-year-old David Lan Thackray was taken into custody on Sunday after his disturbing interactions with Anthropic’s Claude were flagged by Interpol. He was charged with using a carriage service to harass, menace, or offend, an Australian criminal law. Per the Herald, prosecutors cited documents showing that Thackray told Claude that he wanted to…
Senate Republicans’ top campaign arm planned to spend $1 million in deep-red Mississippi Thursday after the Senate race became unusually competitive, a source familiar confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Senate Leadership Fund planned to launch an advertisement campaign in “the low seven figures” to support Republican Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who leads Democratic Mississippi Senate nominee Scott Colom by single digits, Semafor first reported. The decision came after Senate Democrats’ top campaign arm planned to spend $1.2 million on television advertisements to boost Colom. A Data for Progress survey from August found Hyde-Smith in the lead by…
An Oct. 15 Franklin County, Missouri, incident has everything: A bizarre urination habit, a shovel attack and a shot fired. Police say that Ryan C. Madonna confronted a Beaufort, Missouri, homeowner, forcing his way into the man’s house in a confrontation over the man’s alleged habit of peeing off his back porch. Officers responded to a call about a burglary in progress, eventually arresting Madonna, according to a Facebook post by the Franklin County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office. “The victim stated that the suspect was beating on his door and when he opened it a male subject started to confront him…
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President Donald Trump departs Washington on Oct. 22 for Iowa, where he is scheduled to attend a campaign event. …
Gas prices jumped overnight in five states after trouble at an ExxonMobil refinery in Illinois, according to an energy analyst. Regular gas prices rose approximately 17 cents a gallon in Michigan, 10 cents in Ohio, 8 cents in Indiana, 6 cents in Kentucky and 2.5 cents in Illinois from Wednesday to Thursday, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). Tom Kloza, chief energy advisor at Gulf Oil, wrote on X Thursday morning that the jumps followed problems with a 50,000-barrel-per-day catalytic reformer at ExxonMobil’s Joliet refinery southwest of Chicago. A catalytic reformer is a refinery unit that turns low-octane fuel…