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A Canadian bill aimed at expanding the country’s hate speech laws could criminalize religious speech, including quoting the Holy Bible, conservatives and critics warn. The House of Commons passed the measure, known as Bill C-9, on March 25. Now, it’s on its way to the Senate. The Canadian Department of Justice laid out the reasoning for introducing the new legislation in a press release last year, claiming ” a horrifying rise in hate crimes in our communities.” He added that “Canada will not tolerate anyone being made to feel afraid because of who they are, how they worship, or where…

A Canadian bill aimed at expanding the country’s hate speech laws could criminalize religious speech, including quoting the Holy Bible, conservatives and critics warn. The House of Commons passed the measure, known as Bill C-9, on March 25. Now, it’s on its way to the Senate. The Canadian Department of Justice laid out the reasoning for introducing the new legislation in a press release last year, claiming ” a horrifying rise in hate crimes in our communities.” He added that “Canada will not tolerate anyone being made to feel afraid because of who they are, how they worship, or where…

It has been nearly 80 years since the guns fell silent in World War II. In that long arc of peace, the United States helped rebuild a shattered Europe, deter Soviet expansion, and anchor what we now call the transatlantic alliance. Those were noble achievements. They mattered. They still echo in the prosperity and stability of the Western world today. But history is not a life sentence. And gratitude, while virtuous, is not a strategy. The question facing America in 2026 is not whether NATO once served our interests—it clearly did. The question is whether it still does. The answer…

Irish truck drivers and farmers sparked a popular revolt starting on April 7, 2026, over greatly increased fuel costs. The drivers and farmers have used their vehicles to stop or slow traffic on the motorways and in cities. The people of Ireland have joined the protests to show their support. The deployment of the army and the Public Order Unit, an elite force, to break up the protesters, underscores how seriously the government takes this threat. While fuel costs were the spark, the concerns that the Irish people have are far greater. Mass immigration and its profound consequences are the…

The fourth session of Communist China’s 14th National People’s Congress (NPC)—the legislative body—closed on March 12. The 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–30) was the landmark document it approved, which was detailed in a “work plan” presented to the assemblage by Premier Li Qiang. The 2026 “Two Sessions” offered unusually dramatic tea leaves to read in terms of who was present, featured, and absent. What did it all mean? Let’s examine the topic in some detail. THOSE ON THE STAGE FOR THE PBSC ROLL CALL At the closing session, Xi Jinping and the full Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) attended: Li Qiang, Wang…

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday sent criminal referrals to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for Eric Ciaramella, the Ukraine “whistleblower” whose complaint helped trigger the 2019 impeachment effort against President Trump; and for former intelligence community inspector general, Michael Atkinson, who helped orchestrate the hoax. On Monday, Gabbard released never-before-seen documents on the impeachment conspiracy, alleging they exposed “a coordinated effort by elements within the Intelligence Community (IC) to manufacture a conspiracy that was used as the basis to impeach President Trump in 2019.” The documents include transcripts from Atkinson’s closed-door testimony before the House Permanent…

New details are shedding light on the troubled history of Noemi Guzman, the woman fatally shot by police after a terrifying attack outside a Nebraska Walmart that left a young child seriously hurt. According to the New York Post, authorities say the 31-year-old had a documented pattern of violent behavior and mental health struggles in the years leading up to the incident. In 2024, Guzman allegedly carried out a chaotic rampage that began inside her own home. Police said she attacked her father, Octavio, with a knife after dousing him in a flammable liquid, then attempted to set the residence…

A courageous Michigan gas station clerk helped save a teenage girl who was abducted by a gun-toting stranger with a history of rape allegations while walking to her school bus stop.The creep kidnapped the 16-year-old girl at gunpoint just after 7 a.m. Monday in Hamtramck, while she was waiting for her school bus, Hamtramck Police Department Chief Hussein Farhat told WXYZ. Roughly 30 minutes later, the unidentified suspect brought the girl to a Sunoco gas station, where he asked for cigarettes and told the terrified teen to pay for them, the outlet reported. [embedded content] “When he ask her to…

Nebraska police fatally shot a woman who slashed a toddler after leading the child out of a Walmart at knifepoint in an alleged kidnapping, according to cops and body-worn camera images.Cops responded to a Walmart in Omaha just after 9:10 a.m. for reports of a woman armed with a “large kitchen knife” who had a young child, according to the Omaha Police Department. Surveillance footage caught the woman, later identified as 31-year-old Noemi Guzman, shoplifting the knife from the store and approaching a 3-year-old boy and his guardian in an aisle, police said. [embedded content] Guzman was seen brandishing the…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives to speak at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on Oct. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesU.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, are expecting the Federal Reserve to take a wait-and-see approach to interest rates amid the Iran war.Bessent, who has repeatedly urged the central bank to lower interest rates, said he would “understand” if officials waited to see what happens with war and inflation expectations.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If…

(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) is urging the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against Judge James Boasberg after a federal appeals court concluded that the judge overstepped his authority in his contempt investigation targeting the Trump administration, as Just the News reported. “The D.C. Circuit ruled Boasberg’s contempt crusade against Trump officials is an ‘improper investigation’ and ‘clear abuse of discretion.’ He tried to imprison Trump officials for deporting Venezuelan gang members. I’m calling on the House: Impeach Rogue Judge Boasberg,” Schmitt posted on Wednesday. The senator’s impeachment demand came after a three-judge panel of…

Kristi Noem and her cross-dressing husband, Bryon, borrowed millions of dollars in the years leading up to the latter’s eye-popping spending on “bimbo” OnlyFans models, a financial disclosure shows. The couple listed between $2,600,000 and $3,250,000 in debts dating back to 2020 on a federal financial disclosure filed by the fired Homeland Security secretary last year. Five of the six loans were obtained by Bryon for his car wash and insurance businesses, according to the filing. The only loan listed as a “joint” one was a 2020 mortgage valued between $100,001 – $250,000. The Daily Mail reported last month that…

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Bar discipline enforcement reached John Eastman, the legal scholar who questioned the legality of certifying the 2020 presidential election.Eastman on Wednesday lost his final bid to salvage his California law license after the California Supreme Court declined to overturn a lower court ruling. The action follows a disciplinary process that began after Eastman was among the attorneys who pushed for the 2020 election results to be properly investigated before certification to Joe Biden. A judge in the California State Bar Court ordered his disbarment in 2024, according to Politico. Eastman appealed the ruling but was nonetheless barred…

(Headline USA) A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states.A Manhattan federal jury deliberated for four days before reaching its decision Wednesday in the closely watched case, which gave fans the equivalent of a backstage pass to a business that dominates live entertainment in the United States and beyond. At the end of the proceeding, the judge told lawyers on both sides to meet with one another “and the United States”…

Tom Steyer speaks at the National Action Networks Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta on Nov. 21, 2019. Steyer was then a Democratic presidential candidate. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty ImagesBillionaire Tom Steyer, who is running for California governor, has vowed to completely abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state and arrest agents who he claimed use racial bias in enforcing the law.Steyer, the leading Democratic candidate in the gubernatorial race, outlined an immigration plan in his April 15 article, “How California Can Put ICE in Jail,” on Substack.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different…

By Hedieh Mirahmadi, Exclusive Columnist Thursday, April 16, 2026Bulk Carrier, Belray, in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz on March 22, 2026 in northern Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. In a statement yesterday, the UAE and nearly two dozen other countries issued a joint statement condemning Iran’s “attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces.” Maritime traffic through the strait, which conveys about 20% of the world’s oil and gas, has mostly come to…

A string of resurfaced messages has intensified scrutiny around former Rep. Tony Gonzales, contributing to his resignation after weeks of mounting controversy. According to the New York Post, newly published communications reveal that Gonzales allegedly made repeated advances toward a campaign staffer during his 2020 congressional run. The woman, now in her 60s and requesting anonymity, said she rejected those overtures at the time. According to messages she shared, Gonzales sent a series of inappropriate texts while she worked as his political director. “I have never sent pictures to anyone,” the woman responded firmly when he allegedly requested explicit material.…

By Jarrett Stepman, Op-ed contributor Thursday, April 16, 2026A picture showing Lonna Drewes (L) and former US Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, is shown during a press conference where she described her claims about sexual misconduct by Swalwell in Beverly Hills, California, on April 14, 2026. Swalwell, who had already ended his bid to become California governor, announced his resignation from Congress on April 13, 2026 via X, after multiple women accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. | AFP via Getty Images/Patrick T. FallonAn inconvenient Democrat has had his career torpedoed by an avalanche of allegations, and the…

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People take part in a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in two cases in which states have banned males from participating in female sports in Washington on Jan. 13, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesTransgender athletes will continue to be allowed to compete in girls’ K-12 sports in Minnesota after a federal appeals court declined to block the policy during an ongoing Title IX challenge.The court ruled the lawsuit was based on a type of claim that cannot be brought by private plaintiffs.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen † . Posted in Uncategorized

Financial records are adding a new layer to a controversy surrounding former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her husband, raising questions about their finances in the years before a headline-grabbing scandal emerged. According to the New York Post, a federal financial disclosure filed last year shows the couple carried between $2.6 million and $3.25 million in debt dating back to 2020. The filing shows most of that debt was tied to loans taken out by her husband, Bryon Noem, primarily for his car wash and insurance businesses. Five of the six listed loans were in his name alone. The…

Oil supply disruptions from the conflict with Iran may present the perfect opportunity for the United States to reorder the global energy market by exploiting its own natural resources and investing in the Western Hemisphere.  American companies have already begun ramping up investments in Latin America, closing new deals with a freshly compliant Venezuela and friendly Argentina in recent days that promise new capacity in the hemisphere.  Tim Stewart, President of the trade association the U.S. Oil & Gas Association, told Just the News that the Iran conflict could push the United States to consider securing the energy markets from vulnerabilities abroad…

A leading Republican hoping to replace the retiring Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who led an investigation of the House Jan. 6 Committee, ironically has an apparent social media history of criticizing President Donald Trump over the incident.Dr. John Cowan is running for Congress in Georgia’s 11th District, hoping to succeed Loudermilk, who opted against seeking another term. The neurosurgeon’s website makes no mention of Trump whatsoever, but campaign materials shared with Just the News have asserted that the district “needs a proven conservative who knows what it means to have a backbone and fight alongside President Trump.” Recent reporting from Breitbart News, at the…

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the chief federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital, says she is seeking to interview any female victims who alleged to have been assaulted by Rep. Eric Swalwell in Washington D.C. and may seek to obtain any secret agreements Congress paid to keep accusers quiet.”You’re darn right,” Pirro told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Wednesday when asked if she was willing to pierce those settlements to reexamine material evidence. Congressional offices have historically used settlements (sometimes funded by taxpayers via the now-reformed process) to resolve staff complaints of discrimination, harassment, or misconduct while keeping details private.…

The Democrat-led Ukraine impeachment effort of 2019 was linked to and a continuation of the Russiagate saga and of the failed effort by special counsel Robert Mueller to unearth criminality by President Donald Trump, newly-declassified documents and testimony indicate.Memos declassified by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and released by Just the News on Sunday were written by investigators for intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson, who first handled the CIA analyst’s complaint. Gabbard also declassified long-secret transcribed interviews from the watchdog, and these, combined with the memos, provide further evidence that the Ukraine impeachment saga was a continuation of the Russiagate saga which…

An influential Republican on the House Intelligence Committee says the bombshell evidence disclosed this week challenging the credibility and bias of a CIA analyst who prompted the Ukraine influence scandal seven years ago is so powerful that it warrants Congress expunging the 2019 impeachment vote against President Donald Trump.”I think it is time that we expunge this impeachment and get rid of it,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told the Just the News, No Noise television show on Wednesday night. “…Historically, we need to show that we’re going to stand up for the rule of law, for truth and justice. And…

A Tennessee bill that its sponsor says promotes “fearless freedom of debate and deliberation” and is on its way to second-term Republican Gov. Bill Lee.Senate Bill 1741/House Bill 1476 would bar the state’s colleges and universities from rescinding invitations to speakers because of their politics, according to its sponsor, Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood. Students or faculty who protest during a speech could also face discipline under the bill. The bill, known as the Charlie Kirk Act, passed the Senate in March and the House of Representatives on Monday, following contentious debate. Kirk, a conservative commentator, was killed on Sept. 10…

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America led 77 of its pro-life organization colleagues in sending the acting U.S. attorney general a letter asking the Department of Justice to stop undermining pro-life states’ laws by favoring the abortion drug industry over these states.President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Center Square that “the DOJ has a clear opportunity to stand with states seeking to uphold their laws and protect women and the unborn from the dangers of unregulated abortion drugs sent through the mail.” “Instead, the DOJ is siding with the abortion industry, dismissing legitimate state concerns and…

The Elitist Media have mostly refused to cover the steady stream of heinous crimes committed by immigrants, legal or otherwise. ABC News appears to have broken the streak, as they covered the horrific murder of a DHS employee just outside Atlanta. Watch the report in its entirety as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Wednesday, April 15th, 2026: ABC is the first network to report on the heinous murder of Lauren Bullis, a DHS employee, at the hands of a questionably naturalized U.K native with a criminal record. pic.twitter.com/ZmBjjvrVJD — Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) April 16, 2026 DAVID MUIR: To…

House Oversight Democrats said Tuesday they will move to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress after she failed to appear for a deposition tied to the committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) announced the threat on X, and the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), backed the move in a formal statement.The Department of Justice told the committee that Bondi would not appear on April 14 because she is no longer attorney general and was subpoenaed in that capacity, a committee spokesperson told The Hill. The Oversight panel subpoenaed Bondi last month. President…

Body camera footage released Monday shows a St. Louis police officer shooting 17-year-old Emeshyon Wilkins in the back of the head as the teen ran away, directly contradicting an earlier police statement that Wilkins had pointed a gun at officers. The video, obtained through discovery in a federal lawsuit, has forced the department to admit its initial public account of the June 2024 shooting was wrong.The St. Louis Police Department now acknowledges that “information provided by a third-party to investigators in the immediate aftermath of the incident was not consistent with the actual events or what was initially shared with…

The House Judiciary Committee released internal Department of Homeland Security documents showing that federal officials knew a Venezuelan man had no valid asylum claim, no identification, no U.S. address, and no fear of returning home, and released him into the country anyway. Less than two years later, Chicago police arrested that man, 25-year-old Jose Medina-Medina, and charged him in the shooting death of 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman, a Loyola University freshman.The documents, unveiled Tuesday by the committee, lay bare a pattern that has defined the Biden-era border crisis: a system that processed, flagged, and then ignored its own warnings. DHS officials…

The U.S. Supreme Court will convene Friday morning for a public non-argument session and may announce at least one opinion from the bench, setting the stage for what could be one of the most consequential stretches of decisions in recent memory. The justices will take the bench at 10 a.m., Newsweek reported, citing a court update released Tuesday.The session comes as the court sits on a growing stack of high-profile cases, birthright citizenship, presidential firing authority over independent agency commissioners, and whether transgender athletes can compete in women’s and girls’ sports. Each one carries enormous stakes for the constitutional order,…

Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress on Tuesday, ending a 13-year career in Washington that collapsed in days under the weight of sexual misconduct accusations from five women, two of whom alleged rape. His most powerful patron, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, wasted little time stepping away from the wreckage she helped build.Swalwell suspended his campaign for governor of California on Sunday. By Tuesday, he was out of Congress entirely, as allies abandoned him and new allegations surfaced. The most serious revelation that day: a woman alleged that Swalwell drugged and raped her in a hotel room in 2018, the New…

A California woman named Lonna Drewes stood before cameras at a press conference in Beverly Hills and accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) of drugging her drink, raping her, and choking her until she lost consciousness during an encounter she said took place in 2018. Swalwell, through his attorney, denied the allegations, but the congressman had already announced his intention to resign from Congress.Drewes said she was working as a model in Beverly Hills and owned a fashion software company when she first crossed paths with Swalwell. She described three separate occasions of contact with the congressman, the last of which…

Baltimore City police confirmed Tuesday that a body pulled from the Inner Harbor belongs to Branson Oduor, a man reported missing nearly two weeks earlier after a night out in Fells Point. The grim discovery near the National Aquarium closes one chapter of a missing-person case, and opens a set of questions the Medical Examiner’s office has yet to answer.Officers responded around 8 a.m. to the 500 block of East Pratt Street, where a man’s remains were recovered from the water, WBAL-TV 11 News reported. The Baltimore City Police Department said the remains were transported to the Medical Examiner’s office…

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill on Monday adding her state to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a move that would commit Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the most votes nationwide, regardless of how Virginians themselves vote. The Virginia Republican Party called it “an unconstitutional assault on our democracy.”The signing was part of a busy Monday in which Spanberger, who leads a state government now controlled by a Democratic majority, signed hundreds of bills into law. She vetoed a few, relating to unregulated skill-gaming machines and a proposed Fairfax County casino, and sent dozens…

Lea Bardon, the White House director of Cabinet Affairs, is stepping down from the Trump administration to become executive vice president at The Sovereign Advisors, a Washington-based public affairs firm founded by longtime Trump confidant Taylor Budowich. The move, first reported by Politico on Tuesday, marks another senior departure as the administration reconfigures ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.Bardon’s exit is not an isolated event. It fits a pattern now visible across the West Wing: experienced hands rotating out of government and into political or private-sector roles where they can support the broader Republican effort from the outside. Whether that…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Semafor this week that a proposed executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship information from customers is “in process,” the clearest signal yet that the Trump administration intends to close a gap that has allowed illegal immigrants to access the American financial system with little scrutiny.The disclosure, first reported by The Hill, moves a policy idea that had circulated for months into something closer to reality. If signed, the executive order would direct banking institutions to request additional identification documents from customers, a step that could reshape how millions of people interact with the country’s…

By Andrew Rodriguez, Op-ed contributor Thursday, April 16, 2026Members of the group “Concerned Women for America” pray outside the US Supreme Court as the Court hears oral arguements in Chiles v. Salazar, a landmark case on “conversion therapy,” on October 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge today by a Christian therapist to a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy” for minors who are questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation. The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, a licensed mental health counselor who argues that the prohibition from holding such conversations with minors is…

This grab from video shows traffic backed up after a multi-vehicle pile up on a section of a snowy highway in Clear Creek County, Colorado, on April 14, 2026. KMGH/Denver7 via APDENVER—Crashes involving about 70 vehicles snarled a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital.The pileup Tuesday prompted officials to close the eastbound side of Interstate 70 in Clear Creek County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Denver, the Colorado State Patrol said in a statement.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue…

Lightning flashes beyond an apartment building as a thunderstorm passes in the distance Monday, April 13, 2026, in Lenexa, Kan. Charlie Riedel/AP PhotoOTTAWA, Kan.—A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again on Tuesday afternoon and evening.Authorities in Kansas reported several people with minor injuries after storms passed through on Monday. Three people were left with minor injuries in rural Franklin County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, according to the sheriff’s office. In Ottawa, a…

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain marked Tax Day on Wednesday with a roundtable featuring lawmakers, workers, small business owners, manufacturers, farmers, and tax professionals who said the Working Families Tax Cuts, passed last year, increased refunds, reduced taxes on tips and overtime pay, and provided relief for small businesses during the first filing season under the law. The April 15 event, held alongside Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR), came as Democrats used Tax Day to promote a different message focused on higher taxes for wealthy Americans. Meanwhile, McClain, who has traveled to seven districts to…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized cocaine worth more than $1.1 million from an American citizen. The man now faces federal prosecution after his arrest on April, 7, 2026, at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the U.S.–Mexico border prevented more than 60 pounds of cocaine from entering the country, the agency exclusively told The Epoch Times on Wednesday.At the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California, a “trusted traveler” who is an American citizen was arrested April 7 for allegedly concealing more than $1.1 million of the…

Don’t look now, but Big Oil is making big moves to secure positions in the expanding Venezuelan oil industry as part of the Trump Administration’s plans to revitalize the country’s economy. On Monday, Chevron officials signed a pair of deals to expand the company’s footprint in the prolific Orinoco Belt as Shell prepares to ink a major deal of its own later this week.Make no mistake: These deals didn’t happen in a vacuum. They are the direct result of the Trump administration’s bold decision to remove Nicolás Maduro in January, launch a $100 billion reconstruction plan for the country’s shattered…

Calves roam through debris near where a home once stood along Raese Road after a tornado in Union Center, Wis., on April 15, 2026. The National Weather Service is tracking the tornado’s path as severe weather threats remain from the southern Plains to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Kayla Wolf/Getty Images

Meta appears unlikely to avoid a trial as soon as August in a lawsuit brought by 33 state attorneys general.(CN) — Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday tried to persuade a federal judge there was no evidence to support the claims by 33 state attorneys general that the owner of Facebook and Instagram has knowingly misled consumers that the social media platforms aren’t addictive.U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland didn’t issue a ruling on Meta’s bid for summary judgment that would prevent the social media behemoth from having to go on trial to fight the states’ accusations it designed…

A coalition of 14 state financial leaders across the country backed a Trump administration policy to reduce fraud in health-care systems.The group of state financial officers wrote a letter Wednesday to the Trump administration praising a policy from the U.S. Department of Labor that requested greater transparency from health-care providers in the country. The rule would require pharmacy benefit managers to disclose where they receive funding and rein in group health care plan costs. “Disclosure of PBM compensation is essential for plan fiduciaries to identify conflicts of interest and satisfy their duty to evaluate the reasonableness of plan expenditures and…

California’s Assembly Republican Caucus on Wednesday called for a special legislative session to investigate an estimated $180 billion in fraud in taxpayer-funded programs.“Fraud absolutely is linked to the cost-of-living crisis,” Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, R-San Diego, said during a news conference at the Capitol. “Every dollar, every penny of fraud is money that should be going to needy families in the form of government services that they are now seeing cuts in. Every dollar that’s given out to a fraudster is a dollar that should be given back to a taxpayer.” Earlier on Wednesday, Assembly Minority Leader Health Flora and caucus…