UnitedHealth Used Aggressive Diagnosing Strategy to Boost Federal Funding for Medicare Advantage: Senate Report

A view of the UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s campus is shown in Minnetonka, Minn., on Oct. 16, 2012. Jim Mone/AP Photo UnitedHealth Group uses aggressive tactics to maximize federal payments by capturing high-paying, often discretionary, medical diagnoses, according to a report by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The insurer uses high-tech scanners and a team of specialists

Democrats Say DOJ Investigating Them Over Video Calling on Troops to Resist ‘Illegal Orders’

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress, in Wyandotte, Mich., on March 4, 2025. Paul Sancya/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging U.S. service members to defy “illegal orders” confirmed Wednesday that they are being investigated by the

Supreme Court to Consider Government Request to Revive Removal Order Against Chinese National Convicted of Crime

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether immigration authorities may deport a Chinese citizen with a U.S. green card who was convicted of counterfeiting in New Jersey. The legal issue is whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Democrats Introduce NOPE Act as Both Parties Claim Politically Motivated Prosecution

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) speaks to reporters at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Jan. 14 introduced the No Political Enemies Act, or the NOPE Act, a bill they said would

Trump Says Call With Venezuelan Interim Leader Rodriguez ‘Very Good’

Venezuela’s Vice-President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez addresses the media in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump reported having a “very good” phone call with interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez on Jan. 14, covering a number of topics. “This morning I had a very good call with the

36,000 Refugees Could Not Provide IDs When Entering US After Afghanistan Withdrawal: Deputy IG

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Force