The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be put a six-month moratorium on new Medicare enrollments by hospice and home health agencies to target fraud. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, during the moratorium, “CMS will intensify targeted investigations, deploy advanced data analytics, and accelerate the removal of hospice and HHA providers from
WASHINGTON—An Epoch Times staff member who planned on traveling with the White House press corps to cover U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China this week was denied a visa to enter the country. Travis Gillmore, White House reporter for The Epoch Times, applied for a visa on April 10, filling out a lengthy application
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), said Tuesday that 19 of the group’s members are at risk from GOP-led redistricting efforts. “It’s devastating. People have sacrificed so much to make this a more perfect union. And here we are, in 2026, seeing this massive regression in all the gains…
Dr. Mehmet Oz (L), administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a press conference as Vice President JD Vance looks on, in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has temporarily halted the enrollment of providers of hospice care and home health
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Iran conflict has “put a little damper” on Republicans’ affordability efforts while insisting that President Trump “thinks about Americans’ financial situations.” Johnson made the comments when asked in a press conference Wednesday about Trump telling reporters the day before that Americans’ financial situations are not motivating him “even a
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over comments in which he called her a “parasite,” saying the Lone Star State senator views working-class people as “less than him.” On Monday, Cruz called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after the New York Democrat said that Americans “can’t earn” their…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will attend Wednesday’s Republican Study Committee lunch, according to three people granted anonymity to describe plans for the private meeting. He will join Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby and Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) as guests of the group of conservative House Republicans. Original News Source Link – Politico