In Charts: Audits Spotlight Unusual Trends in Medicaid Spending for Autism Care

Spending on autism therapy services is dramatically outpacing overall Medicaid spending, prompting state and federal scrutiny. Add to My List Save By Sylvia Xu | March 27, 2026Updated:March 27, 2026 One in 31 U.S. children has an autism diagnosis. Among Minnesota’s Somali community, that number jumps to one in 12. That discrepancy made headlines last

‘Borderline Barbaric’: Leading Dem Payroll Vendor Accused of Punishing Employees Who Take Paid Family Leave

Rippling has received generous tax breaks from California’s Gavin Newsom and New York’s Kathy Hochul, both champions of expanded paid family leave policies Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul (Getty Images) The Democratic Party’s top payroll vendor, the human resources software company Rippling, has cultivated a “borderline barbaric” internal culture that penalizes employees who take the

Senate Passes Funding for Most of DHS

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The Senate unanimously approved early Friday a funding package for most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection. The measure now goes to the House, which is expected to

Trump Signs Order Barring Federal Contractors From Engaging in DEI Practices

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on March 26, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 26 prohibiting federal contractors and their subcontractors from engaging in practices based on the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) framework.

US Company Produces Critical Rare Earth Material Domestically, First in Decades

A glass jar containing the rare earth metal Terbium (L) is pictured inside the storage room of Tradium, a company specialized in trading rare earths, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Nov. 4, 2025. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Mining company Energy Fuels announced March 26 it had successfully produced its first kilogram of terbium