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Trump administration halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown

Washington — The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its crackdown on fraud in federal programs, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The pause comes after reviews conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS,…

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What to know about Taylor Farms, the produce giant tied to the cyclospora outbreak

Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation’s unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened….

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F-16s intercept planes, deploy flares in restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey

F-16 fighter jets on Sunday intercepted multiple planes that flew through restricted airspace over Bedminster and East Rutherford, New Jersey, the site of the World Cup final, military officials said.  The jets deployed flares to catch the attention of some of the pilots of those planes, which may have been visible to people on the…

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