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Federal Government Paying Rural Hospitals to Close Overnight Services
(Headline USA) As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and providing 24/7 emergency care. While that makes it…
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Oversight Committee to Investigate China’s Influence on U.S. Gov’t, Economy
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., sent nine letters to federal agencies Thursday saying China has infiltrated the U.S. economy and government and needs to be uprooted. There have been several high-profile examples of Chinese spying and infiltration success, from the Chinese spy balloon that covered…
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Republicans Probe Biden’s Illegal Appointment of Podesta to Replace Kerry
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Republicans in Congress intensified their investigation into Joe Biden’s illegal appointment of John Podesta, a notorious Pizzagate leader, as a replacement for an ex-“climate change” tsar John Kerry, accusing the White House of doing an end-run around a law requiring Senate confirmation of special envoys. In a letter to Secretary of…
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Janet Yellen Regrets Dismissing Inflation As ‘Transitory’
(Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted this week that she regrets dismissing inflation as “transitory” back in 2021. “I regret saying it was transitory [inflation],” Janet Yellen told Fox Business correspondent Edward Lawrence. “It has come down,” she continued, before launching into some Clintonesque semantic wordplay to qualify her mea culpa. “But I think transitory…
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NBC Uses Familiar ‘No Evidence’ Trope to Deny Haitian Cannibals Entering U.S. En Masse
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A left-wing media outlet has attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to discredit credible concerns regarding the turmoil unfolding in Haiti and its potential ramifications for the southern border and U.S. national security. In a news piece published on Thursday, NBC News dubiously claimed that conservative voices, including Elon Musk, are “weaponizing unverified claims of cannibalism…
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RFK Jr. Generates Buzz about Celeb Running Mate, Fears about Potential Spoiler Effect
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed Wednesday that he had chosen his vice presidential running mate and would reveal the choicesometime in the next two weeks. Kennedy said he considered several different anti-vaccine candidates, including NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, according to CNN. RFK Jr.…
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NAACP Tells Black Athletes to Boycott Fla. Colleges
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has instructed black athletes to boycott Florida colleges and universities because of the recent de-funding of their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, ESPN reported. Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, penned a letter to Charlie Baker, president of the National…
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Preparing for Defeat? DOJ Drastically Drops Jack Smith’s Spending
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Biden DOJ has disclosed a drastic cut in anticipated spending for special counsels Jack Smith and David Weiss in the upcoming fiscal year, potentially signaling the conclusion of their investigations. According to Politico, the projected taxpayer-funded expenditure is dropping to $4 million, marking a stark departure from the generous $29 million currently allocated…
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Plane Full of Passengers Veers Off-Course as Both Pilots Fall Asleep
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) A Batik Air Indonesia flight went off-course as the pilot and copilot both napped while the plane was cruising, NBC reported. The Indonesian flight took place on Jan. 25, carrying 153 passengers. It was to fly from Halu Oleo Airport in Kendari to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta according to an…
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Venezuelan National Arrested for Manslaughter of 12-Year-Old, Killed Day Before Birthday
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Venezuelan national faces manslaughter charges after colliding head-on with a vehicle, resulting in the tragic death of 12-year-old Travis Wolfe just one day before his birthday. The incident occurred in Missouri on Dec. 20, 2023, when Endrina Bracho, a Venezuelan illegal alien, drove her vehicle without a license at a speed…
