Year: 2026
May 13, 2026
Politics
Feds defer $1.3B in California Medicaid funding amid healthcare fraud crackdown
The federal crackdown in California continues as The Post has learned the Trump administration is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid funding over ongoing concerns of fraud in the state’s...
May 13, 2026
Health Care
RFK Jr.’s looming vaccine decisions to test White House midterm strategy
Trump says vaccines are off the agenda. Kennedy’s next moves may say otherwise Trump says vaccines are off the agenda. Kennedy’s next moves may say otherwise Health Care
May 13, 2026
Politics
DHS watchdog investigating $38B ICE program backed by Kristi Noem, her lover Corey Lewandowski
Noem's replacement as DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, reportedly paused the spending shortly after assuming the cabinet post in late March. Noem's replacement as DHS secretary, Markwayne Mullin, reportedly paused...
May 13, 2026
Congress
Capitol agenda: House eyes summer for another party-line bill
House Republicans discussed passing a third reconciliation bill before August, but plenty of obstacles stand in their path.
May 13, 2026
Politics
Trump gets red-carpet welcome after he lands in Beijing for closely watched summit with Xi Jinping
The official welcoming party was accompanied by a military band and honor guard, as well as 300 youths singing and waving American and Chinese flags in time to the...
May 13, 2026
Politics
Sebastian Gorka reveals on ‘Pod Force One’ Trump left Vance succession instructions should he be assassinated
"We have protocols, trust me. Not ones I can discuss, but we have protocols," Gorka told The Post's Miranda Devine for "Pod Force One." "We have protocols, trust me....
May 13, 2026
Politics
Trump anti-terrorism chief accuses China of ‘targeted killing of Americans’ with fentanyl — as prez goes to Beijing
President Trump's White House counterterrorism director Sebastian Gorka told "Pod Force One" that he believes China intentionally flooded the United States with fentanyl in a present-day "Opium War" designed...
May 13, 2026
Congress
Ballroom, gas-tax fights illustrate GOP’s affordability pickle
A set of overlapping internal battles — and rising inflation numbers — are underscoring the party’s political peril.
May 13, 2026
Politics
Marco Rubio dons Nike ‘Venezuela’ tracksuit made famous during Maduro’s capture on Air Force One: ‘Maduromaxxing’
He’s “Maduromaxxing.” He’s “Maduromaxxing.”
May 13, 2026
Congress
House GOP eyes summer push for another party-line bill
Speaker Mike Johnson said he thinks Republicans can act before members leave in July.