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02-06-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2026

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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....

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...

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.

House GOP eyes summer push for another party-line bill

Speaker Mike Johnson said he thinks Republicans can act before members leave in July.