The Fifth Amendment says the government can’t take your property for public use without paying you for it. It doesn’t say the government can’t destroy your property’s value, a very different thing. That distinction has cost property owners billions of dollars they’ll never recover. James Madison wrote that government is instituted to protect property of […]
PITTSBURGH — Western Pennsylvania’s leadership in AI, robotics, and intelligence companies that work with the Department of War was reinforced recently. Qintel was selected for an $84 million contract with the United States Cyber Command to deliver a threat intelligence solution in support of full-spectrum cyber operations. Qintel also just announced it will be part […]
The nation’s largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans is urging policymakers to bring the Make America Healthy Again agenda into an unexpected arena: health insurance. Centene, one of the country’s largest managed care organizations, recently called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to remove regulatory barriers that limit Medicare Advantage plans from covering […]
In a single fraud case, federal agents seized nine luxury vehicles, nine properties, and more than $1 million in sports memorabilia from one man who stole $270 million from California’s Medicaid program in just 11 months. He was billing for prescription drugs that were never prescribed and never delivered to patients who needed them. He […]
For years, the Department of Homeland Security operated a program allowing tens of thousands of foreign students who recently graduated from a college or university to obtain valuable tech-related jobs. Known as post-completion Optional Practical Training, the program permits former students admitted to the United States on F-1 visas to work in STEM-related jobs for […]
One of the dumbest antitrust lawsuits in recent memory — and that’s saying a lot — is the blockage of Nexstar Media Group’s $6 billion bid to acquire local news broadcaster TEGNA. The merger was approved three months ago by the antitrust cops at the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission. President Donald Trump […]
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee moved to codify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” name change during a marathon session of debate over the annual defense policy bill. HASC lawmakers, in a party-line vote, adopted the amendment from Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to formally change the Department of Defense to the Department of...
The State Department is weighing in on an explosive criminal case in the United Kingdom centered on questions around the weaponization of racial discrimination, underscoring the Trump administration’s focus on culture wars abroad and accusations of prejudice against white people. The debate centers on the December death of a white-man, 18-year-old Henry Nowak. Police footage...