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AXIOS (Adriel Bettelheim) - Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds

The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until the states take more steps to investigate questionable claims, federal health officials said on Tuesday. Why it matters: The moves continue a series of freezes to blue states' funding as part of the administration's crackdown on fraud. - They also maintain scrutiny of Minnesota's safety net funding after the administration used the state's inability to rein in fraud as justification for launching last year's ICE enforcement surge. Driving the news: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it's deferring about $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota after financial…

The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until the states take more steps to investigate questionable claims, federal health officials said on Tuesday. Why it matters: The moves continue a series of freezes to blue states' funding as part of the administration's crackdown on fraud. - They also maintain scrutiny of Minnesota's safety net funding after the administration used the state's inability to rein in fraud as justification for launching last year's ICE enforcement surge. Driving the news: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it's deferring about $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota after financial…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 144: Israel’s Smotrich: ‘The Current Situation is Good For Us’

State of the Union: The U.S. and Iran continue to trade blows as mediators propose new ceasefire, DOD addresses casualty claims, and Yemen’s Houthis threaten more direct involvement. The post Iran War Day 144: Israel’s Smotrich: ‘The Current Situation is Good For Us’ appeared first on The American Conservative .

The U.S. conducted a tenth night of airstrikes and Tehran kept up attacks across the region as the Iran War entered its 144th day. CENTCOM stated Tuesday that U.S. forces had struck “Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems” overnight. The IRGC said it attacked a U.S. military base and an Amazon data center in Bahrain, and claimed to have destroyed a missile defence radar system and an F-15 fighter jet in Jordan. The Kuwaiti government also reported another round of Iranian attacks aimed at its power and water infrastructure. Citing “two regional sources,” Axios reported late Monday that “Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan and other regional mediators [had]…Open