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  Pennsylvania nears 1,000 measles cases, state health department reports

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Pennsylvania's reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for 2026, days after its health department confirmed the figure had passed 900. “977 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 counties in Pennsylvania so far in 2026,” Pennsylvania’s Department of Health wrote in a statement Friday. The agency highlighted that 34 new Pennsylvania measles cases had...

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  Trump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for Medicare

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Axios(Lean left)

  President Trump late Friday night said the administration would send just under $100 to more than 20 million senior citizens to help pay for Medicare benefits. Why it matters: A month before the midterm, the president is adding another roughly $2 billion to a recent spate of promised refunds, rebates and dividends for various Americans. What he's saying: " I am pleased to announce that my Administ

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  Hospital Strikes Should Be Illegal

  Oct 3, 2026 ·National Review(Right)

  When health-care workers walk off the job, they’re putting lives at stake.

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  What to know about Trump's MAHA-backed push for psychedelic research

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  The Trump administration, under the influence of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, is exploring the potential use of psychedelic substances in medicine — once a fringe topic that is now being heavily researched and invested in. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing in September in which over 200 people requested...

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  Expert tears apart Talarico's viral claim his agenda is based on Jesus's teachings: 'Butchering the Bible'

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  Texas Senate nominee James Talarico once proclaimed the Bible gives him a moral reason to fight for his progressive policies, but one expert is now accusing Talarico of spreading a "perverted version" of Christianity to justify his agenda. Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, set off a wave of criticism this week after saying his support for universal healthcare and rejection of "this corrupt syst

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  Weekend Plans With Nurse Kate, America’s MAHA Mom

  Oct 3, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Weekend Plans is our exclusive lifestyle feature where we highlight the real off-duty routines of the most exciting people in culture. This weekend, mother of four and professional nurse Kate Johnson chats with The Daily Wire in between homeschooling her little ones, debunking wellness myths, and offering her Instagram followers health hacks to level up any day of the week. Need a little motivatio

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  Trump says he’s sending millions of senior citizens $100 checks to help pay Medicare benefits

  Oct 3, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  "I am pleased to announce that my Administration will, immediately, begin sending 'Checks' of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, which we have already reduced by significant amounts," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

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  Alito: Overturning Roe v. Wade took 'courage' from Supreme Court justices

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices took “courage.” In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was asked if there was a particular decision that took courage. “Well, the leading example is Dobbs [v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]. I...

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  Families sue to stop Trump's ban on medical care for trans youth

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Families sue to stop Trump's ban on medical care for trans youth A group of four New Hampshire families are suing the Trump administration to block the implementation of a rule barring federal Medicaid dollars for gender-affirming healthcare for minors....

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  Thousands of immigrants with legal status lose Medicaid coverage as 'big, beautiful' cuts begin

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

  Thousands of refugees and some other immigrants with legal status lost their health coverage Oct. 1, marking some of the first significant coverage losses under the Medicaid cuts in the GOP's signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act. States and advocacy groups have been trying to warn immigrants who were previously eligible for Medicaid — such...

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  Newly released video shows Luigi Mangione’s arrest

  Oct 2, 2026 ·BBC News(Center)

  The bodycam footage also shows a police officer finding a gun in Mangione's backpack, days after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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  Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death as cases reach 943

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Straight Arrow News(Center)

  Pennsylvania health officials announced a fifth measles-related death this week in the country's largest and fastest-growing outbreak.

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  Trump Admin Makes Shocking Fraud Discovery While Auditing Migrant Child Sponsors

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  The Trump administration has found a staggering number of cases of fraud while auditing the sponsors of migrant children who crossed the border alone, according to an internal memo obtained by The Daily Wire. Under the Biden administration, more than 450,000 migrant children crossed the border as unaccompanied minors and were placed into the care of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HH

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  Ron Wyden Wants To Root Out Corruption In Washington. He Can Start In His House.

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Late last month, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) voted against advancing Chris Klomp’s nomination for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, accusing him of “manipulating his tax payments.” But a Daily Wire review of the Oregon Democrat’s record suggests he may want to think twice before casting stones. Wyden has repeatedly called for a ban on congressional stock trading despite his household gen

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  Review: RFK Jr.'s YouTube Cooking Show Is Both Informative and Unsettling

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

  People tend to think of propaganda as "war is peace" rhetoric, not as an instruction to add nutritional yeast to your salmon cakes because it's "great for your microbiome." The Real Food Show reminds us that sometimes propaganda can sound like a guy selling home-brewed kombucha circa 2010. Produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), this YouTube cooking show features HHS Se

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  Why Mamdani’s Working Class Promises Are A Slippery Slope Toward Communism

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was recently asked whether America’s movement toward socialism could become a “slippery slope” into communism. She laughed . “I mean, no. I think that’s very silly,” Ocasio-Cortez responded. But communism doesn’t have to begin with the promise of communism. It can begin with promises to make housing affordable, provide universal healthcare, make the wealthy pay

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  EXCLUSIVE: 128 GOP lawmakers call for federal probe into Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

  FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 128 Republican lawmakers is pressing the federal government to scrutinize Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding and potentially launch an investigation into the organization and its affiliates. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., led the bicameral effort, asking Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General T. March Bell to rev

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  Abdul El-Sayed Billed County Taxpayers $9,000 a Month in ‘Consulting’ Fees While Running for Senate

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Washington Free Beacon(Lean right)

  Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed billed county taxpayers $ 9,000 per month in consulting fees while running for Senate, according to public records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon . The Wayne County Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services approved a contract to hire El-Sayed for "consulting services" on April 23, 2025, six days after El-Sayed announced

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  WATCH: Biden HHS Chief Smirks And Sips Coffee As He’s Blasted Over Missing Migrant Kids

  Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

  Former Health and Human Services Secretary and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra smirked and sipped his coffee when his Republican opponent, Steve Hilton, blasted him over his record on immigration. During a CNN debate earlier this week, Hilton unleashed a devastating reality check on Becerra’s disastrous stint in the Biden administration. The showdown turned tox

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  Medicaid's cost-sharing structure may incentivize fraud at state level: Report

  Oct 2, 2026 ·Just the News(Lean right)

  California, which has over 10 million residents enrolled in Medicaid, is one of roughly two dozen states that sued the federal government over the boosted work requirements enacted in Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill.”