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Taxpayers lost more than $100B to COVID unemployment insurance fraud, committee finds

FIRST ON FOX: American taxpayers lost more than $100 billion to fraud and improper payments as a result of temporary unemployment insurance programs created in response to COVID-19, the House Oversight Committee found.  Fox News Digital obtained the House Oversight Committee’s report after its monthslong investigation examining fraud in pandemic unemployment relief programs.  The report […]


House GOP subpoenas Tim Walz over $250M COVID fraud scheme by Minnesota nonprofit

House Republicans sent a subpoena to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, over his administration’s handling of taxpayer funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subpoenas, sent by the House Education and Workforce Committee, center on a $250 million fraud scheme by a Minnesota-based nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which the […]


Obesity makes people more likely to catch COVID, study suggests: ‘Indisputable relationship’

Obesity has often been described as a “gateway disease” leading to other conditions — and one of those is COVID-19, according to a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Patients with obesity were found to have a 34% higher risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 compared to non-obese people, researchers found. The […]


‘Deliberate abuse of power’: Republicans erupt after bombshell Zuckerberg letter on COVID-19 censorship

House Republicans are claiming vindication after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted his company was pressured by the Biden-Harris administration to “censor certain COVID-19 content” during the pandemic. “For too long, the Harris-Biden admin pressured social media companies to censor Americans’ views online. This was a deliberate abuse of power to stifle free speech,” Rep. Richard […]


Minnesotan commutes out of state for ‘right to work’ after business closed under Walz’s COVID-era rules

LAKEVILLE, Minn. – A Minnesota resident commutes two hours a day out of state “for the right to work,” after blaming Gov. Tim Walz’s policies for the loss of her two businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Lifelong Minnesotan Lisa Zarza, who has been in the bar and restaurant industry for 32 years, told Fox News […]