WASHINGTON — A House committee has launched an investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud in 10 states — including New York and California — demanding records “to ensure program integrity in states nationwide,” The Post can reveal. The letters, sent March 3 by GOP leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, asked for records and communications from the governors and leaders of state health agencies of New York, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maine, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington State. Each of the missives drew attention to recent reports or prosecutions of fraudsters in the respective states. In New York, for…
DENVER — Even with both teams eventually down multiple key players, Thursday night at Ball Arena was the Lakers’ biggest test against a potential Western Conference playoff team in nearly a month. And they learned more about what it’ll take to compete with the other top teams in the West,…
Britney Spears is still under investigation following her DUI arrest near her home in Ventura County, California. Us Weekly has learned that chemical examination results from Spears’ field sobriety tests on Wednesday, March 4, are pending and could impact the scope of an ongoing police investigation. Spears’ Black BMW 430i…
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s “MAGA Warrior” pick to replace Kristi Noem as the secretary of Homeland Security, revealed the origin of his unique first name in a single interview over a decade ago. Mullin, an ex-MMA fighter and father of six, was announced as Trump’s nominee after…
TAMPA — With just under nine months to go until the current Collective Bargaining Agreement is set to expire, both MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association have been battening down the hatches for what appears to be increasingly likely next winter: a lockout. While the two sides are…
DENVER — Lakers starting center Deandre Ayton had an early exit from Thursday’s road game against the Nuggets because of a knee injury. Ayton played his initial four-minute stint to start Thursday’s game before backup big man Jaxson Hayes subbed in for him at the 7:30 mark of the first. …
UPDATE — 3/5/26 at 5:34 p.m. ET: Authorities have identified the girls who were found dead inside a pair of suitcases dumped in an Ohio park. The victims were identified as Amor Wilson, 10, and Mila Chatman, 8. Their mother, Aliyah Henderson, has been charged with their murders. Original story:…
A group of fed-up techies and “radical centrists” is launching a counteroffensive to what they call an out-of-touch lefty agenda that’s driving people out of California. An event in Mountain View, Calif. — home to Alphabet, Waymo and other tech giants — drew San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, San Francisco District…
A federal trade judge ordered the Trump administration to begin refunding more than $130 billion in tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down the levies last month. Judge Richard Eaton of the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade issued a written order Wednesday directing the government to begin refunding importers. Eaton…
Sam Carrick is reportedly headed to Buffalo. After the Rangers held Carrick out of the lineup for Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Maple Leafs, Sportsnet reported the veteran center is expected to be traded to the Sabres before the 3 p.m. deadline on Friday. As of late Thursday night, the…
Six people have been arrested in connection to a $2.8 million “gold bar” scam in Texas that targeted at least six elderly victims. The Friendswood Police Department said in a social media statement that the investigation into the scam was launched in December 2025 after an 81-year-old resident was persuaded…
House lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday that would reopen the Department of Homeland Security, but most Democrats remain opposed to ending the partial government shutdown despite a leadership shakeup at DHS and military operations against Iran. The bill to fund DHS – including ICE, FEMA and TSA – through Sept.…
Prediction market Kalshi has drawn outrage for refusing to pay out winnings on a $54 million trade related to the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Many bettors assumed they had won big on wagers that Khamenei would be “out as Supreme Leader” by Saturday after he was…
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford will have one of his favorite targets for at least one more season — and possibly longer. Tight end Tyler Higbee, a fourth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft who played at Western Kentucky, and the Rams have agreed to a two-year contract extension, according to…
Tom Sandoval has become a reality competition guru following the end of the original Vanderpump Rules, but he hasn’t ruled out appearing on its spinoff, The Valley. “I’ve gone back and forth about The Valley, you know, wanting to be on it, not wanting to be on it,” Sandoval, 43,…
California Democrats need to address the affordability crisis to help struggling residents, but their plan to accomplish this goal seems rather tone-deaf. To raise money for the upcoming midterm elections, the California Democratic Party and Senate Pro Tem Monique Limón are hosting a two-day golf and spa retreat for lobbyists…
Danica Patrick appears to have lost her job as a Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst the same day that her ex-boyfriend, Aaron Rodgers, railed against his exes in a fiery appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. Sky Sports released its broadcasting lineup for the upcoming season on Wednesday, March 4,…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice hasn’t shelved the investigation into former President Joe Biden’s alleged misuse of the autopen, The Post has learned. A senior DOJ official told reporters Thursday that the investigation was not “closed” but the case was “tough” to make given the executive privilege issues involved…
President Trump cast Tucker Carlson out of his Make America Great Again movement following the conservative talking head’s loud criticism of the US and Israeli assault on Iran. “Tucker has lost his way,” the commander-in-chief told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl on Thursday. “I knew that a long time ago, and he’s…
TAMPA — Carlos Lagrange’s third season in professional baseball, and his second stateside, was arguably his most frustrating. Then 21 years old in 2024, the Yankees pitching prospect missed time with a back injury that limited him to nine games. When he was on the mound, he posted a 6.86…
Yes, Sarah J. Maas announced two new A Court of Thorns and Roses books during her “Call Her Daddy” interview, but she also offered rare insight into her home life. Maas, 40, has been married to husband Josh Wasserman since 2010. The two share a son named Taran, born in…
Six Flags Entertainment will sell off seven of its amusement parks in the United States and Canada to EPR Properties, the company announced Thursday. The company said it would sell off Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan; Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in Texas; Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, New York; Six Flags…
The moon will officially be spared from an explosive encounter with a “city-killer” asteroid in 2032, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal.Collected on Feb. 18 and Feb. 26 with JWST’s sensitive infrared instruments, the new observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 allowed NASA astronomers to…
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart‘s first encounter was straight out of a rom-com — albeit one set among the Hollywood A-list. The Star Wars actor and the Ally McBeal alum initially met at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards. Reports circulated at the time that Flockhart got her future husband’s attention…
Most NFL teams discourage prospects from ending up in jail, but Fernando Mendoza revealed that one team was telling him to try and end up behind bars. The end goal? Allowing him to drop a bit in the draft, presumably so that the team could take Mendoza. The Indiana quarterback…
The family of Wu-Tang Clan founding member Oliver “Power” Grant has revealed the late musician’s cause of death. In a joint statement first shared with Rolling Stone on Sunday, March 1, the family and hip-hop group confirmed that Grant died following “a courageous and hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer.” Grant,…
Was it pure coincidence or something more intentional when the lights went out in overtime of a 3-3 game between UMass and UConn and the Huskies had a chance to win? That’s the question UConn hockey fans are probably asking themselves after the No. 13 team in the nation lost…
Emma Stone and husband Dave McCary kept their romance relatively under wraps before welcoming their first child in March 2021. Stone previously dated Andrew Garfield, with whom she appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. The costars were together for four years until Us Weekly confirmed in…
The US is operating without a fully funded Department of Homeland Security — the nation’s first line of defense against terror threats, especially during conflicts — prompting dire warnings from the GOP. “This is certainly not the time to play games,” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) told Fox…
Geno Auriemma stood on the sideline in front of his bench with his hands on his hips, his left leg popped. A fruitless Huskies possession resulted in the Connecticut coach dropping his head and crossing his arms like a frustrated teacher. His Huskies led by only 34 early in the…
The Gaudreau family is reflecting on their time attending the 2026 Winter Olympics more than one year after Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau were tragically killed. “When we were first invited to Milan for the Olympics, we said no. It felt like more than we could handle,” the Gaudreau family wrote…
Anders Lee has made a career of potting goals around the net, but this one wasn’t your typical deflection score or rebound stuffer. The Islanders captain lowered his shoulder coming down the right wall and swooped around a defenseman on his backhand, before shifting to his forehand and burying the…
Hollywood’s biggest stars stepped out in full force for SAG-AFTRA’s 32nd Actor Awards. Celebrities delivered a masterclass in modern glamour and timeless tailoring as film and television’s finest gathered to celebrate standout performances at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 1. From scene-stealing gowns to perfectly cut…
Indiana Rep. Jim Baird’s wife Danise died early Sunday from “complications” related to more than a dozen fractures she sustained in a hit-and-run car crash in early January. The congressman and his wife were both originally expected “to be okay” after a “pretty bad” car crash while returning to Washington,…
Keaton Parks admits the thought that he may never again get to take the pitch crossed his mind as he recovered from surgery to address a blood flow issue in his right leg. For the New York City FC midfielder, it was the third time he’d had a procedure done…
John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is revealing the last thing his sister Tatiana Schlossberg said to him before she died at the age of 35. “I can tell you that she’s still rooting for us and the last thing she said to me was, ‘You better win,” Jack, who…
PORT ST. LUCIE — A day after SNY analyst Ron Darling said the Mets should go to a five-man rotation instead of having to “work around” Kodai Senga’s preference to pitch in a six-man rotation, Senga threw live batting practice on a back field and looked good again. Carlos Mendoza,…
Bravo celebrity Caroline Stanbury is giving an update on the whereabouts and wellbeing of her family amid the U.S. and Israel’s ongoing missile strikes on Iran. “Thank you so much for all the amazing messages I am getting — I am currently in L.A, which is not ideal because my…
TAMPA — Randal Grichuk had so much to gain by joining the Yankees: A chance to win a championship. Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. Sign Up…
Maggie Gyllenhaal is revealing how she really felt about her brother Jake Gyllenhaal’s early career success. “In general, I am very interested in envy,” Maggie, 48, said during a Saturday, February 28, interview with The New York Times, when asked about a “sibling rivalry” between her and Jake, 45. “I…
President Trump warned the ongoing joint US-Israeli war against Iran could stretch on for “four weeks or so” — as he mourned the three American service members killed in the conflict and said there could be more deaths. Trump told Daily Mail Sunday that the campaign was “going as per…
The CEO of McDonald’s was ruthlessly mocked across social media after posting a viral video of himself struggling to chomp down on a new super-sized menu item — which he oddly called a “product” — at the fast food chain. The clip posted to social media last month shows McDonald’s…
What should be most obvious about these Knicks by now is that the moment you want to paint them into a corner in order to declare who they are — They’re contenders! They’re pretenders! They’re Finals bound! They’re frauds! — is exactly the moment when they will all but openly…
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