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But the videos are a scam. The federal government is not offering a 2024 holiday stimulus check.

Another celebrity is purportedly hawking medication created by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a heart surgeon, former talk show host and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and ...

The San Francisco 49ers lost to the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 12, but claims the NFL fired three referees after the matchup are unfounded.

The image of Kate isn’t authentic. A reverse-image search led us to a website where it was identified as artificial intelligence art that was generated using this prompt: "Kate Middleton lies bald in ...

"Josh Shapiro called the McDonald’s employee who reported Luigi Mangione a ‘hero.’ She will NOT get the $10,000 reward money because she called 911 instead of the tip line," a Dec. 16 Threads post ...

A shutdown’s effects vary by agency. The Defense Department’s plan, for example, says active military members will remain on duty, but civilian employees will be furloughed. Some civilian employees, ...

A Jacobs spokesperson pointed to several data points, including a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-19 reduced economic output by $11 billion ...

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Congress hasn’t increased its pay since 2009, so the idea that it would propose nearly $70,000 raises in stopgap legislation caught our attention. We found that the Department of Government Efficiency ...