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A new report from an institute whose president coordinated the development of health policies during President Donald Trump’s first term says millions of people are fraudulently obtaining health insurance subsidized by the federal government. The Paragon Health Institute is a think-tank whose president, Brian Blase, is determined to root out corruption in the federal healthcare plan. “We don’t just write white papers,” he stated last December. “We focus on trying to make change.” “The Biden administration’s attempts to make it easier for people to sign up for insurance through the federal marketplace website also allowed insurance brokers to commit fraud, experts across the political spectrum agree,” The Washington Post noted, adding, “The report estimates that the income of more than a quarter of the 24 million marketplace enrollees this year was misrepresented, often by brokers, so that the plan would be fully subsidized.” “We have found that this improper enrollment and fraud surged over the past year—rising by more than one-quarter to now total nearly 6.4 million ineligible recipients,” the report, titled, “The Greater Obamacare Enrollment Fraud: The Fraud Got Much Worse in 2025,” states. “The Biden administration took a host of administrative actions that prioritized higher enrollment numbers over eligibility verification, allowing fraud to grow unchecked.” The report explains: Exchange enrollment fraud is driven by a combination of four factors: (1) the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, enacted as a temporary pandemic-era policy, which fully subsidize plans for people who report income between 100 and 150 percent of the FPL; (2) Biden administration policies that prioritized enrollment over eligibility verification and program integrity; (3) limits on how much the federal government can recover if insurers receive excess advance subsidies because of improper eligibility determinations; and (4) automatic re-enrollment, which perpetuates improper enrollments year after year. … the perverse incentives of the system have attracted unscrupulous brokers. These brokers understand how to game Obamacare. They are driving fraudulent enrollments by exploiting the enhanced direct enrollment feature of HealthCare.gov, which allows third parties to enroll consumers without their direct interaction with the exchange. In The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud, the precursor to the current report, the institute made six recommendations to deal with the fraud it found: Congress should permit the enhanced subsidies to expire after 2025. Congress should raise subsidy recapture limits to reduce incentives for people to misestimate their income. Congress or the next administration should limit automatic re-enrollment into exchange plans and end it for people moving from or into fully taxpayer-subsidized plans. Congress should appropriate cost-sharing reduction payments and prohibit silver-loading. Congress should conduct aggressive oversight of the Biden administration’s management of HealthCare.gov, enhanced direct enrollment, and insurer and broker actions to take advantage of misestimating income. Congress or the next administration should reverse policies of the Biden administration that enabled such widespread fraudulent enrollment, particularly the continuous open-enrollment period for people who report income below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. The current report staunchly supports President Trump’s budget bill, stating, “If the provisions of The One Big Beautiful Bill become law, five of Paragon’s six recommendations from The Great Obamacare Enrollment Fraud would be implemented. … The remaining reform, and the most important, is for Congress to permit the enhanced subsidies to expire after 2025.”

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he won’t “waste time” with a phone call to “whacked out” Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz following the assassinations of a state representative, her husband, and the near-assassination of a state senator and his wife over the weekend. Sources close to Walz said that the governor spoke to Vice President JD Vance after the Saturday morning shootings, but added that he had not heard from the president. Asked if he would reach out to Walz, the Democrats’ 2024 vice presidential nominee, Trump said, “I’m not calling him.” “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. Why would I call him?” Trump added. “I could call and say, ‘Hi, how you doing?’ The guy doesn’t have a clue. He’s a mess. I could be nice and call, but why waste time?” After the suspected Minnesota assassin killed Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounded Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, Trump addressed the deadly shootings. “Such horrific violence will not be tolerated in the United States of America. God Bless the great people of Minnesota, a truly great place,” the president posted on social media. Trump was also asked about reaching out to Walz during an interview with ABC News on Sunday. “Well, it’s a terrible thing. I think he’s a terrible governor. I think he’s a grossly incompetent person. But I may, I may call him, I may call other people too,” Trump said. Authorities arrested 57-year-old Vance Boelter on Sunday, just over 24 hours after the assassination of Hortman and the near-killing of Hoffman. The suspect is accused of impersonating a police officer and visiting the houses of at least four elected Democrats in Minnesota. At the Hoffmans’ home, Boelter barged in after being confronted by the state senator and his wife. Boelter opened fire, wounding both of them. He later shot and killed Hortman and her husband at their home before engaging in a shootout with police and getting away. Police said they found a potential “hit list” in Boelter’s vehicle that contained the names of numerous Democrats, including Gov. Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Angie Craig, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. Boelter, who was appointed to Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz’s Workforce Development Council in 2019, was “very conservative,” his roommate told CBS News. The roommate added that Boelter “would be offended if people thought he was a Democrat,” referring to rumors spreading on social media that Boelter was a leftist. The suspect rented a room part-time in a house in north Minneapolis, but he also lived in a home about an hour southwest of the Twin Cities with his wife and five children. Boelter faces federal charges, including stalking, murder, and multiple firearms-related offenses. The federal murder charge makes Boelter eligible for the death penalty.

As Planned Parenthood shutters facilities across the country, the organization continues to end the lives of unborn children at a rapid pace, recently setting a new record for total abortions in one year.  A new report from the American Life League, first shared with The Daily Wire, shows that the number of physical Planned Parenthood facilities has declined from 567 in 2022 to 509 in May 2025. Despite that fact, Planned Parenthood acknowledged in its most recent annual report that it had aborted 402,230 unborn babies from 2022 to 2023, up from 392,715 the year prior. The American Life League told The Daily Wire it believes that the increase in abortions was likely due to Planned Parenthood’s push for expanded abortion tourism and online options for ordering the abortion pill.  “Planned Parenthood’s business model and facilities continue to make abortion their top priority. However, the landscape has changed in our post-Dobbs America, and the abortion giant is now capitalizing on its distribution of abortion pills to women, not only through the facilities themselves but through telehealth visits, its phone app, and its new virtual health centers,” the report says.  As states have adopted tighter pro-life laws following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, there has been a sharp increase in women traveling across state lines to get abortions. Planned Parenthood promotes this kind of travel and encourages women to seek financial assistance. The states that saw the greatest increase in abortion tourism in 2024 were Illinois, North Carolina, Kansas, and New Mexico. At the same time, abortion by pill continues to increase. According to some estimates, medical abortions account for over 60% of all reported abortions. Even more go unreported because of the widespread availability of the abortion pill, even in states where all abortions are supposed to be banned.  The American Life League found that 133 of Planned Parenthood’s 509 physical facilities offer telehealth options for ordering abortion pills. Abortion pills can also be obtained through Planned Parenthood’s app or a virtual health center. There are currently 43 virtual health centers across 34 states, including 23 that offer abortion pill services, according to the American Life League.  With Planned Parenthood’s app, women in states like Minnesota are able to order abortion pills with overnight shipping for $349. The only steps needed to get the pills are to request them, have a Planned Parenthood worker “review” the application, and then have the pills sent in “discreet” packaging to the woman’s home address or pharmacy.  Planned Parenthood website. American Life League National Director Katie Brown Xavios told The Daily Wire that she would like to see lawmakers take dramatic steps to crack down on the availability of the abortion pill.  “I think given that reinstating the restrictions on the abortion pill doesn’t go far enough, we would have to completely take it off the market to affect any kind of change, because Planned Parenthood is always going to be two steps ahead with this kind of thing,” she said.  Brown said it was positive that Planned Parenthood’s physical facilities were shuttering, including some that offer surgical abortions, partly the result of budget cuts due to the loss of government grants and funding. Even more facilities could close if the Senate passes the “big, beautiful bill,” which cuts Medicaid reimbursements to facilities that obtain abortions. Planned Parenthood says these cuts could lead to the closure of some 200 more facilities. From 2022 to 2023, Planned Parenthood received nearly $800 million in taxpayer dollars. American Life League report. The number of Planned Parenthood facilities has steadily declined from their peak in the mid-1990s, when there were 938 facilities. The only states where Planned Parenthood currently does not have a physical or virtual presence are Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi. “While it remains unknown how many preborn babies are dying at the hands of Planned Parenthood from surgical, contraceptive, and pill abortions, it is clear that Planned Parenthood has built a landscape for more abortion through apps, telehealth, and virtual health centers, even as its physical facility numbers decline,” the report said.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a personal text message about the Israel-Iran conflict from Mike Huckabee, who is serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel.  Huckabee, a former Christian pastor, told Trump that he believes God saved his life during an assassination attempt last year so he could serve in this moment, listen to God’s voice, and act accordingly in the high-stakes conflict between Israel and Iran. “Mr. President, God spared you in Butler, PA, to be the most consequential president in a century — maybe ever,” Huckabee wrote. “The decisions on your shoulders, I would not want to be made by anybody else.” “You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters,” the former Arkansas governor told Trump. “HIS voice.” Huckabee noted that Trump appointed him as ambassador to Israel, emphasizing that he trusts Trump’s “instincts.” “No president in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945,” he said. “I don’t reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you. I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s.” “You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears, and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave. I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down!” “You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU!” Huckabee concluded. “It is my honor to serve you!” Former Trump administration White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany posted a screenshot of Huckabee’s note to Trump on X. “Huckabee’s message is so WISE and divinely inspired,” she captioned the image.  President @realDonaldTrump just posted this message from @GovMikeHuckabee on Truth Social. Huckabee’s message is so WISE and divinely inspired: “God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century–maybe ever… You have many voices speaking to… pic.twitter.com/sqCs4J3NVm — Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) June 17, 2025 Trump captioned the message from Huckabee on Truth Social: “From Mike Huckabee, a Pastor, Politician, Ambassador, and Great Person!”  On June 13, Israel started targeting nuclear facilities, military leaders, and state media in Iran in what it called “preemptive strikes.” The nation is continuing its efforts, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the conflict would end if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were killed, The Daily Wire reported. Trump said on Tuesday that he wants “a real end” to the conflict between Israel and Iran, adding that a mere ceasefire isn’t enough. Related: LIVE UPDATES: Israel Eliminates More Iranian Commanders As Trump Weighs In