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on March 6, 2017 in World News

New York Times Trashes Its Own Reporting on Obama Admin Wiretapping

by Ezra Dulis The New York Times has inadvertently attacked the credibility of its own reporting on the Obama Administration’s investigation of Russia and now-President Donald Trump. Times reporters Michael Schmidt and Michael Shear write that Trump believes the “deep state” intelligence community, staffed with holdovers from the Obama Administration, wiretapped several of his campaign associates because of a spurious article from Breitbart News: On Sunday, the president demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama had abused the power of federal law enforcement agencies before the 2016 presidential election. In a statement from his spokesman, Mr. Trump called “reports” about… View Article

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on March 5, 2017 in World News

$21.8 Million in Obamacare Tax Credits Awarded to Individuals Who Were Not Eligible to Receive Them

Ineligible enrollees can still receive payments due to ACA’s ‘good faith’ provision BY: Ali MeyerFollow @DJAliMeyer The Affordable Care Act exchanges awarded $21.8 million in advance premium tax credits to individuals who were not eligible to receive them, according to an audit from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Advance premium tax credits are awarded to those with low to moderate income to help rein in the cost of purchasing health care insurance on the exchanges. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is responsible for overseeing the Obamacare exchanges which should ensure that an individual who applies for… View Article

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