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Hundreds of nursing homes have received nearly $2.5 billion in mortgages and loans guaranteed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development since 2009 despite getting the lowest possible rating from federal health officials. (iStock Photo)
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HUD backing mortgages, loans for lowest-rated nursing homes despite warnings

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House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith wants to know how and why a federal agency gave nearly a million tax dollars to a project studying how to target political speech on Twitter. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
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House science committee chairman challenges NSF ‘Truthy Project’ funding

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Advocates spar on FDA, USDA not checking food for farm pesticides
Healthcare

Advocates spar on FDA, USDA not checking food for farm pesticides

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The FDA's tests for pesticides on fruits ignores the most widely used defoliant, according to the GAO. (iStock Photo)
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FDA, USDA not testing foods for most widely used farm pesticide

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Tuesday's Republican sweep of the midterm elections should clear the way for getting the whole truth about IRS targeting and harassment of Tea Party nonprofit applicants, according to an attorney who represents dozens of the groups. (AP Photo)

Tea Party lawyer hails GOP election victories as boon to IRS scandal probe

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One of the nation's largest dialysis services companies has agreed to a $350 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by an employee-turned-whistleblower under the federal False Claims Act. (iStock)
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Whistleblower to share $350m settlement with dialysis service

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The HUD IG's report documented in detail that Rotan, Texas, officials failed at every turn with 86 housing units.

Big HUD problems in tiny Texas town

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Employees of an obscure Department of State office responsible for planning information technology investments at the heart of U.S. diplomacy spend

State Department IT strategic investments planners do little actual planning

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Rick Lee from Sacramento FEMA's Search and Rescue Task Force Seven directs his dog Ana while searching homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in East Biloxi, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. The new logistics supply management system was meant to fix problems that became obvious during FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

IG says FEMA can’t be sure new logistics system will work in next Katrina

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National Institute of Health officials are spending more than $2.1 million to develop shoe insoles and special buttons that track a person's weight. (iStock Photo)
Healthcare

Step away from the chicken nuggets, NIH’s anti-obesity device will order

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