The 340B hospital drug discount program crossed the $100 billion threshold in 2025, a stunning 23% one-year increase. It’s probably the biggest federal program that most people have never heard of.
The original idea of the program was simple. Manufacturers sell outpatient drugs cheaply to safety-net hospitals to serve low-income patients. The big nonprofit hospital systems instead constructed a sprawling scheme to buy drugs at a huge discount, bill taxpayers and insurance plans at full price, and pocket the difference.
Dr. Oz has proposed an obvious fix: pay hospitals based on what the drugs actually cost. The year-one savings: $4.55 billion for Medicare and $1.15 billion in patient out-of-pocket costs. And demand full transparency. When CMS asked hospitals what they actually pay for drugs, less than one-of-three hospitals responded.
Turkey has condemned Colombia'sbackingof Israeli claims of sovereignty over the Golan Heights in southwest Syria, joiningSaudi Arabiain denouncing the support.
"We strongly condemn the statement made by Colombia seeking to legitimize Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights, which constitute an integral part of Syria," Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.
"We take this occasion to reiterate our call on the international community to fulfill its responsibilities in bringing an end to Israel's occupation in the south of Syria including the Golan Heights, as well as its attacks targeting Syria's sovereignty and stability," it added.
A projectile that North Korealaunchedearlier may have fallen into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), local Kyodo News reported on Wednesday, citing a source.
South Korea previously dismissed Pyongyang's actions. The previous launch took place less than a week ago.
Meanwhile, South Korea said the projectile was likely a ballistic missile launched toward the East Sea.
Will Delete Information Previously Reported by U.S. Persons
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing a final rule that permanently removes the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN under the Corporate Transparency Act. The final rule is effective on its publication in the Federal Register. FinCEN today also announced that it will delete previously reported information by U.S. persons—now exempt from the reporting requirements—from the beneficial ownership information database.
“Today’s action is a victory for common sense and American small businesses,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “President Trump promised to cut red tape, and this final rule delivers. Treasury is eliminating a burdensome reporting requirement for millions of law-abiding business owners without compromising our national security.”
The final rule:
adopts the exemptions set out in the interim final rule issued in March 2025, making the rollback of beneficial ownership reporting by U.S. companies permanent;
exempts U.S. persons who have obtained FinCEN IDs from any obligation to update or correct the information they originally provided to FinCEN to obtain their FinCEN IDs;
eliminates the requirement for foreign companies to report U.S. person “company applicants” (i.e.,the individuals who helped those foreign companies register to do business in the United States);
exempts foreign pooled investment vehicles registered in the United States from reporting the beneficial ownership information of a U.S person in control of the investment vehicle; and
confirms that FinCEN will delete information about any individuals—company applicants, beneficial owners, or recipients of a FinCEN ID—that FinCEN reasonably believes is a U.S. person (e.g., the information is linked to a U.S. passport or U.S. driver’s license).
Under the final rule, foreign entities that are reporting companies will still be required to report beneficial ownership information for foreign individuals.
In addition to the final rule, FinCEN has issued Frequently Asked Questions, and will be updating guidance on FinCEN.gov to reflect the final rule.
One of the most strategically important US military bases outside the continental U.S., often described as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in the central Indian Ocean,faces a mysterious drone threat, according to a new report.
TWZ cited the UK Ministry of Defense, which said it was aware of reported drone sightings over the remote US-UK military base but declined to identify the drones.
"We are aware of reported sightings of drones (UAS) over Diego Garcia," the UK Defense Ministry (MoD) told the military blog Monday morning. "We are unable to provide any details about a situation which may affect the security or operation of the joint U.K.-U.S. base on Diego Garcia."
"The U.S. and U.K. Commanding Officers on Diego Garcia consider and implement appropriate measures to ensure the security and safety of the base and the safety of the personnel on the island," MoD added.
TWZ noted that US officials "were less forthcoming" about the drone threat against Diego Garcia.
"As a matter of operational security, we do not discuss specific force protection measures or security procedures at U.S. military installations," an official from U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) told the outlet on Friday. "We remain vigilant in protecting U.S. personnel and facilities."
Last Friday, the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page said drones were spotted near the base's fuel tank farm, and a daytime curfew had been imposed. "
"Inbox: Diego Garcia. Drones spotted near fuel farm. Base on 0700 to 1900 curfew until further notice. Note: message us if you have further information, thanks," the Facebook post read.
A post on Sunday by the Air Force amn/nco/snco page, titled "Diego Garcia Curfew Reportedly Due to Drone Threats," displayed curfew times across the base.
The incident highlights the growing drone threat launched from ships, submarines, or uncrewed surface vessels. Officials did not disclose the drone group size.
The incident is also a reminder that the drone scare on the US East Coast in December 2024 likely began with a drone or drones launched from a shipping container aboard a cargo ship. Drone threats are emerging outside of modern battlefields, something we've been warning about.
Also last week, a one-way attack drone was found on the tarmac at Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of Europe's most important freight hubs.
The drone threat is only going to get worse from here as the federal government is in full race mode to secure high-value assets, abroad and domestically.
Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey has signed into law a measure that effectively permits abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, right up to the point of birth. Liberal women packed the room and gleefully cheered as she put pen to paper.
The previous statute restricted abortions after 24 weeks to specific circumstances: preserving the life of the patient, physical or mental health, lethal fetal anomaly, or a grave diagnosis incompatible with sustained life outside the womb without extraordinary intervention. That framework is now gone.
The new law, deceptively titled the "Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act" (H.5595), states that an abortion may be performed by a physician based solely upon the professional judgment of the physician. No medical review process can override that judgment and the patient's decision.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signs the bill for abortions up to birth as Democrats celebrate. pic.twitter.com/BlfTobYbeD
Healey framed the change around stories of "pain and anguish and heartache and a lot of trauma." She declared: "We're signing this law today so that new patients, people we won't know or won't meet, will be able to get the care that they need in Massachusetts."
She added that health care decisions should be made "between women and families and their doctors, not politicians," and promised abortion would remain "safe... legal, and... accessible here in Massachusetts."
The ceremony featured applause and smiles from advocates, doctors, and lawmakers. Massachusetts now joins Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., as jurisdictions with no statutory gestational limit. The law takes effect in 90 days.
? UPDATE: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has officially signed a law allowing abortion up to the POINT OF BIRTH, with liberals cheering
This is straight-up demonic.
The previous law only allowed abortions after 24 weeks in limited circumstances.
Pro-life leaders did not share the celebratory mood. Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, stated: "Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Legislature have erased the final protections for unborn children who can feel pain and who could survive outside the womb."
"At the very stage when premature babies are receiving lifesaving care in neonatal intensive care units, Massachusetts will permit abortionists to end the lives of children of the same age - and even older. That is not compassion, and it is not health care," Tobias further urged.
This is what a 34-week-old baby looks like outside the womb.
In Massachusetts, you can now abort an unborn baby at this age.
Myrna Maloney Flynn, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, was blunt: the measure "legalized elective abortion up to birth on healthy moms and healthy, pain-capable infants."
She continued that it is "not about protecting the doctor-patient relationship. It is about abortionists normalizing the deaths of fully-developed infants and pressuring vulnerable women to permit their unborn children to die in heinous acts of violence."
These procedures, she noted, rank among the most severe human rights abuses permitted in only a handful of places worldwide.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) responded simply: "Jesus wept."
This movement fits a pattern of cultural celebration around the destruction of the unborn. Earlier this year a woman in Memphis took abortion pills at a gender-reveal party after learning she was having a girl while friends shouted "kill it."
Washed up Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon drew widespread criticism for posing in a red hat altered to read "Make Abortion Great Again," once again providing an example of how weirdo celebrities with dysfunctional lives should not be taken seriously whenever they spout off about how society should function.
Across the Atlantic, the UK House of Lords advanced measures that also effectively open the door to abortion up to birth, despite polling showing only about 1 percent of Britons approve of such extremes and clear majorities favor gestational limits to protect viable life.
The Massachusetts law removes objective statutory guardrails and hands the decision entirely to the attending physician.
Pro-life physicians emphasize that true medical emergencies requiring separation of mother and child are distinct from induced abortion intended to end the life of a viable unborn child.
Late-term procedures often involve dismemberment or induction, with the latter risking live birth if fetal demise is not first induced.
Supporters insist the change merely prevents families from traveling out of state for "complex medical circumstances."
Critics counter that the prior exceptions already covered life-threatening situations and severe anomalies, and that the new open-ended standard invites elective procedures on healthy mothers carrying healthy, pain-capable infants.
Data from the state's own Department of Public Health already showed dozens of abortions at 24 weeks or later in recent years; the removal of limits is expected to increase that number.
Healey and Democratic lawmakers fast-tracked the bill in the final days of the legislative session. It passed the House 119-33 before clearing the Senate. The governor, facing reelection, presented the signing as a defense against what she called attacks on reproductive health care after the Supreme Court returned the issue to the states.
The result is another blue-state outpost where the unborn lose the last remaining legal protections based on gestational age or viability. At the same moment premature infants of identical ages receive aggressive neonatal care, the same state now authorizes ending their lives under the sole criterion of a doctor's professional judgment.
This is the logical endpoint of a movement that treats abortion as both medical necessity and political sacrament.
The cheers at the State House, the "kill it" chants, the novelty hats all point in the same direction: a culture that has decided some human lives are disposable right up to the moment of birth.
Pro-life Americans continue to insist the opposite is true, and that every state still has the power - and the moral obligation - to protect those who cannot speak for themselves.
Kyiv has abruptly ceased publishing details on incoming Russian missile strikes, a tactic reflecting severe strain on Ukrainian air defenses as Moscow escalates its bombardment campaign.
The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces omitted missile metrics from recent operational briefings, following an attack in which interceptors failed to bring down any of 28 incoming ballistic projectiles.
A person familiar with the decision framed the altered reporting format as a necessary operational security adjustment amid intensifying strikes, according to Bloomberg.
Depleted Interceptor Inventories
Ukrainian forces face critical shortages of air defense munitions, particularly interceptors for US-supplied Patriot batteries capable of engaging ballistic targets.
Global demand driven by the Middle East conflict has further constrained emergency supplies.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Western transfers of defense missiles dropped threefold during the first half of 2026 compared to the previous year.
Data compiled by the Defense Ministry shows Ukraine intercepted just 29 of 195 Russian ballistic missiles launched in July, while another 40 failed in flight.
Escalating Missile and Drone Warfare
Russian forces recently targeted Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia using a mix of North Korean ballistic missiles and Zircon hypersonic cruise weapons, damaging medical infrastructure and commercial sites.
Analyzing the tactical shift, the Institute for the Study of War noted that "Russian forces are reprioritizing the production of their long-range strike systems to those that can more reliably penetrate Ukrainian air defenses."
The think tank added that "The Kremlin believes that it can exploit Ukraine's shortage of interceptor missiles to avoid having to enter meaningful negotiations or make concessions on its maximalist demands."
Ukrainian Deep-Strike Campaign
In response, Kyiv has expanded asymmetric retaliation, directing long-range drone fleets against logistics hubs and energy infrastructure deep within Russian territory.
"As of August 2026, 300+ long-range drones fly at the enemy every night," said Iryna Terekh, chief executive of Ukrainian manufacturer Fire Point, adding deep strikes have doubled Moscow's volume this year.
Moscow claimed its forces intercepted 396 Ukrainian drones overnight across 14 regions and Crimea, though strikes triggered warehouse blazes in the Voronezh region.
