In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing "clearly false" affidavits to derail a ...

Stephen Piepgrass, Amy Pritchard Williams, Ashley Taylor Jr. When it comes to false claims cases, the federal False Claims Act tends to be the first thing attorneys think of. That may be because the ...

President Donald Trump offered a truly astounding boast during his last State of the Union speech. “If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a ...

Like the federal government, many states have adopted False Claims Act (FCA) provisions that exclude tax matters from coverage. The federal model makes clear that matters under the Internal Revenue ...

The Connecticut General Assembly is considering legislation that could dramatically expand the scope of the state's version of the federal False Claims Act. Currently, the attorney general and private ...

An Aug. 17 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an election worker sorting ballots and includes the text of a post on X, formerly Twitter, about claims of election fraud in 2020 ...

Stretched along Virginia's Atlantic coastline, False Cape State Park gives visitors a pristine retreat with 6 miles of untouched beaches accessible only by foot, bike or boat. Miles of trails meander ...

Looking for NPR stories on Twitter? Look elsewhere. NPR has not tweeted since Twitter slapped a “US state-affiliated media” label on its main account on Wednesday, a designation that lumps the news ...