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  • Government and Policy Reporter, NOTUS
Washington, D.C.
As seen in: NOTUS, Flipboard, Nextgov/FCW, EIN News, Defense One, Times of San Diego, GovExec Space Project, NewsBreak, Government Executive, WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.), Government Cyber Insider and
reporting on how the government works—or doesn't—at @NOTUSreports Previously @NextgovFCW. NC native, DC resident. signal: nalms.41 and nataliealms@notus.com
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The Push Toward At-Home Care Is Caught in Trump’s Anti-Fraud Crusade

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By Paige Winfield Cunningham Verified, Natalie Alms Verified
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Thousands of Californians unable to feed, bathe and dress themselves have struggled to find caregivers, prompting the state to swell its in-home care program. That effort is now being thrown back in its face. The Trump administration is citing the rapid growth of California’s in-home services as evidence of fraud, withholding more money from it than any other single health program in the country.
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From Watchdogs to ‘Lapdogs’: Inside the Trumpification of Agencies’ Inspectors General

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By Natalie Alms Verified, Eric Katz Verified
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The Veterans Affairs Department’s internal watchdog was set to relocate to a different Washington office space last year. That was until the inspector general decided she needed her own bathroom. Cheryl Mason, who served as VA Secretary Doug Collins’ senior adviser before President Donald Trump fired the existing IG and tapped her to replace him, held up the move for months, citing the need for a personal lavatory in her office, three people familiar with the matter told NOTUS.
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How Trump Came to Gut a Once-Popular Tool to Track Financial Crimes

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By Anna Kramer Verified, Natalie Alms Verified
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The idea that the United States government should know who owns every company was once a very popular one. A 2021 law that created a tool to track bad actors financing terrorism, paying bribes and hiding from the U.S. government passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Then-Sen. Marco Rubio, who sponsored the proposal twice, called it “the most significant anti-corruption & money laundering law in decades” and pressed the Treasury Department to enforce the data collection as recently as 2023.
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