‘Extreme’ use of painkillers and doctor shopping plague Medicare, new report says

In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine in a single month last year — written by just one of the 42 health providers who prescribed the person such drugs. In Illinois, a different...

Fact Check: Trump Falsely Blames Loretta Lynch in Son’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer

President Trump suggested the former attorney general was at fault for admitting the Russian lawyer who met with his son in June 2016.

Transgender Students Turn to Courts as Government Support Erodes

A case in point is a Florida student who sued his school board last month after his mother said the federal authorities stopped investigating his complaint.