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National debt over 4x greater than reported, accounting group says

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion. Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment,

FBI cracks down on alleged $60M hospice fraud in LA County

(The Center Square) – The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests for Operation Never Say Die during a news conference. "Federal agents

Student protesters disrupt University event connected to the Department of War

Student protesters disrupt University event connected to the Department of War

“Attention. This facility is complicit in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the genocide of Palestinians.” These words were shouted through a bullhorn by philosophy major Julian Staggs as he and other protesters rushed into the EngineWorks’ building on MSU’s Innovation Campus. Their mission? To disrupt an

Can’t heaven wait? | Mary Sheehy Moe

Can you hear the prayer of the children, softly pleading for silence in a shattered world? Last year Ukraine saw its sharpest increases in war-caused childhood casualties since 2022, averaging 16 per week. The number of children experiencing anxiety, trauma, and grief as a result of the endless Russian

Letter to the editor: Repair is possible

The Trump administration and Trump-supporting Republicans have imposed a seemingly endless set of changes to federal agencies, governmental function and public policy. All informed citizens understand the problems created by unscientific public health policies, political purges of civil servants, defunding of regulatory agencies, attacks on higher education, xenophobic immigration

U.S., NATO alliance on the line as Trump set to meet with Rutte

(The Center Square) – Tensions are running high between President Donald Trump and NATO leaders, as grumblings grow over the U.S. withdrawing from the alliance. NATO’s relationship with the U.S. is being scrutinized by a growing number of Republicans, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is questioning

Wait, there's a ‘Cat in the cupola?

Wait, there's a ‘Cat in the cupola?

DISCLAIMER: This is a satirical piece. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Exponent or its writers and should not be construed as truth. According to an MSU urban legend, an oblivious cow was once led up the stairs of Montana Hall to the cupola, the big phallic