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09/01/2026

Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, ICE abruptly stopped paying third parties for medical care provided to detainees.

Eleven months later, ICE still has no system to pay for outside medical care. Hospitals and other providers who continue to treat ICE detainees are not receiving payment.

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital has provided medical care for ICE detainees since last fall. It hasn’t been paid for any of these services, racking up over $4 million in unpaid bills.

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Last year, Popular Information broke the news that on October 3, 2025, U.S.

08/31/2026

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling is a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. In that role, Sonderling has pledged to “root out waste, fraud, and abuse” in safety net programs like unemployment insurance.

Prior to joining the Trump administration, however, as an attorney at the Florida law firm Gunster, Sonderling had a much different relationship with these programs.

During two trips to China in 2015, Sonderling made numerous speeches and presentations pitching Chinese nationals on investments in Florida. At a July 2015 presentation Sonderling delivered with the Premier Capital Group, a Chinese language banner in the room emphasized that investors who received green cards would have access to “America’s Comprehensive Welfare.”

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Keith Sonderling traveled to China to encourage investment in a Florida real estate development. Prospects were promised a green card and access government benefits.

08/27/2026

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.

One of these sites is now being used to legitimize a specious attack against former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.

08/26/2026

“PIED-A-TERROR,” the New York Post cover blared on July 28. The paper claimed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani put “people in danger by posting a ‘rich to be taxed’ list publicly.”

In an article published online on July 27, the Post claimed that the Mamdani administration “published a searchable database of Big Apple properties that could fall under the state’s new pied-à-terre tax, effectively doxxing thousands of wealthy New Yorkers.”

But Mamdani did not “doxx” any residents. The same information has been public — and searchable online — for decades.

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“PIED-A-TERROR,” the New York Post cover blared on July 28.

08/25/2026

In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires. Opponents of the measure have a big problem: taxing billionaires is quite popular.

A new AI-slop ad being run extensively on Meta platforms navigates around this issue by claiming it is not a “billionaire tax” but an “everyone tax.” This may be an effective message but it is not true.

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In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires.

08/24/2026

Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, launched an ad that emphasized he was traveling the state in a GMC truck. “Whatley’s driven thousands of miles across North Carolina trying to fix our country and help working families,” the narrator says.

Whatley has spent more than $1.5 million airing the ad statewide, according to estimates by AdImpact.

A more accurate account of Whatley’s travel habits, however, is found amid thousands of pages of campaign finance filings. Those documents reveal that Whatley’s campaign committees have spent over $100,000 since last September on travel in a $2 million private jet.

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North Carolina Senate nominee Michael Whatley’s committees have spent over $100,000 for use of a private jet linked to a convicted felon

08/13/2026

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious. Two months later, McConnell has not returned to work in the Senate. Nevertheless, McConnell has continued to receive his Senate salary of $174,000 per year.

McConnell is fortunate to be employed in a job with excellent benefits. There is no federal law, however, that provides guaranteed paid sick leave.

One reason: Mitch McConnell.

Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.

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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was hospitalized on June 14 after suffering a fall that left him unconscious.

08/13/2026

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now.“

On August 10, an official Polymarket account on X posted a graphic falsely claiming that, in the U.S., babies receive 72 injections. Trump, according to the Polymarket post, was ending this practice. This graphic, which was previously posted by the White House in January, is false, according to multiple independent fact checkers.

This is not an isolated incident. Popular Information identified numerous other occasions where Polymarket has spread misinformation on social media platforms.

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Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now“ and creates “an information landscape with less sensationalism and more truth.” In June 2025, Coplan announced a partners...

08/11/2026

Jared Kushner has been involved in nearly every consequential foreign policy negotiation since Trump returned to the White House in early 2025. But he has been pursuing these high-level negotiations as a side hustle, and continuing his role as an investor.

It has not been going well.

The Strait of Hormuz is closed, the fighting in Ukraine has intensified, and Israel is rejecting American leadership in Gaza. Meanwhile, Kushner is taking a family vacation in Iceland.

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From Gaza to Iran to Ukraine, things are not going well.

08/10/2026

Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.

Dozens of corporations are financially backing Miller’s campaign. Prominent corporations who donated $2,000 or more this cycle include Stanley Black & Decker, AT&T, Kroger, DraftKings, Nike, and Walmart.

Popular Information contacted all of Miller’s corporate donors and asked if they continued to support Miller’s candidacy. Citi declined to comment. The other donors did not respond.

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Congressman Max Miller (R-OH) is facing serious allegations of domestic abuse.

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