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California DOGE leader slams Newsom, Bonta over state’s massive fraud issues: “Every day is opposite day»
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Republican congressional candidate and CAL DOGE Director Jenny Rae Le Roux is slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta for failing to crack down on widespread fraud after her watchdog group uncovered multiple cases she says state leaders ignored.
«Every day is opposite day when it comes to Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta,» Le Roux told Fox News Digital. «Whatever they say, I generally believe the exact opposite is true and so when Gavin Newsom says that fraud is under control, what that means is that either he’s in on it or unwilling to do anything about it.»
«They are either unwilling to do anything or they are not wanting to do it and they’re just trying to spin what they are already doing in that way,» she added.
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN SLAMS STATE’S HANDLING OF HOSPICE FRAUD AS SHE LOOKS TO FLIP BLUE SEAT
California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media after announcing the state is suing the White House to restore SNAP funding before the cutoff during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves)
California has been at the center of the national fraud spotlight in recent months as the Trump administration has sent resources to the state to look into various accusations of fraud ranging from healthcare to homelessness to nonprofit organizations.
The CEO of a California hospice advocacy group told congressional lawmakers Tuesday that fraud in the industry is flourishing across the state, questioning how numerous fraudulent providers can continue to operate under the nose of regulators.
«You’d be amazed at how many hospices… the door you can walk up to in California and there is nobody there. Five months’ worth of mail that you can see stacked… nobody’s there,» Sheila Clark, the president and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA), said. «And that passed a survey. How did that happen?»
Le Roux said her group uncovered what she described as «intentional fraud» in Sacramento, alleging funds are being redirected toward «Democrat base-building.» Cal DOGE is a group that works to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in California that was launched in early 2026 by Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.
The group says it has uncovered almost $700 million in waste, fraud, and abuse since its founding.
«We have been more effective with a group of volunteers in the last 10 weeks than Gavin Newsom and Rob Bonta have since they’ve been in office,» Le Roux said.
She added Bonta’s office wasted resources on legal battles against the Trump administration instead of focusing on fraud patterns that her group identified using artificial intelligence and financial data.
«Rob Bonta’s office billed over 150,000 hours a year going after President Trump and the Trump administration’s policies that equates to almost 200 lawyers times when you extrapolate it out over an entire year, which is one-sixth of his entire office, and larger than the DOJ office that’s actually doing something in California,» she said.
Le Roux, a cousin of Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, launched her campaign in March and is running in the GOP primary for California’s 47th Congressional District with a focus on combating fraud.
«It doesn’t just happen, it’s the normal way of operating, which is why, again, the people who’ve been perpetrating the fraud and leading the charge on it, Newsom and Bonta, can’t be the ones that are actually going to investigate it,» she said.
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In one example, she said her group uncovered a case where $370 million in cannabis tax revenue was routed through an intermediary and split into smaller grants that went to unrelated programs. She pointed to systemic flaws, including limited federal prosecution for funds «mostly under $1 million.»
«There is no oversight, not one report that is required to explain where the money is spent,» she said.
As a result, she said that a lack of oversight has contributed to an estimated $80 billion annually in «fraud, waste, or gross overpayments,» arguing the problem is systematic.
Amid recent hospice fraud allegations, Le Roux said stronger oversight could have prevented the issue and curbed the fraud. Newsom’s office pushed back, saying enforcement falls to the federal government.
«These hospice agencies that we are now in the process of shutting down were licensed by the state of California,» she said. «They should have never been opened. Every piece of oversight that the state of California should have been administrating had not been happening and so this is a California issue.»
She said her group is pressuring officials to prosecute fraud.
«Newsom is trying to take credit for doing nothing instead of actually becoming a part of reform in our state, which is by the way, what not just Republicans, but independents and Democrats want desperately,» she said.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state is suing the White House to restore SNAP funding before the cutoff during a news conference in Sacramento. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)
However, she emphasized fraud extends beyond California.
«When money flows into California and nothing is checked, that is an American problem, not a California problem,» she said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Newsom and Bonta for comment.
Newsom’s office has responded to critics in general in recent weeks by saying the state is «leading the nation in preventing fraud.»
«Since @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom took office: — $125 billion+ in fraud STOPPED — 1,200+ criminals ARRESTED — 83% reduction in EBT fraud in one year — New hospice licenses BANNED beginning in 2022,» Newsom’s press office posted on X last month.
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Más allá de la mesa familiar: cuáles son los factores que influyen en lo que comen los niños, según la ciencia
Lo que un niño come en su casa rara vez depende de una sola decisión individual. La evidencia en salud pública y nutrición infantil coincide en que la alimentación está moldeada por factores del entorno, del tiempo disponible, del presupuesto, de la cultura familiar y de la presión comercial. Incluso cuando madres y padres quieren “hacerlo bien”, el contexto puede empujar hacia opciones más rápidas, más baratas o más presentes en la vida cotidiana.
Un marco clásico de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre alimentación complementaria plantea, desde hace décadas, que mejorar la dieta infantil exige algo más que información: requiere identificar qué facilita y qué bloquea conductas saludables, incluyendo el acceso a alimentos adecuados y la posibilidad real de sostener rutinas de preparación y de alimentación seguras.
En la misma línea, revisiones más recientes sobre hábitos alimentarios infantiles describen que el hogar es un “nicho” donde influyen decisiones de compra, disponibilidad de productos, reglas familiares y, cada vez más, la exposición a marketing y a entornos escolares.
1) Precio y accesibilidad de los alimentos
El costo condiciona la lista de compras y, por lo tanto, lo que llega al plato. En hogares con presupuestos ajustados, el precio puede favorecer alimentos más calóricos y menos nutritivos, o reducir la diversidad. Una revisión sobre factores que influyen en las conductas alimentarias de niños señaló que los patrones de alimentación no dependen solo de preferencias: también del estatus socioeconómico, el entorno comunitario y la oferta disponible.
2) Tiempo real para comprar, cocinar y sentarse a comer
La falta de tiempo es una de las variables más subestimadas: determina si hay cocina “desde cero”, si se recurre a ultraprocesados o si se improvisa con lo que haya. En una revisión crítica sobre el sistema alimentario y la dieta infantil, se remarca que el entorno personal (hogar) y el externo (mercado, escuela, marketing) se combinan, y que el peso de cada factor cambia según la edad. En primera infancia, el hogar domina; luego, ganan terreno la escuela y el entorno comercial.
3) Disponibilidad en el hogar y “reglas” domésticas
Lo que está al alcance (fruta lavada, yogur, galletitas, gaseosas, snacks) tiene más probabilidad de consumirse. La misma revisión en PMC subraya que madres, padres o cuidadores actúan como “arquitectos” del entorno alimentario: compras, porciones, horarios, y exposición repetida a ciertos alimentos. Es un punto clave porque el niño no elige desde cero: elige dentro del marco que el hogar permite.
4) Cultura, normas familiares y contexto social
La comida no es solo nutrientes: es identidad, costumbre, formas de crianza y expectativas. Las tradiciones pueden favorecer platos caseros y horarios estructurados o, por el contrario, naturalizar el picoteo constante. La OMS, en su guía clásica sobre alimentación complementaria, insiste en prácticas como alimentación receptiva (responder señales de hambre y saciedad, sin forzar), higiene y progresión de texturas, pero también aclara que su implementación requiere adaptar mensajes a alimentos culturalmente aceptables y accesibles, además de identificar barreras locales.
5) Marketing, escuela y presión del entorno
A medida que crecen, los niños están más expuestos a comedores escolares, kioscos, cumpleaños, redes y publicidad. La revisión de Nutrition Research Reviews menciona el papel del marketing y del entorno escolar dentro del “entorno alimentario externo”, que puede empujar hacia productos de alta densidad calórica. No es un detalle: el marketing no solo influye en el niño, también incide sobre el adulto que compra, al instalar productos como “adecuados” o “necesarios”.
El punto central es que la alimentación infantil se construye en capas: intenciones (querer dar lo mejor), condiciones materiales (tiempo y dinero) y entorno (oferta, publicidad, escuela) tiran del mismo hilo. Por eso, la solución suele combinar acciones domésticas y de política pública: desde mejorar la disponibilidad de opciones saludables en casa hasta entornos escolares con mejores ofertas y reglas claras sobre marketing dirigido a niños.
Cuando el foco se corre de la culpa individual a los determinantes reales, aparece una pregunta más útil: qué palancas son modificables en cada familia y en cada comunidad (organización de compras, planificación simple, disponibilidad de “opciones puente”, acuerdos familiares) y cuáles requieren apoyo externo (precios, acceso, regulación, comedores).
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US, Shield of the Americas condemn ‘ongoing efforts’ to overthrow Bolivia’s elected president amid unrest
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The United States, along with the other countries that make up the Shield of the Americas, condemned the «ongoing efforts» in Bolivia to «overthrow the legitimately and overwhelmingly elected» government of President Rodrigo Paz on Friday.
«The member countries of Shield of the Americas denounce ongoing efforts to overthrow the legitimately and overwhelmingly elected government of President Rodrigo Paz in Bolivia,» the statement read. «We stand with Paz’s democratic government as it fights back against attempts to drag Bolivia backwards through cynical efforts to prevent the delivery of food, medicine and other vital supplies to the Bolivian people through fake road blockades.»
The statement added that «Mob rule cannot replace the decision that a majority of Bolivians made at the ballot box to turn the page on two decades of corrupt governments.»
It also said that anyone who is funding protests with «dirty money» from drug trafficking and transnational crime «should be held accountable. Those who have legitimate grievances should take advantage of the government’s willingness to dialogue, and denounce those who would abuse their causes to regain power.»
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Demonstrators march in La Paz, Bolivia, on May 20, 2026, rallying against road blockades and pressure tactics used by protesters demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz amid the country’s economic and fuel crisis. (Claudia Morales/Reuters)
The State Department made the joint statement along with Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The statement comes as Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, has been rocked by weeks of social unrest as mass protests have blocked streets in major cities amid economic inflation and rising fuel prices.
Bolivian Defense Minister Marcelo Salinas resigned Tuesday.
Upon taking office, Paz supported a land reform bill to boost agribusiness that Indigenous farmers said put them at risk of eviction. He further scrapped fuel subsidies, sending prices surging by nearly 90%. Motorists complained that the gasoline was contaminated and ruined their cars.
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The Trump administration has said drug traffickers are responsible for inciting the mass unrest.
Meanwhile, former President Evo Morales of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, the country’s first Indigenous president who ruled for an unprecedented 14 years, is calling for early elections. «Paz only has two paths left: a suicidal decision like militarization or … an election in the next 90 days,» he wrote on X.
Police officers fired tear gas at community members who seized the Humberto Suarez oil facility during protests calling for President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation in Santa Rosa del Sara, Bolivia, on June 3, 2026. The protests have caused fuel and food shortages. (Ipa Ibanez/Reuters)
For almost two years now, Morales has been hiding out in Bolivia’s central coca-growing Chapare region, evading an arrest warrant on human trafficking charges relating to allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl. He rejects the allegations as politically motivated.
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Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz delivers a speech in La Paz on June 3, 2026, after naming Ernesto Justiniano as defense minister following the resignation of Marcelo Salinas amid protests. (Claudia Morales/Reuters)
On Thursday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post on X, that the War Department and the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C), a recently established multinational military and political alliance, reject all attempts to overthrow the government of Rodrigo Paz Pereira six months into his term.
Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales greets a member of the country’s anti-drugs forces in Santa Cruz province near the Paraguay border on March 28, 2009. T (Stringer/Reuters)
«The United States is watching. Bolivia must not allow itself to fall prey to the old status quo of narco-terrorist dominance in the region,» Hegseth wrote. «We will continue to support our A3C partners like Bolivia to ensure that narco-terrorists are deterred from profiting on death and destruction in our hemisphere.»
Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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California election limbo fueled by 4 pressure points dragging out vote count, expert says
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California’s still-unsettled election results are the consequence of the state’s vote-by-mail system, according to election law expert Hans von Spakovsky, who said the process can keep ballots moving through verification and counting for days and even weeks after Election Day.
The Golden State is continuing to count ballots cast in its June 2 primary elections, a process that has extended beyond Election Day due to the state’s election laws, administrative procedures, and vote-counting policies, said von Spakovsky. The delay is not the result of an isolated incident or unexpected complication but stems from the structure of its electoral system before final results can be certified.
«There are four reasons why California takes so long,» von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital on Friday. «First of all, it’s almost entirely a mail election now.»
The Los Angeles mayoral race has captured the nation’s attention as Republican-aligned candidate Spencer Pratt awaits a tally determining if he or Democrat-aligned Nithya Raman will advance to the runoff election in November against incumbent Democrat Karen Bass. While former Health and Human Services secretary under the Biden administration, Xavier Becerra, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Tom Steyer are still duking it out for the top two spots in the state’s jungle primary process ahead of the general election in November.
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A ballot box sits outside Contra Costa County’s elections office in Martinez, Calif., on May 27, 2026. June 2 is the last day to vote in person or return a ballot before California’s statewide primary election. (Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)
Von Spakovsky identified what he said are the four causes for the delay in final tallies: mass mail voting, a seven-day post-Election Day ballot receipt window, a 22-day cure period for signature issues, and high volumes of provisional ballots that must be individually investigated.
Of the four causes of the delay, von Spakovsky said California’s mail-ballot rules cause the greatest concern because it dramatically slows the counting process. With the vast majority of ballots cast by mail, election officials must spend additional time verifying and processing those ballots before they can be counted, extending the timeline for final results.
«You can go vote in person, but like in the 2024 election, out of 16 million votes that were cast in the presidential election, 13 million were by mail. It takes much longer to process a mail-in ballot than a ballot that’s cast at a polling place,» he said.
Mail-in ballots allow voters to cast their ballots from home, avoid long lines and grew in popularity during the pandemic.
Ballot drops are still rolling in and once they do, counties then have additional time to process, verify and tabulate those ballots, with counting expected to continue through June 15.
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Vote by mail ballots are inspected at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2025. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Von Spakovsky pointed to postmarks on ballots as a key vulnerability in counting ballots.
«California law says, ‘We’ll count absentee ballots or mail-in ballots received up to seven days after Election Day if they’re postmarked by Election Day. But if the postmark’s missing, or it’s blurry, and we can’t read it, we will just go by whatever date the voter wrote inside the envelope,’» he said.
He said the state’s election rules are too permissive, pointing to policies such as not requiring voter ID, automatic voter registration, and lengthy post-election ballot processing periods, which he argued invite fraud or irregularities.
California is one of eight states, along with Washington, D.C., that automatically sends mail ballots in to all active registered voters in their universal vote-by-mail policy.
President Donald Trump singled out the state’s election process this week, announcing that U.S. attorneys are looking into Los Angeles as the mayoral race remains pending.
«Without commenting on any specific investigation, my office has multiple election fraud investigations underway in coordination with @FBILosAngeles,» First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli wrote on X Thursday. «We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and prosecute any violations of federal election law to the fullest extent.»
«The state has stonewalled every effort to verify that only eligible U.S. citizens are registered to vote. This case is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. My office will not look the other way. We will investigate and prosecute. Every legal vote deserves to be counted. Every illegal vote cancels one out,» he added.
A sign points to a vote center during the in-person early voting period for California’s Proposition 50 special election in West Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2025. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Democrats have played down concern over the process to count the ballots, including Becerra saying those who bemoan the amount of time it takes are working «to undermine confidence in our elections.»
«We count every ballot. Thank you for your patience as we give democracy time to work,» Steyer wrote on X, citing Trump’s recent comments on the election.
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Viral rumors have spread across social media since June 2, including claims that Pratt did not receive a single vote out of about 24,000 Los Angeles ballots that rolled in.
«That’s a lie,» the California Attorney General’s Office told Fox News Digital, pointing to an X statement from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office debunking the claims as «disinformation» and a «lie.»
FILE – Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
The California governor sent a letter to state election officials in May calling on them to swiftly tabulate the upcoming elections, while focusing the letter on building and maintaining confidence in voting.
«We must continue building confidence in our elections and ensure not only that every vote is counted, but that every vote is trusted. We must acknowledge that the longer the voting count takes, the more mis- and disinformation spreads. That means we must do all that we can to tabulate votes quickly and accurately. Time is of the essence in preventing election lies from taking hold,» he wrote.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office for additional comment.
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