In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed:

• INTERVIEW: Carroll Harris: DC Chapter Leader of the Travis Manion Foundation on its DC installment of their national Manion WOD CrossFit event at the Iwo Jima Memorial on Saturday, April 25 at 9 a.m.
• Fraud in the USA: Hospice CEO asks Congress how a provider can operate 'out of a burrito stand in California' with no oversight. (MSN)

       Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Tuesday           that his agency would request plans from all 50 states to conduct reevaluations of their                     Medicaid providers, to be submitted within the next 30 days. (FOX News)

       U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Thursday announced charges of               wire fraud conspiracy against Chinese bosses for a scam in Burma and Cambodia that                     targeted Americans. (NBC 3 Las Vegas)

• FDA Approves Miracle Drug: The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a one-time treatment that proved to be life-changing for a small number of children in a clinical trial who were born without hearing.

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Episode: Friday, April 24, 2026 / 6 AM Hour