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   <news:title>Trump’s DOJ Quietly Dropped a Nursing Home Abuse Investigation — Along With 23,000 Other Cases</news:title>
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   <news:title>Virginia Was Quietly Not Enforcing Its Own Nursing Home Insurance Law — and Internal Emails Show Officials Knew It</news:title>
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