California’s governor has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, and he has found his latest target. Gavin Newsom (D) has filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, over the latter’s allegations of health care fraud in the Golden State. While Newsom has claimed the allegations are racially motivated, Oz is pushing back.

Video origins
The feud began after Oz posted a video on X claiming to document health care fraud being perpetrated by Armenian immigrants throughout Los Angeles County. The county has become an “epicenter for health care fraud in America,” Oz said in the video, alleging $3.5 billion of fraud and that the schemes are “run, quite a bit of it, by the Russian Armenian mafia.”

Oz’s allegations are largely against hospice centers and home health care businesses. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which Oz runs, “certifies hospice providers to accept patients on government-subsidized health insurance,” said The Associated Press. But while Oz claims to be focusing on medical fraud, the video showed him standing not in front of a health care center but an Armenian-owned bakery.

Newsom filed a civil rights complaint against Oz. The video includes “racially charged and false public statements,” and Oz’s words “reveal a discriminatory motive that could infect how allegations of alleged fraud are conducted,” Newsom said in the filing. The Armenian National Committee of America also filed a similar civil rights complaint.

‘No Armenian mafia going on here’
The video has “generated intense local backlash” among the local Armenian diaspora, said The New York Times. Fraud allegations in Los Angeles have also been investigated before, and “hospice fraud investigations and prosecutions have been ongoing for at least five years” in California.

“I am really disappointed,” said Movses Bislamyan, the owner of the bakery seen in Oz’s video, to KABC-TV Los Angeles. There’s “no Armenian mafia going on here. We are just hard-working businessmen.” Newsom’s complaint claimed the bakery experienced a 30% drop in business after the video’s release.

But Oz maintains that he’s identifying fraud. “If there were a real defense for California’s fraud crisis, we would hear it. CMS and law enforcement will keep doing the actual work: going after fraudsters, period,” Oz said on X.

At times, the simplest tasks, such as responding to emails, scheduling appointments and paying bills, can pile up. Then you suddenly have one tedious mountain of a to-do list. Tackling such monotonous tasks may seem unappealing, but a viral TikTok trend is showing people how to make those snoozers more engaging. You need only gather your friends for an “admin night.”

What’s the purpose?
To deal with the tedious administrative tasks of adulthood, you can gather several friends for this “nerdy little party," said Chris Colin at The Wall Street Journal. The premise of such a gathering is to “deal with the stuff we’ve been putting off, help each other when possible” and “make a fun evening of something onerous.” Now, this formula of combining friends and admin has been “adopted by paperwork-averse social media users,” said The Independent. 

On TikTok, admin night is “emerging as one of 2026’s most relatable low-key hangout trends” — a “structured, communal way to tackle the invisible labor of adulthood together," said Mashable. In a “cultural moment defined by financial anxiety, burnout” and an “appetite for quieter socializing,” it makes a “surprising amount of sense.” 

Why is the trend going viral now?
The timing of the viral trend “isn’t accidental,” said Mashable. In 2026, “low-key hangs have fully replaced nights out as the default social currency.” Inflation, “post-burnout fatigue” and a “collective reassessment of what ‘fun’ should look like” have led to gatherings that are “more affordable, quieter and more intentional.” Admin night “fits neatly into that shift,” and on TikTok, the “aesthetic reflects that softness.” Admin night videos “favor candles over timers, cozy couches over desks, wine or tea over energy drinks.” 

In recent years, we have all been “sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks,” said Colin. Admin night is “refreshingly bipartisan in this polarized era.” The institutions that “once shielded us from bureaucratic load and consumer abuse have lost the ability to do so.”

A flashbang grenade explodes among demonstrators protesting ICE’s actions in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. ICE also deployed pepper balls and tear gas after hundreds of people marched from Portland City Hall to an ICE facility. The federal government “must, and will, be held accountable,” said Mayor Keith Wilson.
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Vilnius has exactly what you want in a major European city. It has preserved historic quarters, a vibrant food scene and a spirited arts community, with the bonus of manageable crowds and a focus on sustainability.

The city’s heart
To get a sense of Vilnius, first head to its Old Town, a Unesco World Heritage Site. You will move through “cobbled alleyways” and pass a “harmonious succession of buildings” in different styles, “ranging from Baltic Gothic to neoclassical,” said Lonely Planet. This is one of Europe’s “largest and best-preserved medieval Old Towns,” dating back to 1323. 

The cultural center of Lithuania
In the “bustling” Uzupis district, be sure to gawk. This sliver of the city is “brimming with street art, local designer boutiques and hip eateries,” said Vogue Scandinavia. Annual celebrations include the Vilnius Light Festival in January, Vilnius Book Fair in February and March, and Midsummer Vilnius in July.

The local staple
Lithuania is “quietly becoming one of Europe’s most exciting food regions,” with up-and-coming chefs holding a deep respect for “nature, seasonality and the kind of quiet innovation that doesn’t need to shout to be heard,” said The Michelin Guide. The local staple saltibarsciai (cold beet soup) is so beloved that there’s an annual celebration of it in May, the Vilnius Pink Soup Fest. Wearing their finest pink attire, attendees enjoy a parade, costume competitions and races to see who can run through the city while “balancing bowls of pink soup without spilling a drop,” said Travel and Leisure.