Daily News Roundup: Questions Raised on Conservative News Site’s Nonprofit Ties

Charity Link Said to Boost Profit Stream for Daily Caller: Most articles on the right-wing news site come from journalists employed by the Daily Caller News Foundation, The Washington Post writes. Tax experts say the arrangement may violate the spirit of Internal Revenue Service rules against nonprofits serving private interests but is technically legal because the foundation, which shares office space with the Daily Caller company, makes its stories freely available to other news outlets.

Rehab Charity Admits to Multimillion-Dollar Medicaid Fraud: Alan Nisselson, a trustee of Narco Freedom, pleaded guilty on behalf of the New York City chain of drug- and alcohol-treatment clinics, Reuters reports. The conviction comes two and a half years after New York State and federal authorities charged leaders of Narco Freedom with siphoning money from the charity and bilking tens of millions from Medicaid.

Maine Grant Maker Plans Artist Colony to Revitalize Poor Town: The Libra Foundation, which has a history of buying property in economically depressed parts of its home state to create new businesses and other ventures, will invest as much as $10 million to establish a cultural hub in Monson, a post-industrial town in Maine’s poorest county, writes the Bangor Daily News.

Victims of Crimes by Immigrants Say They Were “Used” by Trump-Aligned Charity: More than a dozen families have parted ways with the Remembrance Project, a Houston nonprofit dedicated to victims of crimes by undocumented immigrants, saying it has offered them no direct support, Politico writes. Some of the families spoke at last year’s Republican convention or appeared in campaign ads for Donald Trump, who headlined a Remembrance Project rally and raised money for the group last year.

N.Y. Blocks Charity Selling “Identification” Cards to Immigrants: State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office ordered Bronx-based A New Beginning for Immigrants Rights to cease all fundraising and canceled its nonprofit registration, saying the group had not filed all its tax forms properly, public-radio station WNYC reports. The organization drew media and regulatory attention for selling “ID4ICE” cards it suggested could help immigrants avoid deportation.