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Biden to roll back Trump’s expansion of short-term health insurance plans
The Biden administration is curtailing short-term health insurance plans, which it calls “junk insurance” that can leave patients contending with big medical bills. The rule, which was proposed last summer as part of a series of actions aimed at lowering health care costs, limits the duration of new...
photo: White House / Adam Schultz
Israel seeks new date for cancelled US meeting on Rafah offensive plans
Israel has asked the United States to reschedule a meeting to discuss its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly cancelled a planned visit to Washington. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday told reporters that “we’re now working...
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US journalist marks a year in Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars
For Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow's courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lefortovo Prison in a van for the short drive to the courthouse. He’s led in handcuffs to a defendants’ cage in front of a judge for...
photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Satellite data shows how drought changes wildfire recovery in the West
A new study using NASA satellite data reveals how drought affects the recovery of western ecosystems from fire, a result that could provide meaningful information for conservation efforts. The West has been witnessing a trend of increasing number and intensity of wildland fires. Historically a...
photo: USDA Forest Service/ Stuart Palley
Protecting Palestinians a moral imperative, Pentagon chief tells Israeli counterpart
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday it was a moral and strategic imperative to protect Palestinian civilians in the war between Israel and Hamas and that the humanitarian catastrophe in besieged Gaza was getting worse. Austin was speaking during a meeting with Israel Defense Minister...
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Obama jumps in to help Biden defeat Trump again
Barack Obama spent several hours last Friday in the family dining room of the White House, visiting his former vice president, Joe Biden. The occasion was hardly just two old friends catching up. Obama has made clear to associates in recent months that he believes Biden’s intensifying re-match with...
photo: White House / Pete Souza
Sam Bankman-Fried faces sentencing this week. Here’s what to expect
Almost five months after he was found guilty of committing one of the largest white-collar crimes in history, Sam Bankman-Fried is set to return to Manhattan federal court Thursday for sentencing that could land him in prison for the next half-century. It is clear that Bankman-Fried, who is...
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Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After narrowly backing Israel’s military action in Gaza in November, Americans now oppose the campaign by a solid margin. Fifty-five percent currently disapprove of Israel’s actions, while 36% approve. ###Embeddable### The latest results are from a March 1-20 survey....
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March Economic Confidence Steady, Still Improved From Fall
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While still negative, Americans’ view of the U.S. economy remains improved in 2024 from last year. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is at -20 in March, similar to the -22 found in February but sharply higher than the readings near -50 measured last fall. The index...
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Temporary extradition reprieve for Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US from Britain was put on hold yesterday after London’s High Court said the US must provide assurances he would not face the death penalty. US prosecutors are seeking to put Assange, 52, on trial on 18 counts, all...
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