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Medicaid cuts could add pressure to already-stressed psychiatric units
Between 2023 and 2024, 126 hospitals across the US shut down their inpatient psychiatric units.
Mar 236 min read
High gas prices likely to offset Trump’s tax cuts, study finds
Analysis doesn’t include tariffs, other costs resulting from economic uncertainty.
Mar 224 min read
ICE will provide airport security starting Monday due to TSA staffing shortages
Federal immigration agents newly ordered to U.S. airports by President Donald Trump to help relieve security line congestion may guard exit lanes or check passenger IDs as a budget impasse has air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks.
Mar 224 min read
Opioid overdose deaths drop 47.5% in US since ’23, but up 8% in Alaska
Factors in national decline include reduced fentanyl supply and help with treatment.
Mar 206 min read
Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away
Alaska has a 10-day grace period in US, 15 days for overseas; eliminating it will disenfranchise voters in rural communities, some officials say.
Mar 206 min read
Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war
The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a sizable amount that is certain to be met with questions from Congress, which would need to approve any new money.
Mar 194 min read
What ACA enrollees are cutting back on to afford health care, according to a new poll
About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are “a lot” higher, according to a new survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF.
Mar 193 min read
Trump’s tariffs were ruled illegal. Where’s the refund of $166 billion — plus interest?
Arizona coffee roaster Gabe Hagen is wondering if he’ll ever recoup the tens of thousands of dollars he paid in tariffs to import beans from the world’s major coffee-growing regions in South America, Africa and the Indo-Pacific.
Mar 185 min read
US democracy being dismantled at unprecedented pace, global index finds
“The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report.
Mar 181 min read
Republican push to increase sales taxes would fall hardest on lower-income residents
Several states this year are pushing higher sales taxes as a way to pay for other tax cuts.
Mar 187 min read
US Senate Republicans launch debate on SAVE Act requiring photo ID to vote
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to vote against starting debate. North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis didn’t vote.
Mar 176 min read
Study: AI opts to use nuclear weapons in 95% of war simulations
By Brad Reed Common Dreams An artificial intelligence researcher conducting a war games experiment with three of the world’s most used AI models found that they decided to deploy nuclear weapons in 95% of the scenarios he designed. Kenneth Payne, a professor of strategy at King’s College London who specializes in studying the role of AI in national security, revealed last week that he pitted Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Google’s Gemini against one another in a
Mar 163 min read
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