With enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to lapse Dec. 31, South Florida—the nation’s largest Obamacare market—faces steep premium shocks and potential coverage losses. Estimates suggest up to a third of Florida’s 4.7 million enrollees could drop plans, with older, lower–middle-income residents hit hardest; premiums for some early-60s earners could...
Polling has closed in Ireland’s presidential election, with independent Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys awaiting early indications on Saturday. Counting starts at 09:00 local time, with an official result expected at Dublin Castle that evening. Early, unofficial signs suggest turnout may struggle to reach the just-under-40% record low...
Returning from a White House lunch with President Trump—and fresh promises of U.S. billions—Argentina’s Javier Milei climbed onto a pickup in a leather jacket, megaphone in hand, urging students, farmers, and pensioners to back him in Sunday’s pivotal midterm. Before a crowd in Córdoba, some in Lionel Messi jerseys and...
Former 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens, speaking at Colby College in Maine in his first remarks since resigning in April, said Paramount bosses pressured him to avoid Gaza stories and dial back coverage of Donald Trump as the company sought federal approval for a merger with Skydance Media. After...
With the government shut down, the House has sat idle: no floor debates, votes, or spending bills, and oversight hearings on hold. Speaker Mike Johnson has kept members on an open-ended recess now entering a second month, the latest in moves that have diminished Congress’s role and shrunken the speakership...
En route to Asia, Donald Trump said he’s open to meeting Kim Jong Un, citing a “great relationship,” though a senior US official said no meeting is scheduled. The pair met three times in his previous term, without a denuclearisation deal; North Korea has since tested missiles. Kim signaled willingness...
Voters in Ivory Coast head to the polls Saturday in a presidential race widely expected to extend the rule of Alassane Ouattara. The 83-year-old, in power for 15 years after 2016 constitutional changes reset term limits, is seeking a fourth term and is accused of using his authority to bar...
The Justice Department will send election monitors to six counties in California and New Jersey ahead of the November 4 vote to bolster transparency and ballot security. The move follows requests from the Republican parties in both states alleging irregularities and comes as debunked 2020 fraud claims persist among many...
The Pentagon acknowledged receiving an anonymous $130 million gift to help cover service members’ salaries and benefits during the shutdown, accepted under its general gift acceptance authority. Chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said the donor required the funds be used for troops’ pay, and expressed gratitude. Trump, calling the donor a...
At a Bronx mosque, Democratic NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani vowed to more openly embrace his Muslim identity amid escalating attacks from Andrew Cuomo and surrogates that he called racist. He invoked family fears after 9/11 and said he would no longer hide his identity. Cuomo denied widespread Islamophobia, accused...
