Social issues
The UK’s finance minister keeps public guessing over tax hikes
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to media prior to her speech on day two of the Labour Party conference at ACC Liverpool on September 29, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Ian Forsyth | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave little away Monday about where the axe could fall […]
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CDC takes down more than a dozen webpages on sexual and gender identity, health equity
A sign for the CDC sits outside of their facility at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 30, 2025. Megan Varner | Reuters More than a dozen pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website related to sexual and gender identity, health equity, and other […]
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Money manager Howard Rubin arrested on sex trafficking charges
Howie Rubin Jonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Famed retired money manager Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade, according to a new federal indictment. Rubin, 70, participated […]
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Health providers could lose $32 billion if ACA credits at center of shutdown fight expire
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats encouraging the passage of Affordable Care Act tax credits, in Washington, DC on September 16, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Health-care providers could lose more than $32 billion in revenue if the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium […]
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Ken Griffin knocks Trump’s corporate deals, says ‘all of us lose’ when government starts picking winners
CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin is interviewed Chairman of the Milken Institute Michael Milken (not pictured) during the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 7, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Citadel CEO Ken Griffin on Thursday knocked the Trump administration for making deals with large corporations to avoid the full […]
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Shooting at Dallas ICE detention facility leaves ‘multiple injuries and fatalities’: Noem
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem hosts a roundtable discussion about securing the Northern Border, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook Rebecca Cook | Reuters A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas, causing “multiple injuries and fatalities,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem […]
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Trump admin draws unproven link between autism and Tylenol ingredient use during pregnancy
In this photo illustration, Tylenol caplets are displayed on Sept. 22, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday drew an unproven link between autism and pregnant women’s use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in one of the world’s most common over-the-counter pain relievers, Kenvue’s Tylenol. President Donald […]
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel weakens Covid shot recommendations, calling it an individual decision
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) listen to a presentation about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) during an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s […]
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Covid shot access, coverage at stake as RFK Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine panel convenes
Ruth Jones, immunization nurse, holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (brand name: Comirnaty) at Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami, Florida, on May 29, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Covid shot access and coverage in the U.S. hang in the balance as an influential government vaccine panel hand-picked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert […]
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Johnson says Democrats will ‘lose that battle’ if shutdown hinges on ACA subsidies
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats in Congress on Wednesday of inserting “partisan political preferences” into the government funding fight, and said they are risking a shutdown if they don’t drop their demands. “It doesn’t make any sense, and they’re going to lose that battle,” Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” of his Democratic colleagues. […]
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