Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering for at least one month before they can gain or retain health insurance through the government program. But Republican lawmakers in some states think the new rules — part of the GOP’s …
As another Tax Day arrives, the average refund this year is $3,462, up 11%, or around $350, from 2025, according to IRS data. “Aggregate refunds are up, average refunds are up, and clearly millions, if not tens of millions, of taxpayers are claiming one of the new deductions” under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” …
A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant. It incidentally sweeps up the conversations of any Americans who interact with those foreigners targeted for surveillance. The program expires Monday, and critics want …
BUDAPEST, April 15 (Reuters) – Hungary’s election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the TISZA party which won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, arrived for a meeting with President Tamas Sulyok on Wednesday. As Magyar was going into the meeting, speaking to reporters he reiterated that Sulyok must leave his role after a TISZA government …
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies. While details remained sketchy, Bangladesh Coast Guard spokesperson Lt. Com. Sabbir Alam Suzan told The Associated …
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly “precious” in the face of an international landscape intertwined with change and chaos. During a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing, Xi said the strong vitality and exemplary significance of the friendship treaty …
LISBON, April 15 (Reuters) – Portugal is against the creation of a separate European army and instead backs strengthening and modernising its armed forces within the U.S.-led NATO alliance, the country’s defence minister said, contrasting with neighbouring Spain’s position. Nuno Melo said late on Tuesday that Portugal was a founding NATO member which valued the …
GUADALAJARA, México (AP) — For hours under the blistering sun, Raúl Servín shovels and digs his way through days filled with pain, hope and usually frustration. He is looking for his son, gone eight years now — and for “ all the other missing people ” in Mexico as well. Every Tuesday, Servín loads a …
BUDAPEST, April 15 (Reuters) – Hungary’s election-winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday he would need to hold talks with the leadership of oil company MOL, adding that ensuring fuel security would be the top priority in the coming weeks. Magyar’s centre-right TISZA (Respect and Freedom) party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, ending nationalist …
April 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar to discuss a Russian vessel carrying what he described as grain stolen from Ukraine that was allowed to dock in an Israeli port. Kyiv considers all grain produced in the four regions Russia claimed as its own …