MIAMI — A Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds formally pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, nearly three months after her…
Read more Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID-19 funds pleads not guilty 3 months after indictmentOAKLAND, Calif. — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand…
Read more Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket linesRwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics…
Read more Rwanda to test AI-powered technology in clinics under a new Gates Foundation projectLOS ANGELES — A proposed billionaires’ tax in California has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley, with tech titans threatening to leave the state while Democratic Gov.…
Read more Proposed billionaires’ tax rattles Silicon Valley, entangles Gov. NewsomATLANTA — Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts…
Read more Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concernsLAS VEGAS — With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on…
Read more What to expect from CES 2026, the annual show of all things tech?NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees…
Read more Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikesFRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised concerns that the projected cuts in Medicaid are already taking a toll.…
Read more What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health careWASHINGTON — Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they will negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help…
Read more Republicans promised health care negotiations after the shutdown, but Democrats are waryWASHINGTON — After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of…
Read more Speaker faces unruly House as lawmakers return for shutdown voteWASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Donald Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research…
Read more How Americans are feeling about their chances on the job market, according to an AP-NORC pollCertain senators know it’s time for the government shutdown to come to an end. So does House Speaker Mike Johnson. And with President Donald Trump arriving back in…
Read more Lawmakers grasping for ways to end government shutdownSACRAMENTO, Calif. — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A major union announced a proposal Thursday to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in California to address federal funding…
Read more California union proposes taxing billionaires to offset Medicaid cutsBut as President Donald Trump welcomed Republican senators for lunch in the newly renovated Rose Garden Club — with the boom-boom of construction underway on the new White…
Read more Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White HouseSenate Democrats are rejecting for the 10th time a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government. They are insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress…
Read more Senate Democrats reject government funding bill for 10th timePresident Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats forced the government shutdown fight because they want to give free health care to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.…
Read more FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to ‘illegal immigrants’TYLER, Texas — TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to…
Read more As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expireWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t…
Read more Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th timeNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers.…
Read more Broadway enters an anxious time as labor action threatens to roil theatersSAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages…
Read more 31K Kaiser Permanente nurses, other health care workers strike for better wages