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Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh's company 'exploring' eye-watering £4.5b sale
Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh is looking to sell one of his major businesses in an eye-watering £4.5BILLION deal, according to reports in the US. The Ibrox chairman, who joined forces with San Francisco 49ers Enterprises to take over…
Poll: Democrats hold major advantage on health care costs
Health care costs remain a top affordability concern for voters, who trust Democrats over Republicans on the issue by a nearly two-to-one margin, according to a new poll from health research group KFF. Six in 10 voters said they are worried about…
Support for small businesses suggests socialism's shine is overstated
A new Gallup poll finds a record number of Americans support socialism, with 43 percent of respondents viewing it favorably. Judging by the dozens of breathless headlines, this seems like a significant and concerning ideological shift, especially…
Trump admin revamps price transparency
The Trump administration is revamping its transparency rules, trying to make health insurers clearly publish the prices they negotiate with doctors and hospitals. The rule finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Employee…
Current and Historical Public Opinion on Medicare-for-All and Other National Health Plan Proposals
For many years, KFF has been tracking public opinion on the idea of a national health plan, including questions specifically about “Medicare-for-all” since 2017. This 2026 midterm election cycle, some progressive Democratic candidates…
Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.
Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age.
Newsom signs first-in-nation law forcing major companies to reveal slavery-era ties: 'Make it public
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law Wednesday requiring large companies doing business in the state to scour historical records and publicly disclose slavery-era transactions, advancing California's broader reparations…
Newsom vetoes bills that affect California taxpayers
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed several bills in recent days, tackling issues ranging from education to criminal justice, tax breaks and accountability. Four bills in particular affect taxpayers in California. They would have…
Abdul El-Sayed Is Either Lying or Very Stupid
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait till you see how much it costs when it's free!” said PJ O'Roarke, famously. If there's one thing government is horrible at it is estimating how much things will cost. I don't recall a…
I'm dying of cancer so I had a solo wedding to be a bride
A woman with incurable breast cancer organised a solo wedding as she refused to die without experiencing being a bride. Amanda Barnes, 49, discovered a lump, the size of two grapes, beneath her left arm in October 2021 and was diagnosed with stage…
Trump plays damage control over wasting tax dollars for propaganda ads
President Donald Trump is playing damage control after being caught red-handed misusing taxpayer dollars for a desperate election-year advertising campaign. On Monday, Trump suddenly announced the government's role in his propagandistic TV ad…
Tuesday Short Cuts
“We can go to the president for this one. We are in a moment in this culture where the glorification of being thuggish and swaggering and mistreating women is kind of making you a cool kid.” —The New York Times's Michelle…
How Google Wallet's subtle 'Save to phone' button fixed my digital pass headache for good
For a while, Google couldn't decide on a name for its payments app. Android Pay, Google Pay, Google Pay Send. It was all one big overlap. Then in 2022, Google hit reset and brought back Google Wallet. It wasn't a rebranding for the sake of…
New Medicaid rules cut coverage for 11,000 in Washington state
About 11,000 Washington residents lost Medicaid coverage this month because of changes Congress approved last year, with many more expected to lose health insurance in the coming months. The big picture: State officials predict at least 200,000…
Forget waking up at dawn: Young Koreans are embracing 'sleep maxxing'
Forget waking up before dawn to squeeze in another hour of self-improvement. For a growing number of young Koreans, getting ahead now means getting better sleep. The 'miracle morning' trend, which encouraged people to wake up early and devote the…
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