The Department of Government Efficiency will be allowed only limited access to Social Security data after a federal court handed a ruling that will block the agency from tapping beneficiaries’ personal identifiable information at will. Source link
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools after some staff working on the agency’s response to this year’s record outbreak of the virus were warned they could face layoffs, an agency employee said. CDC officials had initially weighed expanding a service they
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The federal food stamp program is facing scrutiny in some states that want to block enrollees from using their government benefits to buy soda and candy. Three Republican-led states — Arkansas, Idaho and Indiana — on Tuesday moved to ban purchases of soda and candy with benefits provided by the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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President Donald Trump’s namesake meme coin traded lower on Thursday, when 40 million of the tokens — recently worth about $300 million — are scheduled to be unlocked, giving the owners of the cryptocurrency the ability to sell it for the first time since it was launched in January. Source link
For Danielle Atkinson, motherhood didn’t just change her. It fueled a movement. During Black Maternal Health Week, a national campaign to raise awareness and improve outcomes for Black mothers, the Detroit-based organization Mothering Justice is spotlighting what happens when advocacy turns into action. “We’re not only calling for change, we’re creating it,” said Atkinson, founding
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If the stress of trade wars starts to pressure the U.S. economy, one of the first signs is likely to be an increase in layoffs and unemployment. Yet so far there’s no evidence the labor market is suffering. The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell by 9,000 to 215,000 and
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the contract microchip manufacturer for Nvidia, Apple and AMD, said it hasn’t seen a change in customer behavior after a quarter in which surging artificial-intelligence demand saw its profit surge by 60%. Source link
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The National Institutes of Health’s top researcher on ultra-processed foods announced Wednesday he was stepping down from the agency, accusing top aides to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of censorship. “Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science,”
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The 1980s launched a style of homes that came to be known as “McMansions.” These types of homes have often been criticized for their size, craftsmanship and architectural design. They also developed a reputation for being a bad investment.  This is because despite their often luxurious appearance, they are typically built using cheap or mass-produced
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The Trump administration has taken a “hatchet” to Social Security and is teetering toward the possibility of the program’s first missed check in 90 years, former President Joe Biden said in his first public speech since leaving the White House. Source link
