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Opinion: Alaska’s mental health care hospitals must produce a report card
For Alaska to have a successful mental health care system for people with acute mental illness, we need to know the number of ...
US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine ...
Janet Yellen expects the US to hit debt limit before the end of January
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will soon need to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent the US from ...
Congress passes bill to allow public workers, including teachers, to collect social security benefits
Congress has passed a bill that would allow public workers who receive a pension to also collect social security benefits.
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‘Extraordinary measures’ needed by mid-January to keep US from defaulting on national debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns Congress
“Extraordinary measures” will be needed to keep the US from defaulting on its obligations if the nation’s debt ceiling isn’t ...
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban, while Biden admin says app poses ‘grave’ threat
President-elect Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to pause a controversial ban on TikTok that is set to take effect next ...
Trump urges Supreme Court to hit pause on a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. next month
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Jan. 10. The law is currently set to take effect Jan. 19, one ...
A look at the Social Security Fairness Act’s passage out of Congress
Social Security began as a safeguard “against the hazards and vicissitudes of life,” said former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who on August 14, 1935, signed the ‘Social Security Act’ into law ...
Will Trump change course on airline passenger protections?
New federal rules provide airline passengers with automatic refunds for cancellations and significant delays, but future ...
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Trump Urges Supreme Court to Halt TikTok Ban While His Administration Works Out a ‘Negotiated Resolution’
Also Friday, several free-speech groups and three members of Congress filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court advocating ...
US sees 18.1% rise in homelessness due to housing crisis
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable ...