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Facing funding losses, states call out big businesses with employees on Medicaid

As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce a new Medicaid work requirement, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income and disabled people. California lawmakers seek to revive an expired law that would require…

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U.S. targets California-born leader of ruthless Jalisco cartel 5 months after previous boss “El Mencho” killed

The United States on Thursday announced a slew of sanctions targeting more than 50 Mexican individuals and entities allegedly linked to one of the country’s largest drug cartels, including a California-born man Washington says is the Jalisco New Generation Cartel’s new leader. According to a statement from the Treasury Department, dual U.S.-Mexican national Juan Carlos…

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in America 250 speech, takes on Trump administration policies and offers his vision of American exceptionalism

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave a speech focusing on the power of immigrants and the importance of immigration rights at City Hall on Friday morning to mark America’s 250th birthday. He was surrounded by recently naturalized citizens and sat behind the George Washington desk.  Mamdani himself is also a naturalized citizen, and the…

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