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AI, tech leaders are lobbying Trump health officials in a government-run chat room

A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage their healthcare and medical records. As that campaign has unfolded, administration officials have granted tech companies an unusual opportunity to…

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Most large U.S. college campuses report at least 2 sexual assaults a year. Experts say the data undercounts victimization.

Jane Doe in the Cornell University case is one of more than 45,000 people who have reported being raped or sexually assaulted to their college or university between 2019 and 2024, according to federal data — and experts say that number wildly undercounts campus sexual violence. More than 80% of the largest four-year colleges and…

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Why you just got a $90 Social Security check — and why 40 million seniors didn’t

Millions of seniors are receiving $90 deposits from the Social Security Administration this week, prompting some to question the source of the money. The checks are tied to the Trump administration’s announcement that it would send checks to about 20 million Medicare enrollees to lower healthcare costs.  President Trump on Friday announced that the administration would…

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Christa Pike surviving her execution was “unparalleled.” But it wasn’t the first botched lethal injection.

Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, received two doses of a lethal drug in a Nashville execution chamber Wednesday night. But she didn’t die.  Although her survival was “unparalleled,” as one expert said, it was the latest example of a botched execution attempt involving lethal injections in Tennessee and elsewhere around the…

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Oregon eyes nation’s first universal healthcare system. Will it work?

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. But Democratic strongholds across the country — including Oregon, California, New York, and Washington — have more ambitious goals: single-payer, universal healthcare…

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Social Security tax hike would be “financially impossible” for many, expert says

Eliminating the funding shortfall in Social Security solely by raising payroll taxes could cost the typical U.S. worker and their employer thousands of dollars — a “financially impossible” burden for many Americans, according to an economist with the Cato Institute. Payroll taxes are the primary funding source for Social Security, although the program now pays…

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