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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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Germany’s Merz defiant after historic state elections defeat, vows to press ahead with reforms

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz remained defiant on Sunday, vowing to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy, after suffering a bruising electoral setback in two state elections. Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD indicated that Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, came in with just 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – the…

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Germany’s leader under huge pressure as far-right AfD gains steam, but could he be forced out?

Berlin — German leader Friedrich Merz’s position is under threat as the far-right surges in popularity and support for his own center-right party tanks. The situation is so serious that he canceled a planned trip to New York next week to represent his country at the United Nations General Assembly.  Merz, a conservative, is facing tremendous…

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Here are the military and civilian leaders who’ve been fired, forced out or resigned since Hegseth became defense secretary

At least 20 generals, admirals and civilian defense leaders have been fired or have departed their jobs since Pete Hegseth became defense secretary at the beginning of the second Trump administration.  Some of the military’s most decorated leaders have either been fired by Hegseth and President Trump or have retired with little explanation, including the…

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India’s ‘cockroach’ protest movement keeps heat on Modi – World

Two weeks after youth-led protests forced India’s education minister to resign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years. Led by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the demonstrations spread from New Delhi to other cities, broadening from anger over exam irregularities into a…

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