Missouri, Iowa Decline Medicaid Hardship Exemptions
About 3,300 Medicaid expansion enrollees in Missouri and Iowa may have qualified for optional hardship protections, but neither state plans to adopt them.
FEC Filings Show Musk’s $158 Million Routed to Texas Senate Race
Federal Election Commission filings show Elon Musk gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, which transferred matching amounts to a Texas PAC supporting Ken Paxton and opposing James Talarico.…
Nuclear Restarts Put Reliability and Cost in Focus
Federal loans could revive three shuttered U.S. nuclear plants, including Three Mile Island, as data-center demand and California fires sharpen questions about dependable power.
UK Bank-Tax Proposal Puts Deficit Plans Under Scrutiny
A reported plan to raise Britain’s bank-profit surcharge could generate more than £2 billion annually, but the government has not confirmed the proposal or its final terms.
Nigeria’s Clinic Renovation Drive Faces a Readiness Test
Nigeria’s health agency reports thousands of primary-care facilities renovated or under construction, but service-readiness findings show that buildings alone do not guarantee access to care.
Recent Headlines Offer Little New Housing Affordability Evidence
Recent coverage reviewed for this story documents no new housing, transit or infrastructure decisions, while reporting a Massachusetts health-data project and a South Florida murder charge.
IMF Urges Fiscal Adjustment as Debt-Service Burdens Rise
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says U.S. growth alone cannot deliver a fast enough debt adjustment, while vulnerable countries now spend a larger share of revenue servicing debt.
Recent Headlines Offer Little Evidence on Poverty or Mobility
The available reports concern an NFL injury, a municipal fund’s wind-down and a corporate acquisition—not SNAP, poverty rates or household economic mobility.
Seattle Grocery Store Pushes Back Against SNAP Fraud Allegations
A viral video put Lam’s Seafood under public scrutiny, while the family-run store says it did not participate in EBT trafficking and describes how it handles suspected fraud.