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Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said.Ivory, 58, of Columbus, Ohio, believes she would be exempt from a requirement that adult Medicaid recipients work, but she worries about the reporting process. “It’s hard enough just renewing Medicaid coverage every six months with the phone calls and paperwork,” she said.In Warrenton, Missouri, Denise Sommer hasn’t worked in five years and relies on Medicaid to get care for anxiety, high blood pressure, and severe arthritis in her…

The Republican budget package aims to make President Donald Trump’s tax cuts permanent while offering a host of new financial breaks. Yet the “big, beautiful bill,” as the legislation is dubbed, could also effectively transfer wealth from younger generations to older Americans over their lifetimes, a recent study finds. Long-term, the primary beneficiaries of the GOP bill would be older, wealthier Americans, while younger, middle- to low-income people would see fewer benefits, according to the analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a University of Pennsylvania think tank that studies the fiscal issues.  The group’s projection assesses the impact of proposed tax cuts…

President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference at the end of the NATO summit as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Alex Brandon/AP Photo hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Photo THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATO’s summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday has been described as “transformational” and “historic.” “We’re witnessing the birth of a new NATO,” Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said. The 32 members of the world’s biggest security organization endorsed a plan to massively ramp up defense spending, “back to the defense expenditure…

Rep. Kat Cammack said late Wednesday her offices were evacuated due to “imminent death threats” against her and her family.The Florida Republican said on X the threats began after a recent Wall Street Journal story about her experience with an ectopic pregnancy last year. She told the paper that emergency room doctors were hesitant to treat the life-threatening complication because they were worried about running afoul of Florida’s strict six-week abortion ban — an incident she blamed on “fearmongering” by opponents of the state law.”Since then, we’ve [received] thousands of hate-filled messages and dozens of credible threats from pro-abortion activists,…

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With the win of a progressive candidate over a former governor in New York’s mayoral primary, Democrats are determining what — if anything — they should do moving forward to attract more voters. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Thirty-three-year-old Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has declared victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. At a time when the Democratic brand is facing deep unpopularity with voters, Mamdani’s success is notable. But what, if anything, does it say about the direction of the party as a whole? Well, NPR’s Stephen Fowler has been reporting on that very question since last…

Los Angeles — Outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, a 26-year-old man stood waiting, hoping to deliver blood pressure medicine to his father, who was detained last Thursday by federal immigration officials.  The man, who asked that CBS News not use his name, said his father, Rafael Hurtado, needs to take the medication daily to control his blood pressure. The staff turned Hurtado’s son away, but asked him to leave the pills behind. “My dad told me it’s horrible inside and they’ve kept him standing,” he said, adding his father managed to make his first phone call…

Mamdani laid out the strategy. Now the left should follow his example and primary Ritchie Torres, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and so many others. Ad Policy New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives for a news conference at Astoria Park in Queens, June 24, 2025.(Christian Monterrosa / Bloomberg) Zohran Mamdani made history Tuesday night in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary by trouncing not just Andrew Cuomo but the entire political and media establishment that had coalesced around the former governor. Mamdani won by beating expectations, beating the polls, beating the big money, beating the endorsements of the…

Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona’s game against the White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago.Arizona manager Torey Lovullo and bench coach Jeff Banis asked for the person to be removed from the game, a Diamondbacks spokesperson told the Arizona Republic, and Lovullo later said he heard what the fan said as Marte was batting in the top of the seventh inning.The White Sox indefinitely banned the fan from their home games after the incident, CBS News…

The heads of two key American intelligence agencies issued statements Wednesday on what they said was “new” intelligence on the damage resulting from the recent U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, each noting the Iranian program was likely to have been set back by “years.” The statements were released after President Trump decried a leaked, preliminary assessment produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency that said Tehran’s nuclear program had only been pushed back by a matter of months. Mr. Trump had ordered airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities late Saturday, adding to a more than weeklong Israeli campaign against targets in Iran.CIA…