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Do you know the things Medicare doesn’t cover, and will you be able to afford them?

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By the time you turn 65, you probably have a good feel for what health insurance does and doesn’t cover. But Medicare is a different beast – and there are some surprising things that don’t fall under Medicare’s umbrella. Medicare is the federal government’s health insurance coverage for people age 65 and older, and other…

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Opinion: Wisely, the January 6 hearings into Trump’s failed coup are narrating a story that has a moral that we can care about

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CAMBRIDGE, England (Project Syndicate) —A new show currently airing gives fresh meaning to the term reality TV. Call it “American Democracy: Clear and Present Danger.” It should be required viewing. Almost 18 months after the Jan. 6, 2021, storming the US Capitol, a House of Representatives select committee is publicizing the findings of its detailed…

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Despite plenty of talk, many US companies still have not fully exited Russia: Moral Rating Agency

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In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a host of major US corporations described their efforts to exit the country. With the war about to enter its sixth month, the Moral Rating Agency has released new data surveying 114 of the largest companies in the world involved with Russia at the time of its…

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Supreme Court limits EPA’s role in combating climate change

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President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to address climate change hit a major hurdle as the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to restrict federal reach in controlling emissions at power plants and beyond. The court, whose conservative majority has already shown reluctance in broadening federal agency scope, considered the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate…

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Opinion: Who’s who of chip and tech companies band together to pass mega-semiconductor bill in Congress

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More than 120 companies including Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments recently signed a letter urging Congress to accelerate negotiations to get a bill passed that would massively scale chipmaking in the US. The group of A-list companies, which also includes Amazon AMZN and Microsoft MSFT, design, manufacture or provide critical infrastructure to the semiconductor industry….

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‘We shouldn’t have to be doing this’: North Dakota’s only abortion clinic has one month to pack up and move to Minnesota – and raises 815,000 on GoFundMe

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After 21 years at its current location in downtown Fargo, ND, Red River Women’s Clinic will be moving to Moorhead, Minn. The new location is a 15-minute drive away across the Red River, which forms the state border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Last Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade…

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Institutional investors have bought hundreds of thousands of single-family homes, many in Black communities. Critics say it’s creating a ‘generation of renters’

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Democratic lawmakers are scrutinizing whether the American dream of a suburban home and white picket fence is being seized upon by large institutional investors, costing working people a shot at property ownership. The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held the virtual panel Tuesday, titled “Where Have All the Houses Gone? Private Equity,…

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Here’s why this trader is piling back into one of the hottest commodities of the year

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The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been compounded by Russia’s brutal and deadly invasion of Ukraine that has seemingly driven up prices of everything. While still an ugly month, stocks saw a…

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Millions of Californians will get ‘inflation relief’ of up to $ 1,050. Here are the other states giving residents direct cash payments

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Now, in a sign of the economy’s changing headwinds, direct checks are being billed as a way to soften inflation’s bite. But instead of the federal government issuing payments, a growing number of states are cutting checks made possible by budget surpluses. California is the latest state to join the ranks of more than 10…

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Opinion: Defending Taiwan starts with standing up to Putin

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President Joe Biden’s recent statement that the United States would intervene militarily if China tried to take Taiwan by force was hardly a gaffe. The US policy of strategic ambiguity has outlived its usefulness. Since President Richard Nixon went to China and put the two nations on the path to normalized diplomatic and trade relations,…

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