Kentucky becomes first U.S. state to impose Medicaid work provisos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kentucky on Friday became the first U.S. state to require that Medicaid recipients work or get jobs training, after gaining federal approval for the fundamental change to the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor.
Supreme Court takes up fight over Texas electoral districts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by Texas to revive Republican-drawn electoral districts for state legislative and U.S. congressional seats that were thrown out by a lower court for diminishing black and Hisp…
Strangers at home, Salvadoran deportees welcomed at call centers
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Alexander Ramos was deported to El Salvador from the United States seven years ago, forced to leave jobs as a gardener and at McDonald’s after getting caught driving without a license.
Political risk looms over Republicans’ welfare tinkering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Political danger signs are flashing, but conservatives in Washington are pushing forward with proposals to change America’s social safety net, an agenda even fellow Republican President Donald Trump recently shied away from.
Flu in U.S. now widespread but season may be peaking: CDC
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Seasonal influenza is now widespread across the continental United States, causing severe illness and rising numbers of hospitalizations, but this year’s outbreak may be peaking, government health officials said on Friday.
Despite political risk, Republicans tinker with welfare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Political danger signs are flashing, but conservatives in Washington are pushing forward with proposals to change America’s social safety net, an agenda even fellow Republican President Donald Trump recently shied away from.
Trump denies ‘shithole’ remarks as condemnation mounts at home and abroad
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Kentucky becomes first U.S. state to implement Medicaid work requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kentucky on Friday became the first U.S. state to receive approval from the federal government to implement work requirements in Medicaid, a fundamental change to the 50-year-old government health insurance program for the poor.
‘Mississippi Burning’ KKK leader Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison
(Reuters) – Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and Ku Klux Klan leader convicted and imprisoned more than 40 years after he plotted the 1964 slayings of three civil rights activists in the “Mississippi Burning” case, has died, correction officials said on …
Jeff Bezos contributes $33 million to Dreamers scholarship program
(Reuters) – Scholarship program TheDream.US said on Friday it had received a $33 million donation from Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie Bezos to fund 1,000 college scholarships.
