Posts by Amelia Frost
Obamacare Premiums Recently Increased By Double-Digit Hike. They Are Poised To Do It Again Next Year.
Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could face another sharp increase in premiums next year, with insurers proposing a median 14% rate hike for 2027, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. If approved, it would mark the second consecutive year of double-digit premium increases, adding new…
Read MorePlatner Hasn’t Dropped Out Yet, But Republicans Already Plan To Attack His Potential Replacements
Graham Platner faces calls to drop out of the Maine Senate race. The Republican Party is planning to spend $8 million in negative ads on whoever the Democrats decide should replace embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner should he end up dropping out of Maine’s Senate race. Platner, 41, has faced growing calls to drop out…
Read MoreThe FBI Bragged About Helping Capture A Mexican Drug Lord. Now Mexico Wants To Know If Its Sovereignty Was Violated
Mexico is investigating whether the U.S. violated its sovereignty in 2024 while conducting an operation to capture a drug lord. CBS News reported that Mexican authorities are looking into the operation that led to the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. The investigation was launched after the FBI used a plane in an exhibition that…
Read MoreThe Next Frontier in Maternity Care Is Not a Drug or Device. It Is the Mother’s Experience
“What do you know about having a baby?” It was a fair question. A labor and delivery nurse asked me that directly during an early conversation inside a hospital. My answer was simple. Nothing. Nothing from lived experience. But what I have come to understand since then has not come from assumption or theory. It…
Read MoreU.S. Has Repeatedly Issued Warnings About Chinese AI. Now Beijing Is Doing The Same
China has issued a security warning against U.S. artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s Claude Code, claiming certain versions of the popular AI programming assistant contain a “backdoor” capable of transmitting sensitive user information without permission. The warning was issued Wednesday by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) through its National Vulnerability Database (NVDB), which…
Read MoreTensions Are Rising Again In The Strait Of Hormuz. Trump Is Vowing To Escalate Further
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran “hard again tonight” after conducting strikes on Tuesday as tensions in the region continue to escalate. “We’re going to hit them hard tonight, but we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump said while talking to press at the NATO summit in Turkey. He went on…
Read MoreTrump Family Pockets Half A Billion As Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Moves To Sell Only Revenue-Generating Business
A payments company once touted as a cornerstone of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ambitions is preparing to sell the only part of its business that generates revenue according to the Wall Street Journal, marking a dramatic reversal after a billion-dollar token deal left investors with steep losses while the Trump family collected hundreds of millions…
Read MoreOpenAI Has Developed Its Most Advanced Model Yet. The U.S. Government Cleared Its Rollout
The U.S. government has cleared OpenAI to move ahead with a broad rollout of its GPT-5.6 family of artificial intelligence models, ending weeks of restricted access that had limited the technology to a small group of vetted partners during additional federal review. The company is expected to begin the wider launch on Thursday after completing…
Read MoreLargest Nurses Strike In Massachusetts History Begins At Brigham And Women’s Hospital
About 4,000 unionized nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital walked off the job Wednesday in the largest nurses strike in Massachusetts history, following months of unsuccessful contract negotiations with hospital operator Mass General Brigham (MGB). The one-day strike centers on disputes over wages, health insurance costs, and working conditions. Although the work stoppage itself is…
Read MoreTrump Said The Ceasefire With Iran Is Over. Oil Prices Are Immediately Soaring
Oil is surging on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran is over following renewed clashes in the Strait of Hormuz Brent crude, the international benchmark, soared more than 5% and stood above $78 a barrel at 8:12 a.m. ET. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, gained 4.94% and clocked in at…
Read MoreIran Again Targeted Commercial Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz. Now Trump Says The Ceasefire Is Over
President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran is over after the U.S. carried new attacks against the country in retaliation for Tehran’s targeting of commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Asked in Turkey, where he is attending a NATO summit, whether the ceasefire and the memorandum of understanding were over, he said: “It’s…
Read MoreMarkets Have Been Anything But Calm. Jefferies Thinks These Low-Stress Stocks Can Still Deliver Returns.
After months of an AI-driven stock market rally, some Wall Street strategists are encouraging investors to look beyond the biggest technology winners and focus instead on companies with strong fundamentals as concerns over valuations and rising spending continue to grow. Jefferies is recommending a portfolio of what it calls “quality, low-stress” stocks for the summer,…
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