Blockbuster Deal Will Wipe Out $30 Billion in Medical Debt. Even Backers Say It’s Not Enough.

Underscoring the massive scale of America’s medical debt problem, a New York-based nonprofit has struck a deal to pay off old medical bills for an estimated 20 million people. Undue…

The House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline.

MANSFIELD, La. — When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952, officials were banking on its…

Trump admin live updates: Securing Trump 3rd term would be a ‘heavy lift,’ Bondi says

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Sunday she expects Trump will “probably” leave the presidency following his second term — even as she left the door slightly open toward him serving…

Trump tariffs live updates: US ‘stronger’ despite market turbulence, Trump says

President Donald Trump said America’s trade deficit with China must first be resolved before he considers making a deal regarding his sweeping tariffs against the country. “We have a trillion-dollar…

Asian stock markets slide as Trump tariff selloff deepens

Key Asian stock markets tumbled upon opening on Monday as the world’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s tariffs campaign continued — and as U.S. futures signaled more turmoil for American…

Jay North, TV’s mischievous Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. — Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73. North…

Former US Rep. Mia Love honored in Utah after brain cancer death

SALT LAKE CITY — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love are set to gather Monday in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she…

Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble

As markets braced for another meltdown triggered by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Democrats hammered the president for spending the weekend golfing rather than responding to Americans’ fears that their…

Russia launches missile strike on Ukraine with explosions reported in Kyiv

LONDON — A Russian missile strike killed at least one person in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Sunday, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, as Moscow continued…

Speaker Johnson cuts deal with Rep. Luna over parental proxy voting: Sources

Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna say they have cut a deal to end the fight over proxy voting for new parents, which will re-open the…