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March 29, 2025
Social Security Changes to Impact Republican States the Most
Published Mar 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT | Updated Mar 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM EDT The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making a major change to its services that could impact Republican states the most. Newsweek reached out to the Social Security Administration via email for comment. Why It Matters Nearly nine in 10 Americans over the age of 65 are earning monthly Social Security payments, which often make up a substantial portion of their retirement income. The SSA announced that it would ...
Go to discussionCanadian Lawmaker Spots 'Something Deeper' Brewing Amid Trump's Trade War
Story by Ben Blanchet • 5h Canadian lawmaker Charlie Angus................ Angus, when asked by Ben Meiselas of the MeidasTouch Network if Trump is “scared” by how Canada and the EU have responded to his plans of further tariffs, spotted “something deeper” brewing in America that Canadians are focused on: “watching our nearest neighbor slip into totalitarianism.” “When we see people being pulled off the streets, when we see people at universities being grabbed, detained, rendered and kid ...
Go to discussionElon Musk Set to Visit Central Intelligence Agency Next Week
March 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM EDT Elon Musk is set to visit the Central Intelligence Agency on Monday, the latest stop on a tour through the US government's spy apparatus that's provoked alarm from some Democrats and intelligence experts. Musk is visiting at the invitation of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and the two will discuss government efficiency, an agency spokesperson said. No other detail was provided. The visit will be the latest for the world's richest man at federal agencies that do som ...
Go to discussionFCC is investigating Disney and ABC for DEI initiatives
March 28, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT / Source: CNBC The Federal Communications Commission has alerted the Walt Disney Company and its ABC unit that it will begin an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the media giant. The FCC, the agency that regulates the media and telecommunications industry, said in a letter dated Friday that it wants to “ensure that Disney and ABC have not been violating FCC equal employment opportunity regulations by promoting invidious forms of DEI ...
Go to discussionTrump says the US will help in Asia quake. A former official says the system is now in 'shambles'
Updated 6:27 PM EDT, March 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. was going to help with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquake. But the effects of his administration’s deep cuts in foreign assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department will likely be tested in any response to the first big natural disaster of his second term. Sarah Charles, a former senior USAID official who oversaw disaster-respons ...
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