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5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval

In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the…

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Senate Leaders Look to Curb ‘Judge Shopping’ But In Different Ways

Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell don’t think the federal judiciary is doing enough, and each is introducing a bill…

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World

An Effort to End ‘Judge-Shopping’ Turns Into a ‘Political Firestorm’

A policy meant to prevent plaintiffs from steering their cases to sympathetic judges has drawn widespread attention, with both Republicans…

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Finance

Why Elon Musk Needs China

Mr. Musk helped create China’s electric vehicle industry. But he is now facing challenges there as well as scrutiny in…

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World

Japan Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 17 Years

Higher inflation and rising wages suggest that the country’s economy can grow without such aggressive stimulus from the central bank.

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News

Words Over Deeds: Why Biden Isn’t Pressuring Israel

One could be forgiven for thinking that President Biden’s tough words on the Israel-Hamas war in his State of the…

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Finance

Fed Chair Powell Still Expects to Cut Rates This Year, but Not Yet

Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said policymakers still expect to lower rates in 2024 — but the…

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World

​North Korea Says It Is No Longer Interested in Reunifying With the South

Abandoning the longtime goal, however unlikely, Kim Jong-un, the North’s leader, instead threatened to subjugate South Korea in war.

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Finance

Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election

The Federal Reserve is poised to cut rates in 2024 while moving away from balance sheet shrinking. Yet a key…

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Finance

Fed Minutes Showed Officials Feeling Better About Inflation

Central bankers wanted to signal that interest rates were likely at or near their peak while keeping their options open,…

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