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Millions of Americans are losing their health insurance
One of the clearest success stories in US healthcare over the past 20 years has been the dramatic decline in the number of Americans without health insurance. In 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act was enacted, 16 percent of the population lacked coverage. By 2025, according to estimates from the US government, that figure…
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Billionaire Trump ally’s ‘chilling’ move out of US sparks panic: ‘About to get bad news?’
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, has recently set “new roots” in Argentina as a potential “Plan B,” The New York Times reported, fueling widespread panic among onlookers given the billionaire’s past remarks about fearing a nuclear apocalypse. “Chilling to read in the N.Y. Times article about Peter Thiel now…
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Our guide to the most elite golf courses out East ahead of the US Open
Good luck trying to get a Hamptons hotel or rental in June — usually the easiest month of the summer season to book. Golfers and fans are an obsessed bunch, willing to pay big bucks to attend the US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, June 18 to 21. That course is certainly…
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This MacBook Privacy Screen Totally Changed How I Work in Public
I can’t sleep on planes. So I’m one of those annoying people who always pulls out a laptop to get some work done. My problem (other than fighting for elbow space on the arm rests) is that the lack of privacy on my laptop screen makes me uncomfortable. I try my best to convince myself…
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Candidate’s mother bankrolls campaign to oust City Controller Kenneth Mejia
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia faces a lone challenger for reelection in Tuesday’s primary — but that challenger has raised $1 million in contributions, and is also being helped by $7.5 million in so-called independent expenditures bankrolled by his mother. Zach Sokoloff is a senior vice president for asset management at Hackman Capital Partners,…
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Can there ever really be “one China?”
For decades, Taiwan’s passport didn’t say “Taiwan” at all. It said something else: the Republic of China. But if Taiwan has called itself China, who gets to be the “real” China? This video traces the evolution of Taiwan’s identity through one simple object: its passport. From the booting of the Republic of China from the…
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Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump’s imploding Freedom 250 festival as MAGA freaks out
Jimmy Kimmel delighted in the unraveling of President Donald Trump’s massive party for America’s 250th birthday, a celebration that has devolved into what the late-night host called a monument to MAGA incompetence. The event, organized by Freedom 250 and scheduled for the National Mall from June 27 to July 10, was billed as a nonpartisan…
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Deborah and Ava aren’t done: ‘Hacks’ delivers a fairy-tale TV finale
This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Hacks.” After five seasons and (thus far) 12 Emmys, “Hacks” has come to an end. The story of how Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a 70-something comedian of the Joan Rivers type, and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), a prickly 20-something comedy writer, came together to resurrect both…
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Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It
We all know next-generation consoles are in the works. Yes, we’re six years into the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, largely due to component shortages and cost spikes from AI demands on the wider tech sector, but Sony has already teased a “future console” in the next few years, and Microsoft confirmed the next…
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Who would dream of letting the NFL judge its own racism?
Just one of the nine Supreme Court justices thought it was appropriate for Roger Goodell — whose primary job as NFL commissioner is to protect the league — to decide whether the NFL’s hiring practices are still racist. And it happens to be the same justice whose close friend is an NFL owner. In fact,…