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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it’s reinterpreting federal law to allow Medicare and Medicaid patients access to anti-obesity medications to reduce their weight over the long term. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s proposed rule, which the Trump administration would need to finalize before it would take effect, is expected to cost $25 […]
ANALYSIS — For someone who has made winning a key part of his personal, professional and political brand, Donald Trump is set to rely on a large stable of losers in his second term. The president-elect has tapped more than a dozen people who previously lost elections to join his administration next year. Even though […]
Message sent by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing to the ceremony to mark the 104th Anniversary of National Victory Day 2024 (25 November 2024) Esteemed entire Myanmar people, I extend my […]
An American flag and LGBTQ+ flag fly outside the Federal Building in downtown Juneau in June, 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) Margie Thomson sat in her office, holding a heart made of clay in her hands. It’s painted the colors of the transgender pride flag – pink, white and blue. Thomson is a therapist here in Juneau, […]
The Summary Environmental organizations are preparing to push back against the incoming Trump administration. They expect Trump to attempt to expand oil and gas drilling and repeal or pare back some Biden-era legislation. Environmental groups are already gearing up for legal fights and soliciting donations accordingly. Environmental groups are gearing up to push back against […]
Police have confirmed they are investigating a report of suspected fraud in relation to Dumbarton, the Scottish League One club that entered administration this week. Ian Wright, managing director of administrators Quantuma, said on Tuesday the Sons’ administration was the result of “non-receipt of significant funds” owed from the sale of land in 2021. They […]
Matt Gaetz withdraws as nominee for attorney general in Trump administration Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, saying his “confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition”. In a full statement on Thursday, Gaetz, who has been swept in a […]
The road out of King Cove ends at the old hovercraft landing on the shore of Cold Bay, about 7 miles from the city of the same name. (Theo Greenly/KSDP) A gravel road leads out of King Cove, a small fishing town near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. The road passes a small airport […]
National Education Association says nominating McMahon as education secretary shows Trump ‘could not care less about our students’ futures’ The president of the National Education Association (NEA) said that the president-elect’s decision to name Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary in his upcoming administration, shows “that he could not care less about our […]
I recently took a late career change, back to what I had enjoyed the most — frontline development work. I’ve been working in rural and remote communities in the Pacific and Australia ever since. My recent work in international development has been with “facility” managing contractors — companies that manage flexible technical assistance mechanisms. After […]