‘I feel very scared’: Some Americans fear losing coverage due to proposed Medicaid cuts

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Key components of the bill to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda looks to provide major tax breaks by cutting spending elsewhere, including massive cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) works with state programs to administer … Read more

Over 70 million Americans on alert for severe weather, tornadoes

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Destructive, long-track tornadoes are possible from Arkansas to Ohio on Friday as over 70 million Americans prepare for potential severe weather. Strong tornadoes, destructive winds in excess of 75 mph and very large hail the size of baseballs are possible. More than 300,000 customers are without power on Friday afternoon, including over 200,000 in Michigan, … Read more

10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriff’s office

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Eleven adult men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday and should be considered armed and dangerous, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office warned. One of the inmates, Kendell Myles, has been apprehended; 10 remain at large, the sheriff’s office said. The men were unaccounted for during a routine headcount at the Orleans … Read more

Trump pressures GOP hard-liners to ‘unite’ behind bill that advances his agenda

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President Donald Trump is weighing in on House Republicans’ mega-bill aimed at advancing his legislative agenda Friday morning — calling on his party to unite behind it despite objections from hard-liners. As several hard-liners signaled that they would derail the tax and budget measure over concerns that it adds to a bloated national debt, Trump … Read more