#A growing number of Americans face potentially crippling credit-card debt

#A growing number of Americans face potentially crippling credit-card debt

A growing number of Americans face potentially crippling credit-card debt Americans are piling on credit-card debt just as interest rates are reaching historic highs.  Multiple polls show American consumers sinking deeper into credit-card debt. A new survey from Bankrate, the consumer finance company, found 46 percent of cardholders carrying credit-card balances from month to month,…

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#White House chief of staff Ron Klain to step down

#White House chief of staff Ron Klain to step down

White House chief of staff Ron Klain to step down White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has served in the position since the start of the administration, is preparing to step down, a source familiar with his plans confirmed to The Hill. Klain will likely leave following President Biden’s State of the Union…

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#State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid

#State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid

State employee alleges Florida sidestepped process in excluding gender-affirming care from Medicaid Florida health officials circumvented traditional regulatory channels to draft a report recommending gender-affirming health care be excluded from coverage under Medicaid, a state employee alleges in an exchange included in new court filings. Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which controls most of the state’s…

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#Where Biden’s racial justice agenda stands

#Where Biden’s racial justice agenda stands

Where Biden’s racial justice agenda stands Racial justice was at the forefront of President Biden’s agenda when he took office. Yet despite signing an executive order on advancing racial equity, critics say he’s made little progress since his election, including on voting rights and police reform, two major concerns for Black voters. He now faces a…

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#DeSantis sparks outrage with rejection of African American studies class

#DeSantis sparks outrage with rejection of African American studies class

DeSantis sparks outrage with rejection of African American studies class Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing criticism after his administration rejected an Advanced Placement African American Studies course from being taught in Florida schools, the latest curriculum-related action by the governor to draw fierce backlash. The DeSantis administration made the move earlier this month, when it…

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