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Nationwide — President Trump is exploring an Australian-style retirement system to help Americans save for retirement, saying it has “worked out very well.” The plan would require employers to fund retirement accounts automatically, similar to Australia’s superannuation. In Australia, superannuation, or “super,” is the main way workers save for retirement. Employers contribute a set percentage of […]

Nationwide — President Trump ended a Cabinet meeting by sharply criticizing Somali immigrants, calling them “garbage” and saying he doesn’t want them in the United States. His remarks also targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American from Minnesota. Trump warned the country was “at a tipping point” and suggested that continuing to accept Somali immigrants could

By Samantha Liss and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News The Tribune Content Agency Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she’s working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn’t think she should have to. The 27-year-old resident of Bloomington, Indiana, has a pacemaker and a painful joint disease. She also has fused

Haiti gang king ‘Yonyon’ gets life in U.S. prison for kidnapping missionaries Germine Joly, the self-described “king” of Haiti’s notoriously violent 400 Mawozo gang, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in federal prison without parole for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 missionaries — 16 of whom were U.S. citizens, including an eight-month-old baby. The life

By Jacqueline Charles To visitors, the Caribbean is a post card of white sand, sun-soaked beaches and tranquility. But millions who call the region home are confronting a much harsher and grimmer reality: the rise of lethal violence. A new report released on Tuesday finds that firearm-related violence make up 86% of killings in countries that

By Jacqueline Charles and Verónica Egui Brito The Trump administration on Tuesday issued one of its most sweeping immigration crackdowns to date, ordering a pause of all immigration applications, including pending asylum claims, from nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and 16 other so-called “high risk” countries. The Department of Homeland Security directive affects everything from green card applications

By Jacqueline Charles Haiti’s transitional government on Monday adopted a long-awaited electoral law, setting in motion the process for restoring democratic rule after years of political paralysis and escalating violence. The announcement was made by Frinel Joseph, one of the two observers on the scandal-plagued Transitional Presidential Council. In a post on X, Joseph said the

By The New York Times | wordpress@medianewsgroup.com | The New York Times News Service   NEGRIL, Jamaica — With power still out nine days after Hurricane Melissa swept through western Jamaica, Kellanie Kerr stood in the dark at the stifling hot souvenir shop in Negril where she works, waving a fan at her sole customer. She tried to “guesstimate”

By BEN FINLEY and GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from legal experts. Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say

By Alyssa Kapasi The Supreme Court on Monday hears a billion-dollar case about whether internet providers can be liable for their users’ committing copyright violations using its services. The legal battle pits the music entertainment industry against Cox Communications, which provides internet to over 6 million residences and business. A coalition of music labels, which