President Trump announced Thursday that the federal government will send $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans who paid full price on the federal Obamacare exchange and were hit with excess user fees collected during the Biden years. Those fees were passed through to consumers as higher premiums and then sat unused in government […] The post Trump’s $500 Obamacare Refunds Hit 30 States in October appeared first on StoneZone .
President Trump announced Thursday that the federal government will send $500 refund checks to nearly one million Americans who paid full price on the federal Obamacare exchange and were hit with excess user fees collected during the Biden years. Those fees were passed through to consumers as higher premiums and then sat unused in government accounts. The White House fact sheet says the checks start going out in October to people in the 30 states that rely on Healthcare.gov , and that the action will “directly refund the Americans most exposed to the higher costs” imposed by the Biden Administration’s “gross mismanagement of Obamacare.” The same document describes a surplus “not used to benefit the Americans who paid…Open
A five-month independent review of the Gates Foundation's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found that Bill Gates ignored repeated employee warnings to stay away, and the review never even examined his personal emails. Law firm WilmerHale, hired by the foundation itself, interviewed more than 50 current and former staffers and concluded that Gates […] The post Bill Gates brushed off staff warnings about Epstein for years, outside review confirms appeared first on American Almanac .
A five-month independent review of the Gates Foundation's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found that Bill Gates ignored repeated employee warnings to stay away, and the review never even examined his personal emails. Law firm WilmerHale, hired by the foundation itself, interviewed more than 50 current and former staffers and concluded that Gates and his team held roughly 30 meetings with Epstein between 2011 and 2014. Foundation employees flagged the reputational danger of associating with a man who had pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in Florida. Those concerns, the review's executive summary states, "were raised to senior leadership, including Mr. Gates." He kept the meetings going anyway. The…Open
A deal, involving the utilities in Florida and Virginia, would come as demand for power is soaring, largely because of the rapid growth of A.I. data centers.
Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) are next in line this week for the House's wave of expulsion votes. Why it matters: The two Florida lawmakers could become the seventh and eighth members to ever be expelled from Congress. - Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty by the Ethics Committee on a litany of charges, most notably for funneling $5 million in COVID relief funds to her congressional campaign. She has denied wrongdoing. - Mills faces allegations including financial misconduct, campaign finance violations and sexual misconduct, all of which he denies. - Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) resigned last week ahead of imminent expulsion votes over alleged sexual misconduct. Both…
Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.) are next in line this week for the House's wave of expulsion votes. Why it matters: The two Florida lawmakers could become the seventh and eighth members to ever be expelled from Congress. - Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty by the Ethics Committee on a litany of charges, most notably for funneling $5 million in COVID relief funds to her congressional campaign. She has denied wrongdoing. - Mills faces allegations including financial misconduct, campaign finance violations and sexual misconduct, all of which he denies. - Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) resigned last week ahead of imminent expulsion votes over alleged sexual misconduct. Both…Open
DANIA BEACH, FL — Spirit Airlines unveiled a new all-duct tape aircraft that is expected to increase the company's profit margins at the expense of customer safety in an effort to appease shareholders.