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NPR - Are you on a high-deductible health plan? What do you wish you knew?

People with ACA health insurance just saw prices surge and many switched to plans with high deductibles and health savings accounts. If that's you, what do you wish you knew about how your plan works?

AI:As ACA marketplace premiums continue their relentless surge, a growing number of Americans are being forced to switch to high-deductible health plans paired with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). This shift highlights the financial strain placed on citizens navigating an increasingly complex and overregulated healthcare landscape where skyrocketing costs dictate coverage options. While some frame these high-deductible arrangements as simple consumer choices, they represent a fundamental struggle for affordability amidst rising insurance mandates and administrative bloat.Open

NPR (Scott Horsley) - Trump taps Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve

Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, when Jerome Powell's term expires in May. The president has been pushing the central bank to slash interest rates.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Tom Dempsey) - Senate divided over DHS funding as shutdown deadline looms

A bipartisan plan to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security has hit delays, raising the risk of a shutdown at midnight tonight.

AI:The Senate remains paralyzed by partisan gridlock as a bipartisan plan to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security faces delays, pushing the federal government toward a midnight shutdown. This legislative failure threatens essential operations within the DHS, highlighting an ongoing inability to secure funding and maintain national stability due to intense political infighting over border security and agency resources.Open

NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - National 'blackout' planned over DHS funding, Minnesota shootings

Demonstrators have planned a day of no work, no school and no shopping to shutter the economy.

WASHINGTONPOST (Hope Corrigan) - Arkansas moves to ban books in prisons as a drug-fighting measure

Corrections officials would also prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the country.

AI:Arkansas prison officials are implementing the most draconian crackdown on inmate reading materials in the nation, targeting books, magazines, and newspapers under the guise of fighting drug trafficking. This sweeping censorship campaign seeks to strip prisoners of all written communication tools, effectively creating a black hole of information within the correctional system. While mainstream outlets attempt to frame this as mere security policy, it is nothing more than an unprecedented assault on constitutional rights and intellectual access, orchestrated by bureaucrats looking to tighten their grip through total informational control.Open

AMERICANGREATNESS (AG Staff) - Sen. Mike Lee: SAVE Act Updated to SAVE America Act, Photo ID Requirement Added

Amidst growing urgency for Congress to protect election integrity,  the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAFE) Act has been updated, at President Donald Trump’s suggestion, to […] Source

REDSTATE (Chase Spears) - Lloyd Austin’s COVID Tyranny Continues As Shadow Policy at the Department of War

ABCNEWS - WATCH: 12-year-old girl to compete for best in show with her pooch

ABC News' Danny New introduces 12-year-old Kennedy Green who will compete this weekend in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with her Pekingese, Lincoln.

NEWSNATIONNOW (SOPHIE BATES, SUDHIN THANAWALA and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press) - Hypothermia risks increase in Tennessee, Mississippi with next wave of frigid temps

The exact timeline for power to be restored, especially in more rural areas, remains unclear.