Why healthcare coverage for millions of Americans is at the heart of the government shutdown

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Congress is split over the future of Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding.

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How a government shutdown will affect Social Security payments

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Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) continues to have difficulty finding a legislative path that would prevent the federal government from partially shutting down at midnight on September 30 and would also not jeopardize his speakership.

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How student-loan borrowers will be affected by the government shutdown

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Student-loan borrowers are still required to make payments during a government shutdown.

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The government shutdown is putting Friday's jobs report in jeopardy

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If the government remains shut down on Friday, it means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report won't be published.

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The government has shut down. Federal workers are gearing up for mass firings.

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Trump's administration warned that a government shutdown could lead to federal worker firings.

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Student-loan forgiveness delays will soon become a bigger problem for borrowers

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President Donald Trump

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An AI startup founder explains why the H-1B executive order doesn't change his hiring plans

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A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires

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Gary Guthart

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Mark Cuban says the AI arms race explains why Zuck, Musk, and Dell have embraced Trump — and why it may pay off

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Mark Zuckerberg and other Big Tech leaders are cozying up to Donald Trump to secure an edge in the AI arms race, Mark Cuban says.

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I'm an Amazon software engineer who wasn't selected for the H-1B visa. I was obsessed with staying in the US‚ but not anymore.

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Wen-Hsing Huang is a software development engineer at Amazon from Taiwan. He explained why the changes to the H-1B visa program don't stress him out.

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