When it comes to the cost of treating uninsured patients, including migrants, the numbers don’t lie, and some health systems are on the verge of collapse from the cost. Emergency hospitals have historically had to take on the burden of uninsured Americans. By law, nobody can be turned away without the emergency care they need. But health care systems such as a major one in Denver are simply on the verge of collapse. Last year, Denver Health provided about $130 million in uncompensated...

More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas amid constant bombardment. Palestinian armed groups said they were targeting Israeli troops to the east. Israel's military has said its ground forces are conducting "targeted activity" in eastern Rafah. The UN also warned that food and fuel were running out because it was not receiving aid through nearby crossings. Israeli troops took...

A coalition of more than two dozen Republican state attorneys general are challenging one of the Biden administration’s signature environmental regulations. Twenty-five attorneys general sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday over the agency’s stringent, recently-finalized regulations targeting new natural gas- and coal-fired power plants. The regulations require many existing coal plants and new natural gas facilities to control 90% of their emissions by 2032 if they...

Donald Trump is facing words of caution from within his party as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee narrows down his choice for vice president. With former GOP presidential rival Nikki Haley continuing to chip away at his primary victory margins despite dropping out of the race two months ago, some Republicans are sounding the alarm for Trump to give more consideration to a vice presidential pick who can help close the gap with irritated supporters of the ex-South Carolina...

Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter recently told former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that she would not back him for the GOP nomination because “you’re an Indian.” Coulter, 62, made the shocking remark on a podcast Ramaswamy released Wednesday, on which the two spoke about nationalism and the basis of American identity. “I agreed with many many things you said during — in fact, probably more than most other candidates — when you were running for president...

Bill Ackman’s turn as an anti-DEI provocateur has turned the investor, well-known enough on Wall Street but not far beyond, into a culture warrior. It’s also been very good for business. Shares of his Amsterdam-listed investment firm have been on a tear since Ackman took to X to criticize corporate diversity efforts, support Israel, stump for long-shot presidential candidates, question childhood vaccine schedules, and bash the student protests that have taken over...

A Boeing 737 skidded off a runway at an airport in Senegal’s capital, injuring at least 11 people and grounding all operations while crew assisted with an evacuation of the aircraft. The Air Senegal flight operated by TransAir was set to take off from the Blaise Diagne airport in the country’s capital of Dakar and fly to the city of Bamako in Mali on Thursday around midnight when the plane "came off the runway during its take-off phase," Senegal Transport Minister El Malick Ndiaye told...

The Biden administration’s pause in a shipment of high-payload munitions to Israel reverberated through Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with Democrats largely backing the move as necessary to convince Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to hold off on military actions in the Gaza Strip and Republicans warning Iran might conclude U.S. backing of Israel is no longer ironclad. The administration last week “paused” one shipment of near-term assistance consisting of 3,500 bombs weighing 2,...

Argentina's President Javier Milei faced his second general strike Thursday in just five months in office, as workers angered by austerity cuts brought the capital to a standstill. Public transport in Buenos Aires was reduced to a trickle for some three million daily commuters, while schools, banks and service stations remained closed, and garbage was left uncollected. The 24-hour protest was called by labor unions in support of "a dignified wage" for Argentines battling a severe economic...

Segment from Joe Rogan Experience podcast exposes how Big Pharma ignores cheap, effective treatments