Family Health Plans Average a Record $11,000 for Employees

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Informational pamphlets at a health care enrollment fair in Richmond, Calif., on March 31, 2014. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Health insurance premiums and deductibles rose faster than both inflation and wages in 2024, leaving the average American worker with health care costs of more than $11,000 against a median household income of $86,000. These costs rose

The price of public life: Judges doxed, swatted, threatened with death

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Washington — The 15 comments came across a series of eight days in July, posted under pseudonyms alluding to the perpetrators of some of the most infamous mass shootings in U.S. history, including Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colorado. “That POS Judge … MUST have her life ENDED Immediately! Get it done, Patriots!!” read

House Democrat: Former UK ambassador ‘unable to appear’ for interview in congressional Epstein inquiry

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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that former United Kingdom Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has declined an invitation to sit for an interview as part of an ongoing probe into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Garcia said in a statement…

US Commission of Fine Arts Approves White House Ballroom Proposal

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The demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Feb. 19 approved a proposal for a new White House ballroom, advancing a major renovation project at the executive residence. The commission—whose members were appointed by President Donald Trump—was originally scheduled to only review and discuss