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September 25: ACA Marketplace Removals and Putin’s G20 Invitation
In U.S. politics
New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell resigned Friday after an investigation found that he violated state ethics rules and engaged in harassing behavior. The report accused him of sexually harassing a female staffer. Governor Mikie Sherrill said Caldwell submitted his resignation earlier that day.
A group of senators, including seven Republicans, sent President Trump a letter expressing serious concern about his invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit in Miami. They asked Trump to explain the invitation amid Russia’s war with Ukraine.
In U.S. healthcare
Trump administration officials say they are removing 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage over fraud allegations. The government is investigating about 420,000 others and imposing a six-month moratorium on new agents and brokers selling ACA plans. Experts warn that some low-income Americans could lose healthcare.
In the Middle East
Lebanon’s prime minister, Nawaf Salam, called for steps to prevent a security vacuum in the south if no new international force is agreed upon when the UNIFIL mandate ends.
Turkey has agreed to gradually hand over a base in Sinjar, northern Iraq. The agreement does not establish whether Turkey will end its wider military presence in the region.
In U.S. defense
A federal appeals court declined Friday to block the Trump administration from blacklisting AI company Anthropic from Pentagon contracts on national security grounds.
CBS News reports that the U.S. Army is considering sending medical, logistics and military police units as the Pentagon maintains plans for possible military action in Cuba. No deployment or operation has been announced.
In the UK
A boat carrying about 30 migrants reached the Kent coast Tuesday after a reported sinking prompted a search in the Channel. Authorities arrested 21 people; the others are believed to have gone unrecorded. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered a review of the unescorted landing and another near Folkestone on Monday.
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