Minnesota wanted to curb health spending. Mayo Clinic had other ideas.

Mayo Clinic issued an ultimatum to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic lawmakers earlier this month: Kill a proposed health affordability bill, or say goodbye to $4 billion in new hospital investments. Minnesota lawmakers responded quickly — by watering down an ambitious proposal in the final days of the legislative session, which ended last week. The threat from the world-renowned...

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9 injured in shooting near beach in Florida

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day. Several of the victims were taken to a children’s hospital, police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said. However, authorities have not yet released the ages of the...

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Silence speaks volumes as Switzerland still reels from bank meltdown

The Alpine nation is trying to process exactly what went wrong with Credit Suisse — and what to do about the bankers who took it over the edge. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/dTgn4yA via IFT...

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McCarthy rallies support for debt deal amid hints of mutiny

Speaker Kevin McCarthy hunkered down in a mostly desolate Capitol building on Monday to build support for his debt limit compromise, dogged by claims of promises he made to become speaker. For days, the California Republican has said he could “get to yes” on House passage of a cross-party agreement to prevent the nation from defaulting on its $31.4 trillion in debt. Already,...

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Spy agency warns Canadian MP that she’s on Beijing's ‘evergreen’ target list

OTTAWA — A Hong Kong-born lawmaker says Canada’s top spy agency warned her that Beijing has her marked as an “evergreen” political target due to her activism. New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan told reporters Monday the Canadian Security Intelligence Service told her last week during a classified briefing that she’s a target for foreign interference by the Chinese government “and...

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What Turkey's Erdoğan does next

A vital NATO power, with an economy in trouble, just gave its strongman president five more years. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/Rlh4uD7 via IFT...

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Wrinkles and curveballs in the debt ceiling bill

The newly released legislative text enshrining the debt-limit compromise largely matches the deal that the White House and Speaker Kevin McCarthy had announced a day earlier: a proposal that would lift the $31.4 trillion ceiling through 2024 and place new limits on federal spending. But the bill also includes its share of surprises and curveballs — including provisions that...

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