President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice on Tuesday separately asked the Supreme Court to overturn a civil court verdict that ordered him to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her while denying her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. "This is the first case in our Nation's history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a President for his conduct in office," the petition to the Supreme Court by Trump's lawyers says.
The Trump administration will end a subsidy program, meant to keep premiums stable for Medicare prescription drug plans, after 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday. The agency said its review of 2027 bids showed insurers have gained enough experience with Medicare Part D to accurately price their plans without support from the program. "We are stabilizing the market so this bailout is no longer needed. Premiums will go up by less than $10 for most Medicare recipients, with many even seeing lower premiums," CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a post on X.
Canadians are boycotting the United States in record numbers thanks to President Donald Trump. That boycott by our northern neighbors has cost $3.3 billion in tourism dollars to the U.S., according to a new report from the Canadian government. Visits hit rock bottom in July, falling more than 30 percent year-on-year for the first time since the months following 9/11 terrorist attacks. "The resulting 11-month streak of year-over-year declines was the deepest and most sustained on record for border crossings from the United States," the report also noted.
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Reporter Stephanie Mencimer writes that she received a notice from the Internal Revenue Service claiming she underpaid her 2025 taxes, even though the agency had not credited payments she had already made. After two hours on hold, she gave up. A few days later, a recorded message about "high call volume" disconnected her. Her accountant said even dedicated lines for tax practitioners were not working, leaving serious issues unresolved with "no contact available at all." Mencimer said she "realized that the IRS was finally imploding." It's what everyone warned would happen when Elon Musk used his DOGE program to reduce the IRS by 25,000 people. It was about one-third of the entire IRS.
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