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The US government passes a surprising tracking rule for millions of Social Security recipients. Will your travel be monitored?

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The US government passes a surprising tracking rule for millions of Social Security recipients. Will your travel be monitored?

A quiet regulatory update from the Social Security Administration (SSA) may raise new concerns about the government’s increasing use of surveillance tools to monitor ordinary Americans. In early January, SSA updated the Foreign Travel Evidence – Foreign Travel Data Application to increase scrutiny of foreign travel by Americans receiving benefits. This change allows the agency … Read more

After accepting deportees from the United States, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top officials, documents show

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After accepting deportees from the United States, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top officials, documents show

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) – After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of demands to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and relief from sanctions for a top official accused of embezzling more than a billion dollars in public funds. … Read more

The Nicaraguan government said it is releasing the detainees after pressure from the United States

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The Nicaraguan government said it is releasing the detainees after pressure from the United States

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry said Saturday the country will release dozens of prisoners, as the United States increased pressure on leftist President Daniel Ortega a week after ousting former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. On Friday, the US Embassy in Nicaragua said that Venezuela had taken an important step towards peace by releasing … Read more

Budapest’s credit rating falls to ‘junk’ as funding row with Orbán’s government intensifies

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Budapest’s credit rating falls to ‘junk’ as funding row with Orbán’s government intensifies

The city of Budapest has been cut to junk status by Moody’s, a leading global credit rating agency, in a rating action that explicitly links the Hungarian capital’s short-term credit risk to liquidity pressure and an ongoing institutional dispute with the national government. “Moody’s Ratings today downgraded the Base Credit Assessment of the City of … Read more

Where Americans want government to focus in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

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Where Americans want government to focus in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is concerned that her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are draining her retirement savings and will soon put her on Medicaid. At the same time, Dvorak, who is 56 and suffers from a chronic knee condition that keeps her on state and federal assistance, expects her own health … Read more