Medicare insolvency forecast shocks trustees report
The trustee report warns Medicare will be insolvent in 2026, three years earlier than prior estimates, while Social Security remains on track for 2034 insolvency. It notes the aging population and slow growth as key pressures, urges a plan next year, and cites rising costs and deficits shaping future benefits and funding.
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Baby rescued as father, sex offender, is arrested in NC
Police recovered 7 month old Emma Grace Kennedy and arrested Carl Ray Kennedy, a 51 year old sex offender, after a mobile home tip in Randleman North Carolina. The abduction began at a Virginia Kwik Stop gas station and prompted an Amber Alert. Emma was found unharmed and reunited with her mother Kristen Murphy at a local hospital.
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World Bank sees healthy yet slowing global growth
The World Bank says the global economy remains healthy but growth will slow from 3.1 percent this year to 3.0 percent next year and 2.9 percent in 2020. Risks include higher rates in rich countries, weaker commodity demand, trade tensions and financial volatility. U.S. growth is projected at 2.7 percent in 2018, then 2.5 and 2.0 percent in 2019 and 2020, while China is seen at 6.5 percent this year, 6.3 percent in 2019 and 6.2 percent in 2020.
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Trump tweets anticipate inspector general report on Comey
President Trump says he wants to know why the inspector general report on James Comey and the Clinton email case is taking so long. He argues the draft will damage Comey and Mueller, framing it as a weapon to attack federal investigators.
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