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Millions more people without children are now eligible for a tax credit that could save them thousands
The IRS made the Earned Income Tax Credit available to more childless people and young adults, savi…
Jason Lalljee
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Mississippi spent at least $94 million in welfare money on NFL players, lobbyists, and pro wrestlers instead of its poorest citizens
Shad White, the state auditor, called it "the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in thei…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Meet the new moms using up to $700 in monthly basic income to afford childcare. It could be the answer to helping parents stay employed.
Guaranteed basic income helps some parents pay for childcare — participants and experts say it lead…
Allie Kelly
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A Bay Area county gave low-income moms $1,000 a month. 2 years later, more families had stable housing and new jobs.
Marin County, California gave 125 low-income mothers of color $1,000 a month for two years. Familie…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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Illinois is launching a basic income pilot for 400 families in the child welfare system in the hopes of reducing maltreatment
Illinois' guaranteed basic income program will give no-strings-attached cash to families in the chi…
Allie Kelly
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A guaranteed basic income program helped a millennial afford a crib for her newborn when her income dipped during maternity leave
Tatiana Lopez, 39, is a new mom. She's receiving a $500 monthly guaranteed basic income through Fli…
Allie Kelly
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A California city is giving new parents $500 a month. It's one of a growing number of basic income pilots focused on families.
Starting this summer, Pomona, California will give 250 families with children with children under t…
Allie Kelly
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A peak boomer who lives on $1,100 monthly from Social Security struggles to afford food: 'I have to survive, I have no choice.'
Angela Babin, 62, lives in a mobile home in Houma, Louisiana on her $1,104 monthly Social Security …
Allie Kelly
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A secretive US special-operations base in Syria is taking fire from a shadowy Middle East war
US troops at al-Tanf in Syria have been fighting ISIS since 2016, but the base has become a focal p…
Rachel Nostrant
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Over 100 basic-income pilots have run in US cities. Now states are getting creative to fund no-strings-attached cash payments.
The success of over 100 local GBI pilots in the US provides insight into future state-level policy.
Allie Kelly
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F-22 stealth fighter jets are back in the Middle East as a US commander warns of 'buffoonery' by Russian pilots
Russia's "generally more aggressive approach" to the US in Syria "should be expected to be a persis…
Paul Iddon
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Biden and McCarthy's plan to change SNAP work requirements in the debt-ceiling deal could actually expand benefits but not employment
Republican lawmakers have said that stronger work requirements on SNAP would get recipients back to…
Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hoff
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US Navy destroyer shoots down rebel missiles as Iran-backed militants stir up trouble and American forces come under fire
Several drones attacked US and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria this week, further raising fears …
Jake Epstein
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Former pro-wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. used money meant for needy families to buy himself a boat and make a down payment on a house, feds allege
Federal prosecutors allege that Ted Marvin DiBiase Jr., along with three co-conspirators, stole mil…
Rebecca Cohen
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Russian fighter jets are circling a US airbase in Syria a week after a fiery confrontation between Russian jets and a US drone over the Black Sea: report
The news comes after two Russian Su-27 fighter jets aggressively approached and then clipped an Ame…
Azmi Haroun
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Biden is still sending relief checks to help families deal with inflation
Some Americans can expect a fourth relief check, but it depends on where you live. Biden's stimulus…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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How Brett Favre found himself named in a lawsuit after the 'largest public fraud' case in Mississippi's history came to light
Favre has not been accused of a crime but a lawsuit alleges he should have to pay back money after …
Lloyd Lee
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This US base in Syria is a huge thorn in Russia and Iran's side - but they can't do much more than complain about it
"I think that the Syrian regime, the Russians and Iranians, would see it as a [symbolic] victory if…
Daniel Brown
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US troops are leaving Syria, but some might stick around at this remote base just to rain on Iran's parade
While the majority of the US troops in Syria are serving in the northeastern part of the country, t…
Ryan Pickrell
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US troops are sending a clear warning with live-fire exercises in Syria just one day after Russia threatens to launch strikes on a key coalition base
Russia informed the US on September 1 via the deconfliction line that Russian, Syrian, and other pr…