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20 December 2024
“It was like they’d just woken up to the fact that this annual budget was upon them.” Elon Musk and Donald Trump have blocked the passing of America’s annual budget bill decrying it as a “betrayal of the country,” says The Times’s David Charter.
20 December 2024
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder as an act of terrorism. Thompson's assassination has brought renewed attention to the practices of the health industry and especially UnitedHealth Group, which reported $22 billion in profits last year.
For more, we speak with Kevin Dwyer, who has firsthand experience with UnitedHealthcare denying him lifesaving medication for cystic fibrosis. "The thought of getting this medication that could stop my decline was everything to me. And it was devastating when I got the denial," says Dwyer, who only got approved after his case became a national news story.
"It shouldn't take this, but unfortunately it does," says Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of health initiatives at the Community Service Society of New York and co-founder of the Health Care for All New York campaign. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe
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20 December 2024
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20 December 2024
Gabriela Santos, JPMorgan Asset Management chief market strategist for Americas, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, what to make of the recent volatility, impact of the Fed's interest rate decision, 2025 outlook, and more.
20 December 2024
Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins University says talk of Chinese yuan depreciation in response to potential Trump tariffs are a "lightweight" argument, saying Beijing could instead look to crimping critical-material supply to squeeze the West.
2024 December 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump, in a post on Truth Social, has threatened the EU with "tariffs all the way" if its member countries don’t buy more American oil and gas. Bloomberg's Will Kennedy reports. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets
19 December 2024
The BBC's Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, has challenged Vladimir Putin on whether he has "taken care" of Russia during his 25-year rule. At the president's annual end-of-year press conference, Rosenberg reminded Putin about how his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, told him to take care of the country when he handed over power. In response, Putin said Russia had "regained its sovereignty".
19 December 2024
Check out our F1 2024 season review: Part 3.
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