White House confirms Medicaid portal ‘outage’ but insists it won’t affect payments White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged that Medicaid portals were down today in a post on X, calling the issue an “outage” and writing: “The White House is aware of the Medicaid website portal outage. We have confirmed no payments have been…
Inflation figures due out on Wednesday could “make or break” the case for a pre-election rate cut next month, according to economists, in one of the most politically consequential set of numbers of recent times. The market is pricing in an 84% chance of a 25 basis-point rate cut when the Reserve Bank of Australia…
Experts have urged caution over rapidly embracing the Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek, citing concerns about it spreading misinformation and how the Chinese state might exploit users’ data. The government said its use was a personal choice for citizens, but officials were monitoring any national security threat to data from the new AI and said…
The war of words between Mexico and France over trans gangster musical Emilia Pérez has heated up even more after the release of a spoof film called Johanne Sacreblu poking fun at French stereotypes. Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques Audiard and which is up for the best picture Oscar along with a best actress nomination…
Italy has transported 49 people to Albania, in the latest push by Giorgia Meloni’s government to enforce a legally disputed plan to have asylum claims processed in the Balkan country as part of a hardline policy critics have called “disgraceful”. The Italian navy ship Cassiopeia arrived at Shëngjin port on Tuesday morning carrying passengers intercepted…
Independent watchdogs summarily dismissed by Donald Trump have denounced the move as illegal and a threat to democracy that paves the way for the appointment of “political lackeys” and widespread institutional corruption. The sacking of the 18 inspectors general from federal agencies last Friday, including the departments of defence, energy and state, has also been…