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Medicare open enrollment starts now. These changes will arrive in 2027

Open enrollment comes as inflation adds pressure on seniors whose healthcare costs have risen and as midterm elections are weeks away. Voters have consistently said cost-of-living is a major concern.

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PBS NewsHour· Oct 15, 5:22 PMMedicare open enrollment starts now. These changes will arrive in 2027

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Is the Trump Administration Dismantling Nation Building’s Last Stand?Thanks to the Trump administration, for the first time in its 35-year history, the southeastern European country of Bosnia-Herzegovina had free and fair elections last week without aggressive interference from international bureaucrats. This puts a dagger into the global nation-building industry that sucked dry the country’s national sovereignty.…

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Midterm nightmare revealed that election experts can’t shakeThis article was originally published by Votebeat , a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about voter…

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Trump’s DOJ Sues California Over Non-Citizen Voter ListThe Trump administration sued California for allegedly failing to join an effort to remove suspected non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls, the latest escalation in the federal government’s clash with Democratic-led states in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

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USPS postmarks can lag mailing dates. What taxpayers and voters should knowUSPS postmark dates may differ from mailing dates, affecting Oct. 15 tax filings and mail ballots with state-specific deadlines.

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USPS Probes Suspicious Mail While Vowing to Deliver BallotsThe FBI and US Postal Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings to state election officials across the country, some of which contain unknown substances, officials told reporters on Thursday.

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Lenfest Institute awards $1.4 million in grants for civic engagement ahead of Philadelphia’s 2027 municipal electionThe Philadelphia nonprofit is investing in 30 media organizations and 16 community groups with a goal of encouraging young voters to "make their priorities heard."

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News Wrap: Trump says Fort Hood shooter's execution will not be livestreamedIn our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled plans to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, federal law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of letters containing what they're calling "suspicious substances" that were sent to congressional and state election officials and police report multiple victims in a…

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Letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to US senators and election officesA number of states have confirmed they were targeted by the mailings, including Oklahoma, Ohio and Louisiana.

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DOJ sues California over mail ballots, alleging they were sent to noncitizensA banner featuring a photo of President Donald Trump hangs outside the Justice Department in Washington on June 15.

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Watchdog Questions Zeldin’s Tour With Embattled GOP CandidatesIt’s not unusual for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to be on the road touting the Trump administration’s agenda, but his travel itinerary in the weeks before the midterm election looks like a trail of political hot spots. On Thursday, Zeldin traveled to an auto repair shop and a construction firm in central Pennsylvania […]

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