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ACA enrollees to be removed over fraud claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not ...

Frost advisory issued for UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for much of the Upper Peninsula, effective from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Central time Wednesday. Temperatures as low as 32 degrees will result in frost formation in portions of the central and western U.P., according to NWS. "Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation," forecasters said. The advisory includes Dickinson, Iron, Delta, Ontonagon, Baraga, Marquette, Alger, Luce, Gogebic, Schoolcraft and southern Houghton counties.

US to admit 17,500 white South African refugees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a program that at one point served as a pathway to safety for people fleeing war and strife from countries around the world. In a notice to Congress obtained by The Associated Press, the administration said the white South Africans faced seizures of their land and other forms of persecution and would be likely to assimilate when they come to America. The South African ...

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US, Iranian officials meet UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met on Tuesday, shortly after threatening in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if a deal isn't reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war. Trump told reporters about the meeting but offered few details about the talks. Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. president in his address to the world body made the case that he's shown fortitude while other leaders have equivocated as he defended his decision to start a war with Iran. ...

Trump signs US-Denmark-Greenland agreement

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland aimed at strengthening Arctic and North Atlantic security, paving the way for more U.S. bases in Greenland and easing tensions over his repeated calls for the vast island to become part ...

Michigan spending far less on math than literacy

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) As Michigan goes all in on literacy, some are asking: What about math? Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko have said ...