Vance Shrugs Off Backlash After Trump Says Americans' Finances Don't Factor Into Iran War "Even A Little Bit"

29 Health Systems Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, Twenty-nine health systems are dropping Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, citing prior authorization denials, reimbursement issues, and deal renegotiations. A Medicare Advantage PPO card sits on top of a Medicare card, in this file photo. AP/Jenny Kane The number of terminated contracts this year is down from 40 in 2025 and 32 in 2024, Becker's Hospital Review reported on Sept. 4. Naples Comprehensive Health, one of America's top 50 hospitals, will go out of network with Centene's Wellcare and...

UBS Checks With Major Restaurant Franchisees Reveal Troubling Consumer Trends In a continuation of our note on the health of America's restaurant industry, we cite UBS analyst Dennis Geiger for a second straight week, as his coverage of the consumer and restaurant sectors has been spot on. Sentiment toward chain eateries remains "generally cautious," with macro pressures, elevated gas prices, and weak demand among lower-income consumers continuing to weigh on traffic and sales trends. Last week, Geiger warned, "Challenged traffic and sales trends likely reflect depressed consumer sentiment across several cohorts,...

Judge Rules Trump Admin Illegally Retaliated Against Anthropic Over AI Red Lines Via Decrypt.co, In brief Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic summary judgment on its First Amendment, due process and Administrative Procedure Act claims in a 59-page order. The government conceded Anthropic has no backdoor access to deployed models and is no riskier than any other AI system. Anthropic lost on one count, its claim that Trump's directive to federal agencies exceeded presidential power. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration illegally punished Anthropic for publicly refusing to let the military use its Claude LLM...