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- After three decades of checking the global proliferation of nuclear weapons for both the US and Russia, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) has come to its inevitable end. Its demise is sparking questions about what might be next to fill the void.
- U.S. elections are run by state governments, but President Donald Trump, still brooding over his loss in 2020, says he wants to “nationalize” American elections. Doing so would be a “radical power grab,” said Steve Benen at MS NOW, and Democrats are already countering his efforts.
- Need to come up with the cash for a down payment on a house? If you have found yourself tempted to dip into your 401(k) savings account, that's not a bad idea. But here's what you need to know before making that decision.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over the latter’s allegations of health care fraud in the Golden State.
- While Newsom has claimed the allegations are racially motivated, Oz is pushing back. Here's how the feud started.
- American presidents going back to Dwight Eisenhower have tried to dislodge the Communist regime in Cuba. None succeeded. But President Trump thinks he may have found the pathway by cutting off Havana’s access to oil. Analysts say the country has “less than three weeks of fuel left,” said Bloomberg.
