Nonprofit sues U.S. as it pushes to auction massive tracks of water around American Samoa

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A legal environmental group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s plans announced last month to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining. Earthjustice filed the federal lawsuit against the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard…

Nonprofit sues U.S. as it pushes to auction massive tracks of water around American Samoa

Medicare pushes site-neutral payments for hospitals

Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. This is the online version of STAT’s…

Medicare pushes site-neutral payments for hospitals

Egyptian foreign minister pushes for US-Iran talks, highlights refugee burden during Austria visit

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty called for the resumption of US-Iranian negotiations and the completion of the first phase of the US President’s plan for Gaza during talks with Austrian Parliament Speaker Walter Rosenkranz in Vienna on Wednesday. Briefing Rosenkranz on Cairo’s efforts to restore regional security, Abdelatty stressed the need for concerted…

Egyptian foreign minister pushes for US-Iran talks, highlights refugee burden during Austria visit