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One-third of Americans cut back on other expenses to cover healthcare in 2025, survey shows
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March 12 (Reuters) - Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research ‌from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices ‌and rising living costs hit households.

A nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults in all ​50 states and in the District of Columbia, conducted from June to August 2025, found that 33% of respondents had made at least one trade-off in daily expenses to pay for healthcare.

This was far more common among Americans who do not have ‌health insurance, with 62% ⁠of those surveyed saying they have made at least one sacrifice to pay for healthcare, including 32% who had to borrow ⁠money and 24% who had prolonged their current medication.

Among those with insurance, close to three in 10 have made at least one sacrifice, the survey found.

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Most Americans with ​private health ​insurance are paying higher premiums and steeper ​out-of-pocket costs in 2026, including ‌millions of people in the government-subsidized Affordable Care Act plans in which extra COVID pandemic-era subsidies have expired.

"We're actually finding that people are reporting higher incidences of metabolic disease or depression and anxiety. We're not getting healthier as a society, we're actually getting sicker, and the healthcare cost is going up on top ‌of it," said Timothy Lash, president of West ​Health Policy Center, a nonprofit organization focused on ​healthcare and aging.

In another survey ​of 5,660 U.S. adults, collected primarily through Gallup's panel between ‌October and December last year, Americans reported ​having delayed a ​life event or change within the past four years due to healthcare costs, such as buying a new home or taking a vacation.

Nearly 9% ​of the respondents of this ‌survey, also released on Thursday, postponed their retirement due to healthcare ​costs, whereas twice as many reported delaying a job change.

(Reporting by Sriparna ​Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)


March 12, 2026 at 07:32AM via MAG

One-third of Americans cut back on other expenses to cover healthcare in 2025, survey shows March 12 (Reuters) - Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research ‌from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices ‌and rising living costs hit households.

Anthropic seeks court stay of Pentagon supply-chain risk designation
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March 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic asked a U.S. ‌appeals court on ‌Wednesday for a stay of ​the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply-chain risk ‌under a ⁠broader law, pending judicial review of ⁠the case.

In a filing with the ​U.S. Appeals ​for ​the D.C. ‌Circuit, Anthropic said the Pentagon's decision would cause the company "irreparable harm."

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Anthropic has also filed ‌a lawsuit in ​a California ​federal ​court to ‌block the Pentagon from ​placing ​it on a national security blacklist.

(Reporting ​by ‌Rajveer Singh Pardesi in ​Bengaluru; Editing by ​Clarence Fernandez)


March 12, 2026 at 07:32AM via MAG

Anthropic seeks court stay of Pentagon supply-chain risk designation March 12 (Reuters) - Anthropic asked a U.S. ‌appeals court on ‌Wednesday for a stay of ​the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply-chain risk ‌under a ⁠broader law, pending judicial review of ⁠the case.

Judge orders pause on ICE detention center construction in Maryland
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By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to halt construction work on an ‌immigration detention center after the state had sued citing environmental concerns.

Maryland Attorney ‌General Anthony Brown had argued that President Donald Trump's administration had not conducted a proper environmental review or ​received public input.

The federal government spent more than $100 million on a 54-acre warehouse in Maryland's Washington County to convert it into a detention center capable of holding 1,500 people at a time, Brown said in February when the state sued.

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson ‌granted Maryland's request for a ⁠restraining order to immediately pause construction for up to 14 days while the court considered Maryland's broader legal challenge.

"The State has shown ⁠that Defendants likely failed to comply with their obligations under (the National Environmental Policy Act)," the judge wrote.

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"Defendants do not appear to have taken a 'hard look' at the potential environmental consequences ​of ​their plans for the Williamsport Warehouse," the judge ​added.

The U.S. Department of Homeland ‌Security, which has federal oversight of immigration and of which the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is a part, has previously said DHS was willing to work with state officials to expand detention capabilities. It has also previously rejected Maryland's assertion that the lawsuit was based on environmental concerns.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown and deportation drive ‌have received widespread condemnation from rights advocates over ​what they call violations of free speech and ​due process rights. Rights experts also ​say the crackdown has created an unsafe environment, particularly for minorities.

Trump ‌has cast his actions as aiming to ​stop illegal immigration ​and improve domestic security.

Brown cast the ruling as a win.

"Though temporary, this ruling stops the construction of this massive immigration detention center while our lawsuit continues ​to play out in court. ‌We will not let DHS and ICE rush through the proper legal ​process in their haste to ramp up deportations," Brown said.

(Reporting by Kanishka ​Singh in Washington; Editing by Michael Perry)


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Judge orders pause on ICE detention center construction in Maryland WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to halt construction work on an ‌immigration detention center after the state had sued citing environmental concerns.

Pro-Iran hacking group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Stryker
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Stryker, a medical technology company that makes a variety of products, including surgical tools and medical implants, announced Wednesday that it was hit by a cyberattack.

And while the company has provided few details about the extent of the attack, a pro-Iran hacking group, Handala, is claiming responsibility, saying in a post on X that it executed the cyberattack "in retaliation" for the ongoing war in the region.

The hacking group claimed that in the cyberattack, "over 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices have been wiped and 50 terabytes of critical data have been extracted."

Stryker, the Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company, said in a statement Wednesday that it has "no indication of ransomware or malware and believe the incident is contained."

The company did note that it was "experiencing a global network disruption to our Microsoft environment."

"Our teams are working rapidly to understand the impact of the attack on our systems," Stryker said.

The company did not provide further details but assured "continuity measures in place to continue to support our customers and partners."

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The hacking group claimed in its statement that the deadly strike on a girls' elementary school in Iran was in part the motivation behind the cyberattack.

The group posted that the attack was "in retaliation for the brutal attack on the Minab school and in response to ongoing cyber assaults against the infrastructure."

Local officials say 168 people were killed in a Feb. 28 strike, in which several buildings connected to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were destroyed along with a nearby building housing a school for girls.

It has not been determined who was behind the strike, though the U.S. military wasstriking targetsin Iran in the area near the school, people familiar with the findings told ABC News. An investigation is ongoing.

U.S. officials have not immediately commented on the cyberattack.

ABC News' Mason Leath and Victor Ordonez contributed to this report.


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Pro-Iran hacking group claims responsibility for cyberattack on Stryker Stryker, a medical technology company that makes a variety of products, including surgical tools and medical implants, announced Wednesday that it was hit by a cyberattack.

Jury orders Ye to pay man who sued rapper for labor violations
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More than two years afterYewassued by a manoverseeing construction at his Malibu home, a Los Angeles jury mostly sided against thecontroversial rapper, formerly known asKanye West.

On Wednesday, March 11, the jury handed down a verdict finding Ye liable for damages related to injuries alleged by Tony Saxon – a project manager who also performed full-time security duties during construction on the waterfront property in 2021 and claimed various labor violations during the job – perVarietyandRolling Stone.

However, the jurors reportedly did not find that Saxon had been wrongfully terminated and decided to not award punitive damages as they did not agree that Ye acted with "malice, oppression, or fraud."

The Yeezy founder was ordered to pay Saxon $140,000, as well as compensation for Saxon's legal fees – a far cry from the $1.7 million in compensatory damages Saxon's team was seeking.

Saxon's attorney, West Coast Trial Lawyers Employment Chair Ronald Zambrano, in a statement called the result a "mixed verdict" that was "a vindication for our client."

"Ye's lawyers called [Saxon] a liar, a fraud, and a malingerer in court. His medical records, bank records, and personal family history were dissected, mocked, and vilified. Yeezy representative Milo Yiannopoulos maligned him and our firm in the press. Ye's team demanded that Tony pay them to resolve the case and issue a public apology. Most people would have folded," he said.
Born Kanye Omari West, Ye transformed himself from a college dropout in Chicago to an undisputable icon of music and fashion. But a string of controversies has the rapper facing a fallout. In October 2022, several companies, including Adidas and Balenciaga fashion house, cut ties with the star after he made antisemitic remarks.

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"In true David-vs.-Goliath fashion, Mr. Saxon stood firm against one of the biggest celebrities in the world, with the truth on his side."

Attorney Neama Rahmani, West Coast Trial Lawyers president, admitted the $140,000 "award was less than we asked for" but noted that "the California Labor Code allows us to recover our attorney's fees and costs" and, as a result, "the judgment against Ye should be more than $1 million."

In his lawsuit against Ye, Saxon accused the rapper, as well as 10 anonymous "Doe" defendants, of disability discrimination, violations of multiple labor codes, unpaid wages and reimbursements, and wrongful retaliatory termination.

Around November 2021, Saxon allegedly injured his back "severely" while working on the project. Although he reported the injury to Ye and requested time off to rest, Saxon said the Yeezy founder ignored his request. The former employee also detailed the "dangerous working conditions" he and his coworkers navigated, including sleeping arrangements located near open insulation and a lack of safety equipment for demolition work.

Saxon alleged he shared his complaints about the unsafe working environment with Ye on "numerous occasions," but the rapper allegedly took no action.

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Ye's team says accuser received 'only a small fraction of what his lawyers demanded'

In a statement shared with USA TODAY, Yeezy spokesperson Milo Yiannopoulos characterized the verdict as the jury rejecting "almost all of [Saxon's] claims."

"Although the jury found that Saxon qualified as an employee for certain purposes, they awarded no damages for lost wages, overtime, waiting-time penalties, retaliation, punitive damages, or any other statutory penalties," the statement read. "The only damages awarded were $140,000 related to Saxon's claim that he was injured while working on the property."

He also foreshadowed future legal action, writing, "The jury also found that Saxon acted in the capacity of a contractor and did not qualify for the employee exception under California's contractor licensing statutes. Under California law, an unlicensed contractor cannot recover compensation for work requiring a license

"Based on those findings, we believe the damages award is legally barred and will be seeking post-trial relief from the court."

Catch up on the case:Why Ye went to trial over his gutted $57 million Malibu mansion

Per Yiannopoulos, Ye's team will move forward now with their case against Saxon and his legal team.

"This concludes the first of two lawsuits. We now proceed to the larger and more consequential case: Our action against Saxon and his attorneys, Ron Zambrano and West Coast Trial Lawyers, arising from their recording and publicizing of an unlawful mechanic's lien on Ye's Malibu property," the statement said. "That lien clouded the home's title and interfered with its sale, destroying substantial value at the time of sale."

"The first lawsuit ended with Saxon recovering only a small fraction of what his lawyers demanded," he concluded. "The second lawsuit will address the far more serious misconduct surrounding the lien and the damages it caused."

Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Kanye West ordered to pay accuser in Malibu mansion lawsuit


March 12, 2026 at 05:42AM via MAG

Jury orders Ye to pay man who sued rapper for labor violations More than two years afterYewassued by a manoverseeing construction at his Malibu home, a Los Angeles jury mostly sided against thecontroversial rapper, formerly known asKanye West.