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Spanish Government's Paralysis Hinders Solutions to Pressing Citizen Issues
Spain's government, lacking a majority and budget, faces severe paralysis, hindering solutions to pressing citizen issues such as housing, migration, and public transportation, while facing criticism over macroeconomic figures that don't reflect improved living standards for citizens.
Spanish Government's Paralysis Hinders Solutions to Pressing Citizen Issues
Spain's government, lacking a majority and budget, faces severe paralysis, hindering solutions to pressing citizen issues such as housing, migration, and public transportation, while facing criticism over macroeconomic figures that don't reflect improved living standards for citizens.
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60% Bias Score
FEMA Official Quits After Texas Flood Response Delay
Ken Pagurek, head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue, resigned Monday, citing a 72-hour delay in deploying resources to the Texas floods due to new cost-control measures imposed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; this follows dozens of other high-ranking officials leaving the agency under th...
FEMA Official Quits After Texas Flood Response Delay
Ken Pagurek, head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue, resigned Monday, citing a 72-hour delay in deploying resources to the Texas floods due to new cost-control measures imposed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; this follows dozens of other high-ranking officials leaving the agency under th...
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56% Bias Score
Kerr County's Repeated Warnings on Flood Risks Go Unheeded
Following recent deadly floods in Kerr County, Texas, an analysis of public records reveals repeated discussions since 2016 regarding the need for an improved flood warning system, despite a lack of comprehensive implementation. A 2016 study highlighted the county's high risk of flash flooding and r...
Kerr County's Repeated Warnings on Flood Risks Go Unheeded
Following recent deadly floods in Kerr County, Texas, an analysis of public records reveals repeated discussions since 2016 regarding the need for an improved flood warning system, despite a lack of comprehensive implementation. A 2016 study highlighted the county's high risk of flash flooding and r...
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24% Bias Score
Greece's Untapped Funds Expose Failure in Stray Animal Management
Greece's 2021 law aimed to manage its four million plus stray animals by assigning responsibility to municipalities, but widespread inaction due to funding and staffing challenges, coupled with untapped funding of €15 million in 2024, threatens the welfare of animals.
Greece's Untapped Funds Expose Failure in Stray Animal Management
Greece's 2021 law aimed to manage its four million plus stray animals by assigning responsibility to municipalities, but widespread inaction due to funding and staffing challenges, coupled with untapped funding of €15 million in 2024, threatens the welfare of animals.
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56% Bias Score
Spain's ELA Law Secures Temporary Funding After Implementation Delays
Spain's ELA law, unanimously approved in October 2023 to provide 24/7 care for ELA patients, faced implementation delays due to budget issues and inter-administrative disputes, but has recently secured temporary funding from a Ministry of Health surplus.
Spain's ELA Law Secures Temporary Funding After Implementation Delays
Spain's ELA law, unanimously approved in October 2023 to provide 24/7 care for ELA patients, faced implementation delays due to budget issues and inter-administrative disputes, but has recently secured temporary funding from a Ministry of Health surplus.
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48% Bias Score
HHS Restructuring Creates Chaos, Reverses Thousands of Firings
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fired roughly 10,000 employees this week, many of whom were later reinstated, causing widespread chaos and impacting various crucial programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that about a fifth of the cuts were...
HHS Restructuring Creates Chaos, Reverses Thousands of Firings
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fired roughly 10,000 employees this week, many of whom were later reinstated, causing widespread chaos and impacting various crucial programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that about a fifth of the cuts were...
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56% Bias Score
SSA's New Phone System Causes Delays, Frustration
The Social Security Administration's new phone system, intended to reduce wait times, is rerouting calls to offices lacking jurisdiction, causing delays and frustration for both callers and employees, according to disability advocates and agency staff.
SSA's New Phone System Causes Delays, Frustration
The Social Security Administration's new phone system, intended to reduce wait times, is rerouting calls to offices lacking jurisdiction, causing delays and frustration for both callers and employees, according to disability advocates and agency staff.
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48% Bias Score
Delayed Federal Response to Texas Floods Raises Concerns
Federal Urban Search and Rescue teams were not deployed to assist with the deadly Texas floods until at least four days after the disaster began, raising concerns about the federal emergency response system and the effectiveness of a new rule requiring the Department of Homeland Security Secretary's...
Delayed Federal Response to Texas Floods Raises Concerns
Federal Urban Search and Rescue teams were not deployed to assist with the deadly Texas floods until at least four days after the disaster began, raising concerns about the federal emergency response system and the effectiveness of a new rule requiring the Department of Homeland Security Secretary's...
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52% Bias Score
Delays Plague Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits program, established in 1976, faces criticism for extensive delays in processing death and disability claims for families of police officers and firefighters, despite recent congressional expansions increasing its workload and eligibility.
Delays Plague Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits program, established in 1976, faces criticism for extensive delays in processing death and disability claims for families of police officers and firefighters, despite recent congressional expansions increasing its workload and eligibility.
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48% Bias Score
Dutch Parliament Demands Action on Care for Individuals with Erratic Behavior
The Dutch Parliament demands the cabinet implement measures within six months to address issues concerning individuals with erratic and dangerous behavior, including increasing residential care facilities and improving inter-agency information exchange, following several serious incidents.
Dutch Parliament Demands Action on Care for Individuals with Erratic Behavior
The Dutch Parliament demands the cabinet implement measures within six months to address issues concerning individuals with erratic and dangerous behavior, including increasing residential care facilities and improving inter-agency information exchange, following several serious incidents.
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52% Bias Score
Germany's Bridge Modernization Program Significantly Behind Schedule
Germany's highway bridge modernization program, launched in 2022 to renovate 5000 structures by 2032, is significantly behind schedule, with only 40 percent of planned work completed by late 2024, according to a recent report by the Bundesrechnungshof, which criticizes the program's planning, fundin...
Germany's Bridge Modernization Program Significantly Behind Schedule
Germany's highway bridge modernization program, launched in 2022 to renovate 5000 structures by 2032, is significantly behind schedule, with only 40 percent of planned work completed by late 2024, according to a recent report by the Bundesrechnungshof, which criticizes the program's planning, fundin...
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56% Bias Score
Build Back Better Funding Process Crippled by 14-Step Application
Jon Stewart reacted with disbelief to Ezra Klein's description of the 14-step process for Build Back Better funding, revealing that only three of 56 applicants had completed the process by late 2024, hindering rural broadband expansion.
Build Back Better Funding Process Crippled by 14-Step Application
Jon Stewart reacted with disbelief to Ezra Klein's description of the 14-step process for Build Back Better funding, revealing that only three of 56 applicants had completed the process by late 2024, hindering rural broadband expansion.
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52% Bias Score
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