Hospitals and clinics are shutting down due to Trump’s healthcare cuts. Here’s where

Healthcare providers across the country have closed clinics and hospital wards in the four months since Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the landmark tax-and-spending legislation that will lead an estimated 10 million people to lose their health insurance.The law is expected to slash federal funding by hundreds of billions of dollars over the coming years, as part of Trump’s campaign pledge to shrink government spending. But it will do so in part by paring back eligibility for Medicaid, the US government’s health insurance program for low-income people; raising the cost of healthcare under the Affordable Care Act; and defunding some family planning providers who offer abortions.Rural hospitals and obstetric wards will be disproportionately battered, since they are typically expensive to run and serve high numbers of Medicaid beneficiaries. More than 300 rural hospitals are at risk of closure or cutting services, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found

Falling stock markets and high shop prices hit US consumer confidence; rate cut hopes lift Wall Street – as it happened

US consumer sentiment fell in November to one of the lowest levels on record as Americans grow gloomier about their personal financial outlook.The University of Michigan’s index of consumer morale has dropped to 51 for November, down from 53.6 in October.The recent stock market falls appear to have dented sentiment among rich Americans, while other citizens are suffering from high prices in the shops.Surveys of Consumers director Joanne Hsu explains:After the federal shutdown ended, sentiment lifted slightly from its mid-month reading

Leading law firm cuts London back-office staff as it embraces AI

The law firm Clifford Chance is reducing the number of business services staff at its London base by 10%, with the increased use of artificial intelligence a factor behind the decision.The head of PwC has also indicated that AI may lead to fewer workers being hired at the accountancy and consulting group.Clifford Chance, one of the largest international law firms, is making about 50 roles redundant in areas such as finance, HR and IT with role changes for up to 35 other jobs, according to the Financial Times, which first reported the cuts.Greater use of AI and reduced demand for some business services are behind the cuts, the FT report said, as well as more work being done at offices outside Clifford Chance’s main UK-US operations, in countries such as Poland and India.A spokesperson for Clifford Chance said: “In line with our strategy to strengthen our operations, we can confirm we are proposing changes to some of our London-based business professional functions

Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Leonardo da Vinci

Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, has been telling users the world’s richest person is smarter and more fit than anyone in the world, in a raft of recently deleted posts that have called into question the bot’s objectivity.Users on X using the artificial intelligence chatbot in the past week have noted that whatever the comparison – from questions of athleticism to intelligence and even divinity – Musk would frequently come out on top.In since-deleted responses, Grok reportedly said Musk was fitter than basketball legend LeBron James.“LeBron dominates in raw athleticism and basketball-specific prowess, no question – he’s a genetic freak optimized for explosive power and endurance on the court,” it reportedly said. “But Elon edges out in holistic fitness: sustaining 80-100 hour weeks across SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink demands relentless physical and mental grit that outlasts seasonal peaks

Australia v England: Ashes first Test, day two – live

10th over: England 49-1 (Duckett 21, Pope 21) Australia, those in the north will be pleased to know, have gone to bits in that over. First, an overthrow lets Duckett get back for a second run. Next ball, off the pad, they scurry a leg bye and Weatherald, desperate to have some influence on the game, flings at the non-striker’s end and gives up an extra four. Finally, Doggett bowls more wide junk and Pope drives what should be four runs, except the AC/DC Memorial Outfield slows up the ball for three. Australian fielders give up four extra runs, Australian concert scheduling saves one

The Disneyfication of F1: Goofy in the pitlane and Fantasia in Vegas underline sport’s US transformation

As little as a decade ago it would have been unthinkable that an American institution such as Disney would have chosen to hitch its wagon to F1The remarkable nature of the transformation in Formula One’s fortunes in the United States could not have been better illustrated than by the incongruous sight of Mickey Mouse and an assortment of his Disney pals leading a gang of enthusiastic fans on a walk down the pit lane at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.F1 successfully hosting a race in Sin City and the US now boasting three sellout meetings is testament to the sport’s burgeoning prosperity. For all of the somewhat surreal edge of seeing Donald Duck and Goofy outside garages, the fact Disney has chosen F1 as a partner is indicative of the sea change the sport has brought about in a market it has long coveted.As little as a decade ago it would have been unthinkable that an American institution such as Disney would have chosen to hitch its wagon to F1, which was barely even a niche sport in North America. Yet this weekend in Vegas marks the beginning of a two-year collaboration