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• Insurance giant Cigna announced it will exit the Affordable Care Act individual market in 2027, impacting 369,000 members amid reports of millions dropping Obamacare coverage due to higher long-term costs. • State officials and industry analysts note surging premiums are driving enrollment declines, exacerbating access issues for remaining policyholders. • Cigna reported a $1.65 billion profit while making the exit, highlighting tensions between profitability and marketplace sustainability.

With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990sIn the span of just two days, the most powerful social media company in the world faced a more severe public reckoning than it has in years.Jurors in California and New Mexico gave back-to-back verdicts this week that for the first time ever found Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people. For years, lawmakers, parents and advocates have raised red flags over how social media can hurt children, but now the tech firms are being held to account via court rulings that could set long-lasting precedents. Continue reading...

• Marquis Software Solutions filed a lawsuit against SonicWall, blaming it for a August 2025 cybersecurity breach that exposed data of over 400,000 people. • The suit claims hackers used credentials stolen in a prior SonicWall incident to bypass Marquis' firewall. • Marquis seeks damages for negligence, unjust enrichment, and indemnity, highlighting supply chain vulnerabilities in cybersecurity.

Cases emerge after other people tell of change in Home Office policy on passports that has left people scramblingTwo more British teenagers have found themselves unable to return to the UK because of new Home Office border rules on British dual nationals.Their cases emerged just hours after reports a 16-year-old British schoolgirl was blocked from boarding a flight in Denmark home to the UK because she was a dual national and did not have a British passport. She has missed two weeks of school so far. Continue reading...

Fusion of cherished American eateries hopes to revive brands that have ‘gone hungry’ while rest of industry feastsNo one could say the New York union of Applebee’s and Ihop happened without fanfare.A car park in Hawthorne, 30 miles north of Manhattan, had been decked out with a 30ft-high inflatable red apple. Red, white and blue bunting flew from masts. Upbeat music blasted from speakers. Continue reading...

• The US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on March 19, 2026, charging three people with conspiring to illegally divert cutting-edge US AI technology servers to China via false documents and dummy servers. • Between late April and mid-May 2025, at least $510 million worth of US-assembled servers were shipped in violation of export controls, without required licenses from the Department of Commerce. • Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg stated these schemes generate billions in ill-gotten gains and threaten US national security by undermining American AI advantages.

EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlinesBritish dual nationals who are EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in the UK will not have to use a British passport to return to the UK, the Home Office has said in a significant U-turn on its controversial dual national border rules.The change, which critics say was “hidden away” on a government web page, comes weeks after controversy erupted over the new rules that came into effect on 25 February. They require British dual nationals to present a British passport or certificate of entitlement, costing £589, before they board a plane to the UK. Continue reading...