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Judge Halts Trump HUD Plan Limiting Housing First, Redirecting $3.9 Billion

A court order pauses a proposed shift toward treatment-focused homeless grants pending legal challenges.

San Francisco Establishes Black Reparations Fund Framework Without Initial City Funding

China to Eliminate Out-of-Pocket Childbirth Costs Nationwide by 2026

Government to Reconsider WASPI Compensation in 12 Weeks After Judicial Review Withdrawn

Sheinbaum Contrasts Mexico’s 2025 Revenue Gains With Argentina’s US$20 Billion U.S. Swap

Mattarella Warns of Record-Low Births, Urges Better Pay and Services at Natality Forum

Mattarella Elevates Italy’s Birthrate Crisis as a National and European Priority

Communist Lawmakers Submit Bill Setting Minimum Child Support at No Less Than Half the Minimum Wage

France Confirms 2025 Christmas Bonus Payments Start December 16

French Senate Backs New Two-Month-Per-Parent Birth Leave Starting in 2027

Germany Moves to Shift New Ukrainian Arrivals Off Bürgergeld as Rollout Slips Toward Summer 2026

Mexico's Supreme Court Expands IMSS Survivor Pension and Bans Double Pensions for IMSS Employees

Brazil to Launch 'Gás do Povo' on Monday, Delivering Free 13-kg Refills to 1 Million Families

Bavaria Plans Closures of Costly Asylum Shelters as Applications Fall Nearly 60%

Clash in Congress Over Poverty Data as Welfare Secretary Announces Early Pensions for 2 Million Women

UNICEF Says Spain Has EU’s Second-Highest Child Poverty, Recommends €100 Universal Benefit

Mayawati Unveils BSP Rebuild Plan, Cites Voter-List Risks and Misuse of Public Funds

Midis Appoints Fidel Pintado Pasapera as Viceminister of Social Benefits

Katie Wilson Wins Seattle Mayor’s Race, Fueling Debate Over Socialist Momentum

Germany Limits Child Pension Top-Up to 2020 Birth Cohort for 2026 Launch