Indonesia’s free meal scheme is in crisis amid food-poisoning outbreaks, accusations of mismanagement and fiscal strain from funding reallocations. Dominated by retired military officers rather than ...

The IRS ended Direct File, the free, online pilot program that nearly 300,000 taxpayers in 25 states used to file returns for tax year 2024. The IRS website for Direct File says “Direct File is closed ...

Americans can no longer order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government through COVIDtests.gov. The suspension of the program, which has distributed over 1.8 billion COVID tests across the ...

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Indonesia’s president says the meals are improving nutrition in the country. Critics have called for a halt to the program, saying it threatens public health. By Muktita Suhartono Reporting from ...

Idoh's daughters were excited when their primary school started serving free lunches last month. But just two weeks in, after eating a dish of chicken, rice, tofu and salad, she said her children felt ...

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BANDUNG, Indonesia — Indonesia’s government was facing calls on Thursday to suspend President Prabowo Subianto’s multibillion-dollar free meal program after thousands of schoolchildren fell ill in a ...

While many feared free lunches for Michigan's public school kids would be on the chopping block this year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is "working with the Legislature" to finalize a state budget that ...

The e-commerce giant is ending a program that let Prime members share free shipping with a family member who lives somewhere else. Here’s what to know. By Karen Weise Karen Weise has covered Amazon ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City officials said Thursday that a free garbage can program hasn’t been trashed, but they don’t seem in a rush to make it happen. A spokesperson for the Department of Sanitation ...