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Government headed for close to half of nation's health tab
8 hours ago | My Sanantonio
WASHINGTON - Even without a history-making health care remake to deliver "Medicare-for-all," government at all levels will be paying nearly half the nation's health care tab in...
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Michael Cohen gets two-month delay on reporting to prison
10 hours ago | Politico | 6 articles
A judge has granted President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a two-month reprieve on reporting to prison while Cohen recovers from shoulder...
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Grassroots small-dollar donors power DCCC to strong January Fundraising Report
12 hours ago | DCCC
64% of the $7.2 million raised in January came from small-dollar gifts
Today the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced its January 2019 fundraising totals. Of...
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The Technology 202: House Democrats want answers from Facebook on privacy of 'closed' health groups
14 hours ago | The Washington Post
Letter puts spotlight on how much information users freely offer up to tech giants.
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News Analysis: On Health Care, 2020 Democrats Find Their First Real Fault Lines
18 hours ago | NY Times
On one side of the debate, Bernie Sanders promises a single-payer revolution. On the other, Amy Klobuchar and Sherrod Brown are calling for incremental change.
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Baker: Weld a ‘mentor,' but too soon to back his 2020 bid
19 hours ago | Boston Herald
BOSTON - Republican Gov. Charlie Baker isn't ready to throw his support behind the likely presidential bid of his predecessor and one-time boss.
Baker calls former Republican...
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Dems grapple with ‘socialism' label on health care
1 day ago | Boston Herald
Democratic presidential hopefuls continue to move leftward on health care - and will have to figure out how to fend off GOP attempts to brand them as “socialism” if they want...
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Fentanyl exposure: Children are most vulnerable
1 day ago | Boston Herald
Fentanyl exposure has killed one child in Massachusetts and sickened at least two others in what has become a surge of juvenile overdose incidents nationwide.
Children are most...
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Roberts again sides with liberals in disagreeing with lower court interpretations
1 day ago | The Washington Post
Chief justice says Texas court did not comply with instructions in reviewing inmate's mental health
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Minnesota Gov. Walz proposes gas tax hike, more money for schools, roads
1 day ago | Star Tribune | 2 articles
Gov. Tim Walz's proposed budget includes a 20-cent gas tax increase and an increase in the motor vehicle sales tax and registration tax. Schools, roads and health care would...
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Smollett charged with filing false police report
CHICAGO - “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist... Read more ...
After Delay, Michael Cohen To Testify On Capitol Hill Next Week
President Trump's former lawyer is scheduled to appear Feb. 27 before the House oversight committee. Members of Congress are expected to ask him about hush money payments ahead... Read more ...
Jussie Smollett Charged With Filing A False Police Report About His Alleged...
Police say the “Empire” actor made a false report of a racist and homophobic assault in Chicago that sparked a nationwide uproar. Read more ...
Mark Harris' son warned him about operative in North Carolina scandal
In emotional testimony Wednesday, the son of North Carolina Republican Mark Harris said he warned his father about the absentee ballot strategy used by Leslie McCrae Dowless... Read more ...
Michael Cohen gets two-month delay on reporting to prison
A judge has granted President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen a two-month reprieve on reporting to prison while Cohen recovers from shoulder... Read more ...
Feds: Racist 'Domestic Terrorist' Coast Guard Lieutenant Plotted To Kill...
Prosecutors say Christopher Hasson stockpiled weapons and wrote about creating a white homeland through violence. Read more ...
Trump says he directed Pompeo not to let ISIS bride back in U.S
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had directed the State Department not to allow the return of an Alabama woman who in 2014 joined the Islamic State terrorist... Read more ...
Tucker Carlson Apparently Tells Historian To 'Go F**k' Himself In Spiked Fox...
The Fox News host appears to have called historian and author Rutger Bregman a "moron" with a "tiny brain." Read more ...
House Dems move to block Trump's emergency declaration
House Democrats are expected to introduce legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and... Read more ...
What To Expect From North Korea At The Next Trump-Kim Summit
Analysts weigh the possible offers North Korea's leader could make later this month in Vietnam. Read more ...