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Apr 21 2019
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20 Years On, The Background Check System Continues To Miss Dangerous Gun Buyers
Twenty years ago, a pair of students killed a teacher and a dozen of their classmates a high school in Littleton, Colo. The shooters at Columbine High School used semiautomatic weapons and sawed-off shotguns in the attack before turning the guns on themselves.
Just a few months before that shooting, the FBI launched the National Instant Background Check System to try and prevent
NPR (Online News)May 20 2013
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Study: Regulations Under Obama Cost Households $14,768 Yearly
The latest annual index of federal rules and regulations due this week is expected to show that the amount of red tape in the system has hit a record high and a record cost of $1.8 trillion under the Obama administration.
The 20th anniversary edition of the index, compiled by Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, will show that the number of pages in the Code of Federal
Newsmax (News)Jun 14 2012
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No New Trial for John Edwards
The federal campaign-corruption case against former Senator John Edwards is over.
New York Times (News)May 17 2019
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Trump takes war on abortion worldwide as policy cuts off funds
The Trump administration has taken its war on abortion worldwide, cutting off all funding to any overseas organisation or clinic that will not agree to a complete ban on even discussing it.
The Mexico City policy, dubbed the “global gag” by its critics, denies US federal funds to any organisation involved in providing abortion services overseas or counselling women about them. It was
The GuardianFeb 26 2015
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FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Expected to Unleash Court Challenges
The Federal Communications Commission’s plan for regulating how Internet providers treat traffic on their networks is expected to unleash a number of court challenges and put pressure on Congress to settle the legal morass through legislation.
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 25 2016
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Rates Rise Again For Obamacare Health Plans, But So Do Subsidies Listen· 3:56
The cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is expected to rise an average of 22 percent in 2017, according to information released by the Obama administration Monday afternoon.
Still, federal subsidies will also rise, meaning that few people are likely to have to pay the full cost after the rate increases to get insurance coverage.
NPR (Online News)Nov 01 2014
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Repeal of Health Law, Once Central to G.O.P., Is Side Issue in Campaigns
In early October, with his poll numbers stubbornly lagging his Democratic opponent’s, Ed Gillespie did something almost no other Republican candidate has done this campaign season. Mr. Gillespie — a former lobbyist, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and now Senate candidate in Virginia — unveiled a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
The proposal, which would use
New York Times (News)Aug 06 2020
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U.S. Jobless Claims Fell to 1.2 Million in Aug. 1 Week
Filings for jobless benefits fell last week to their lowest level since March, a sign layoffs eased somewhat as the labor market tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Initial unemployment claims fell by a seasonally adjusted 249,000 to 1.2 million for the week ended Aug. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday. The decline came as an extra $600 a week in pandemic-related
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 22 2022
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Central Banks Raise Interest Rates Worldwide Following US Rate Hike
Several central banks in Europe and Asia raised interest rates on Thursday, one day after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates to fight inflation.
Central banks in Sweden, Norway, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, and South Africa raised interest rates on Thursday. Switzerland’s central bank approved its largest rate hike ever — three quarters of a percentage point, from -0.25% to 0.
Wall Street Journal (News) Associated Press ZeroHedgeDec 28 2015
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The top 10 political lies of the year
Washington may not have produced a whole lot of useful legislation this year — evidenced by the round of hearty backslapping that took place earlier this month after Congress simply did its job and funded the federal government — but there was something the nation's capital churned out in abundance: falsehood.
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