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Jun 08 2012
News
Sept. 11 Health Fund Given Clearance to Cover Cancer
A federal health officials ruling has cleared the way for 50 different types of cancer to be added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to compensate and treat people exposed to the toxic smoke, dust and fumes in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
New York Times (News)Sep 02 2019
News
AFL-CIO Chief Lashes Trump Administration For Hurting American Workers
The president of the AFL-CIO union federation told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday that the Trump administration has “done more things to hurt workers” than to help them.
Richard Trumka, head of the group that includes 55 different unions, said wages are being swamped by rising health care and housing costs, and that President Donald Trump is botching his trade war with China.
HuffPostJul 05 2019
News
Joe Biden: I wasn't prepared for Kamala Harris to come after me the way she did
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said he wasn’t prepared for Sen. Kamala D. Harris to confront him on his past positions on busing to desegregate schools in the way she did at last week’s Democratic presidential debate.
“I was prepared for them to come after me, but I wasn’t prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at [me],” Mr. Biden said in an interview that aired
Washington TimesApr 15 2015
News
Contact lens makers sue Utah over anti-price fixing law
Three contact lens manufacturers are suing Utah over a new law outlawing minimum prices for contact lenses, which the companies argue benefits Utah-based discount retailer 1-800-Contacts.
Contact lens makers Alcon Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson and Bausch & Lomb argue in three separate federal lawsuits filed this week that Utah's law is unconstitutional.
They say the
Deseret NewsFeb 19 2021
Opinion
CNN’s Chris Cuomo is reminding us why conflicts of interest poison the news
On his Monday night CNN program, host Chris Cuomo provided an update on the biggest story of the past year. “Now, good news: When it comes to coronavirus, we’ve had the best week we’ve seen so far, in terms of getting people vaccinated. And every week since New Year’s, the rate has only improved,” said the host.
Here’s an update that he skipped: Just hours before “Cuomo Prime Time”
Erik WempleJul 03 2019
News
U.S. Drops Citizenship Question From Census
The Trump administration dropped plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form, a turnaround after days of defiant statements following last week’s Supreme Court decision to halt the query.
“We can confirm that the decision has been made to print the 2020 decennial census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 23 2012
News
How Party of Budget Restraint Shifted to ‘No New Taxes,’ Ever
On a Saturday afternoon in October 1990, Senator Pete V. Domenici turned from a conversation on the Senate floor, caught the eye of a clerk by raising his right hand and voted in favor of a huge and contentious bill to reduce federal deficits. Then he put his hand back into his pocket and returned to the conversation.
New York Times (News)Dec 26 2015
News
California Faces Lost Decades in Solving Drought
One of the seemingly easiest ways to expand California’s water supply would be to raise the height of the 602-foot Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet, adding the equivalent of another reservoir to the drought-stricken state.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation has been studying the idea to some degree since 1980. But regulatory delays and pushback from critics—including a Native-American tribe that
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 24 2019
News
Not criminal, but not ethical either: Mueller reignites a political debate
President Trump’s actions didn’t meet the special counsel’s standard for criminal charges. That’s left Democrats wrestling with whether to pursue the unethical behavior in the report or let voters decide.
The Mueller report is bringing questions of ethics and morality in government once again to the forefront of a vigorous public debate.
Jammed with primary sources, special
Christian Science MonitorJul 02 2019
News
House Democrats sue Trump administration over president’s tax returns
House Democrats filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court seeking access to President Trump’s tax returns, accusing the Trump administration of an “extraordinary attack” on Congress in preventing the disclosure of the president’s personal financial records.
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, filed the lawsuit against the Internal Revenue
Washington Post