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Feb 05 2021
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U.S. Employers Added 49,000 Jobs in January
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, returning growth to the labor market after a one month dip, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%.
The small January gain came after payrolls fell steeply in December, the first decline since the coronavirus pandemic triggered business shutdowns last spring.
Jobs grew strongly in business and professional services, the Labor
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 05 2014
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Poll: Obamacare hits new low
A new poll shows the public's opposition to Obamacare has never been higher. The Pew Research Center poll shows disapproval of the law hitting a new high of 55 percent. It comes on the heels of several polls last week that showed the law had very little -- if any -- bump after sign-ups on the health-care exchanges exceeded goals. The pre
Washington Post
Oct 31 2013
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Google veteran brought in as part of health website fix
An engineer from technology giant Google has been recruited to help fix HealthCare.gov, the new federal insurance exchange website.
Software companies Red Hat and Oracle will also assist, according to Julie Bataille, spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which has coordinated the development of the site that has experienced numerous problems in its first month
USA TODAY
Oct 09 2014
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Health Secretary Says U.S. Is Prepared for More Ebola Cases
The U.S. may see more cases of Ebola, but the country’s health-care system is prepared, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said Thursday.
“I think there may be other cases, and I think we have to recognize that as a nation,” Ms. Burwell said during a breakfast forum at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Throughout the world, the number of infected people is going to
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 16 2014
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GAO Report Confirms Obamacare Subsidizes Abortion
For years pro-life activists have raised concerns about President Obama's healthcare overhaul and the way it forces taxpayers to subsidize abortion. The administration has long assured Americans Obamacare does not subsidize abortion services, despite the White House's close ties to abortion giant Planned Parenthood. President Obama promised repeatedly that not a dime of taxpayer money would go
Townhall
Dec 07 2020
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Biden names California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his HHS secretary nominee
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Democratic California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee-designate to head his Health and Human Services Department, a crucial post amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo was speculated to be on Biden's shortlist before she publicly refuted the rumors during a press conference.
“I am not going to be President-
Washington Examiner
Dec 03 2020
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U.S. pandemic death toll mounts as danger season approaches
U.S. deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have surged past 2,000 for two days in a row as the most dangerous season of the year approached, taxing an overwhelmed healthcare system with U.S. political leadership in disarray.
The toll from COVID-19 reached its second-highest level ever on Wednesday with 2,811 lives lost, according to a Reuters tally of official data, one short of the
Reuters
Jan 17 2016
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Democratic Debate: Rivals Launch Sharpest Attacks Ahead of Iowa Caucuses
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton put rival Bernie Sanders on the defensive Sunday over health care and gun control, in a series of sharp exchanges during their final debate before voting for the presidential nominations begins in Iowa.
Mrs. Clinton argued Mr. Sanders has been weak on gun restrictions and that his health-care plan would be a mistake because it would require
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
Political Polarization in America: Past and Present
This blog is written by Eric Loepp – Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Learning Technology Center, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and was originally published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
How Does Contemporary Polarization Compare Historically? Is Today’s Situation Truly Unique?By Eric Loepp – Associate Professor of Political
Divided We Fall (author)
May 11 2020
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Coronavirus: South Dakota Sioux refuse to take down 'illegal' checkpoints
Sioux tribes in the US state of South Dakota are refusing to remove coronavirus checkpoints they set up on roads which pass through their land.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem wrote to several tribal leaders last week saying the checkpoints were illegal.
But the Sioux say they are the only way of making sure the virus does not enter their reservations.
Their limited
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