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Jul 16 2020
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Public health groups denounce new Trump move sidelining CDC
A new Trump administration policy that bypasses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for control of key coronavirus information is provoking outrage among public health experts.
Under the policy, quietly announced late last week, hospitals are now required to report directly to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the number of COVID-19 patients each
The HillFeb 18 2015
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Obama Touts Phony Obamacare Numbers (Again)
Last year, the Obama administration announced to much fanfare that it cleared 8 million Obamacare enrollments but later admitted it inflated those figures by 1.3 million.
In the wake of the bogus numbers revelation, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell apologized for the “unacceptable mistake” and held meetings to solicit ideas on how to repair HHS’s tarnished image
Breitbart NewsAug 29 2019
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Trump administration backs nurse who says employer forced her to perform abortion
The Trump administration is pursuing action against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC), which receives federal funds, after a nurse says her supervisors forced her to participate in an abortion against her will.
Jordan Sekulow, the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) attorney representing the nurse, told "Fox & Friends" that President Trump, through the
Fox News (Online News)Feb 04 2021
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Biden Restores a Barrier to Opioid Addiction Treatment
Anonymous sources close to the White House say the Biden administration plans to reinstate special licensing requirements for physicians to prescribe buprenorphine, the most common medication used to treat opioid use disorder. Shortly before President Donald Trump left office, his administration updated federal guidelines to discontinue the "X-waiver," a regulation that required physicians to
ReasonOct 30 2013
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Sebelius: Private Contractors, Not the Government, Are at Fault for the Obamacare Mess
According to her prepared testimony, President Obama's HHS Secretary will appear before Congress later this morning and point the finger of blame at private contractors* -- rather than the administration that hand-selected and micro-managed those contractors -- for Obamacare's failed roll-out.
TownhallMar 29 2021
Opinion
America’s Immigration Amnesia
In the early 2000s, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas were accustomed to encountering a few hundred children attempting to cross the American border alone each month. Some hoped to sneak into the country unnoticed; others readily presented themselves to officials in order to request asylum. The agents would transport the children, who were exhausted, dehydrated, and
The AtlanticFeb 24 2020
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Not in my backyard: Alabama balks at plan to house coronavirus patients as global death toll tops 2,600
A federal plan to house cruise ship passengers who tested positive for the coronavirus at a facility in Alabama was met with a resounding no thanks by state officials who may have forced authorities to shelve the idea.
Globally, the death toll from the virus topped 2,600 on Sunday night, with more than 79,000 confirmed cases. The U.S. has 35 confirmed cases.
The plan called for
USA TODAYJul 27 2021
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Over $1T in COVID federal funds unspent: GAO
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimates that more than $1 trillion in federal coronavirus funds have not been spent, a new report shows.
The report comes less than two weeks after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Budget Committee had reached an agreement to allot $3.5 trillion for a spending package that would complete President Biden’s infrastructure
Fox BusinessMay 15 2014
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MRC Files Unique Challenge to ObamaCare Mandate
Today the Media Research Center (MRC) announced that it has filed a motion in US District Court for a preliminary injunction seeking to block enforcement of the Affordable Care Acts (ACA) Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate which forces people of faith to subsidize health insurance plans that include abortion.
Feb 05 2020
News
ICE Is Now Fingerprinting Immigrants As Young As 14 Years Old
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have begun fingerprinting unaccompanied immigrant children over the age of 14 who are not in their custody but are in shelters across the country, BuzzFeed News has learned.
ICE officials called it a way to protect unaccompanied minors in custody.
“In January, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued field guidance to
BuzzFeed News