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May 13 2013
News
Gingrich: IRS Targeting Scandal Raises Issues About Obamacare
This story dropped late on Friday, perhaps because HHS sources hoped it would slip through the cracks over the weekend and disappear. In light of the swirling Benghazi developments and the burgeoning IRS scandal, this wasn't a bad bet. But this stunner from the Washington Post is too important to allow to simply glide past unexamined:
TownhallMar 12 2021
News
Biden administration rescinds Trump-era immigration policy to alleviate surge of unaccompanied minors
The Biden administration announced Friday it is terminating a Trump-era agreement that it said discouraged sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children, like parents or relatives, to come forward due to fear their information would be shared with immigration enforcement agencies.
The move comes amid a surge of unaccompanied children arriving at the border, which is overwhelming border
CNN (Online News)Oct 14 2013
News
Senator: Sebelius Should Resign for "Gross Incompetence"
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claims Obamacares online exchanges are simple and user friendly, but anyone who's been paying the slightest attention since Oct. 1 knows the new health care laws roll out has been a stunning failure. For this reason Sen. Pat Roberts R-Kan thinks Sebelius ought to resign.
TownhallDec 18 2020
News
FDA Approves Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine
A week after the FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, the agency has granted the same approval for Moderna's vaccine. In clinical trials, Moderna's candidate was over 94 percent effective.
On Thursday night, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 20-0 to recommend the vaccine be made available.
"The evidence that
TownhallDec 02 2013
News
Punching bag IRS unscathed in Obamacare rollout, so far
An irony of the botched Obamacare rollout is that one of the federal government’s most reviled agencies has not messed up — yet. The IRS operations to accept and process data on income and health insurance plans from HHS appear to be working and the logjam created by the faulty website has not extended to the IRS, according to interviews with former IRS officials and industry experts.
PoliticoFeb 17 2020
News
14 passengers on US charter flights evacuating the Diamond Princess have tested positive for coronavirus
Fourteen people who were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and flown back to the United States on charter flights tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to a joint statement from the US Departments of State and Health and Human Services.
The passengers are among the more than 300 people removed from the ship, which is docked off the Japanese port city of Yokohama
CNN (Online News)Jul 16 2021
Opinion
The Government Should Stop Telling Facebook To Suppress COVID-19 'Misinformation'
The federal government is stepping up its effort to purge the internet of COVID-19 "misinformation." On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki singled out a dozen specific anti-vaccine Facebook accounts and called on the platform to ban them.
"There's about 12 people who are producing 65 percent of vaccine misinformation on social media platforms," said Psaki. "All of them
ReasonNov 06 2019
News
Judge strikes down new Trump rule on religious objections
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a new Trump administration rule that could open the way for more health care workers to refuse to participate in abortions or other procedures on moral or religious grounds.
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said the U.S. Health and Human Services Department overstepped its authority and went beyond existing law in issuing
Associated PressJul 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” Can Help Us Find Common Ground
Imagine that the economy has imploded and you have just been let go from your job. After months of tirelessly searching for a new job, your savings have been depleted and you are forced to foreclose on your home. As you sit, stressfully contemplating your plans for the future, what are your priorities going to be? Will you be concerned with America’s foreign policy agenda (Should the number
Jackson LanzerJun 17 2021
News
US Spending $1.2 Billion on Merck’s COVID-19 Treatment Is a ‘Waste of Taxpayers’ Money’: Doctor
A critical care doctor has said it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money for the U.S. government to purchase drug company Merck’s anti-viral treatment for COVID-19, if it’s approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Dr. Pierre Kory, president and chief medical officer of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), said there’s no reason for the Biden administration to “
The Epoch Times