Senate GOP health-care bill appears in deeper trouble following ...
Senate Republicans’ bill to erase major parts of the Affordable Care Act would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured by the end of the coming decade, while reducing federal spending by $321 billion during that time, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The forecast issued Monday by Congress’s nonpartisan budget scorekeepers appeared to rapidly erode Republicans’ confidence in the bill, with at least four GOP lawmakers saying by the evening that they would vote a..>> view originalSupreme Court allows limited version of Trump's travel ban to take ...
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted a scaled-back version of President Trump’s ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, deciding to hear the merits of the case in the fall but allowing Trump for now to claim a victory in the legal showdown. The court’s unsigned order delivered a compromise neither side had asked for: It said the government may not bar those with a “bona fide” connection to the United States, such as having family members here, or a job or a place in a..>> view originalMonday was a summer beauty in Washington — but one that's all ...
Summer interns as well as those just starting their careers have been flooding into the capital in recent days, and among the things they probably need to be told is that Washington is not like this. It’s not this pleasant — the weather, that is. Longtime residents have responded with amazed delight to recent days, recognizing their relatively dry, humidity-free summer rarity. Perhaps Monday was the loveliest of these days, with its dazzling sunshine, picturesque clouds, and blissful absence o..>> view originalCase of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will consider whether a Denver baker acted lawfully in refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple, setting up a major test next term weighing religious freedom against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lower courts had ruled that Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, had violated Colorado’s public accommodations law, which prohibits refusing service to customers based on factors such as race, sex, marital status or sexual ori..>> view originalPoll shows US tumbling in world's regard under Trump
President Donald Trump gestures to members of the media gathered in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) BERLIN — President Trump has alarmed citizens of the nation’s closest allies and others worldwide, diminishing the standing of the United States in their eyes, according to a wide-ranging international study released Monday. But in the survey of 37 countries, Russia is a bright spot for Trump. As beleaguered as the president is at home, a majo..>> view originalThe Pentagon promised citizenship to immigrants who served. Now ...
U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on Nov. 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (State Department) The Pentagon is considering a plan to cancel enlistment contracts for 1,000 foreign-born recruits without legal immigration status, knowingly exposing them to deportation, a Defense Department memo shows. The undated action memo, prepared for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis by personnel and intelligence officials at the Pentagon and obtained by The Washington Post, describes p..>> view originalCNN accepts resignations of 3 involved in retracted story
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017 file photo, Anthony Scaramucci, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. CNN isn’t commenting Monday, June 26, as to what led it to retract a story about a supposed investigation into a pre-inaugural meeting between an associate of Trump and the head of a Russian investment fund. The story posted Thursday on CNN’s website said Senate investigators are looking into the meeting between Scaramucci ..>> view originalNationals sign closer Francisco Rodriguez to minor league deal
Francisco Rodriguez struggled with the Tigers, but the Nationals hope to sign and revive him. (Paul Sancya/AP File) The Washington Nationals signed recently released closer Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal, according to a person familiar with the situation. Rodriguez, 35, whose 437 career saves rank fourth all-time, lost the closer’s job with the Tigers this season and was pitching to a 7.82 ERA before Detroit released the veteran and former World Series star with the Angels whose..>> view originalPolice Near Washington DC Seek ATV Riders Who Created Chaos
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of all-terrain vehicle and dirt bike riders have been accused of "reckless behavior" by county authorities in Washington, D.C.'s suburbs. WTOP-FM reports that videos posted on social media showed the riders Sunday night passing between cars on crowded highways, some popping wheelies, as they went through downtown Washington. They're also seen revving engines, weaving around cars and hurrying evading pedestrians while driving on sidewalks at National Harbor. Pri..>> view originalSupreme Court sides with religious institutions in a major church ...
The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with a major First Amendment decision, ruling that efforts at separating church and state go too far when they deny religious institutions access to government grants meant for a secular purpose. In siding with a Missouri church that had been denied money to resurface its playground, the court ruled 7-2 that excluding churches from state programs for which other charitable groups are eligible is a violation of the Constitution’s protection of the free exe..>> view original
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