On the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top U.S. health official, seeking to scuttle a controversial rule that could have hurt the firms’ profits and driven down their share prices, records obtained by […]
Brussels (dpa) – NATO’s target of each country increasing defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) is “unrealistic” said German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Friday, amid calls by the US on its European allies for greater financial commitments. Gabriel said that hitting the defence target would mean allocating 70 billion
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International, USAA former CIA analyst is saying there’s an easy way to check who House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes met with at the White House when he viewed classified information he said supports the idea President Donald Trump’s election campaign was under surveillance. “It would take about 120 seconds for a for a White House
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International, USAA former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned Friday against Congress giving former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn immunity in exchange for testimony, saying he is concerned it could get in the way of an ongoing FBI investigation. Responding to a report in The Wall Street Journal that Mr. Flynn has offered to testify
Russia is “actively involved” in the French and German elections scheduled for later this year, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr warned Wednesday. U.S. officials “feel part of our responsibility is to educate the rest of the world about what’s going on,” Burr said, because Moscow was launching “character assassination of candidates.” “What … was
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International, USAManatees — the aquatic mammals also known as “sea cows” — are no longer an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday. But instead of welcoming the announcement as a cause for celebration, environmental groups were pushing back against the government’s new status for manatees. “We believe this is a devastating blow
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The World We Share, USAWhile individuals have called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump since the day he won the election, whole towns are now getting in on it. Berkeley, California, joining other cities in the area, passed a resolution this week urging the president be impeached. Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison co-sponsored the legislation and said the
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USAWhen billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was going through the confirmation process to become President Trump’s commerce secretary, Senate Democrats wanted answers about Ross’ role as the vice chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, which has significant dealings with Russian oligarchs. The administration’s answer: crickets. Ross’ handlers had initially assured Commerce committee staff that Ross would
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International, USAU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to deny a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is said to harm children’s brains, the agency announced Wednesday. During the Barack Obama administration, the EPA proposed to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food after a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThis week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat primary progressive multiple sclerosis, the most severe form of the disease. Ocrelizumab, commercially known as Ocrevus, will become available to the public in two weeks, and represents hope for a group of MS patients who had no drug options, CNN reported. It
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s policy-making wing, is a man entirely unafraid to express his opinion. Speaking Thursday at a conference in Malta, Juncker, the head of the European Commission (EC), declared that if Trump continued to support Brexit, he in turn would “promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas.” Donald Trump,
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday fired back at California’s top judge, disputing her characterization that federal immigration agents were “stalking” courthouses to make arrests. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, leaders of Trump’s Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security called her description of federal agents’ conduct “troubling.” They said agents
By Jeffrey Sussman NEW YORK — Many people have asked me why I chose to write the book, Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing, which was just published by Rowman and Littlefield. It’s a good question. Most people, Jews and non-Jews, have no idea that from 1910 to 1941, there were 628
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Jewish History, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Reform Jewish Congregations are being urged to protect undocumented immigrants facing deportation. The Union for Reform Judaism’s North American Board of Trustees took this historic step in response to the growing concern about an increase in deportation activity by federal authorities and Congress’s failure to comprehensively address immigration reform. This resolution
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