In Trumpa s first speech to Congress, will decorum hold?
This Dec. 8, 2008, file photo shows the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. A presidential speech to Congress is one of those all-American moments that ooze ritual and decorum.
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EPA delays rule for miners to give cleanup assurances
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GOP proposal aims to end insurance mandate in ‘Obamacare’
A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama's health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reverses course, will allow ICE…
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced Friday evening that his agency would begin transferring inmates deemed in violation of federal immigration law to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within the confines of county jails. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office reverses course, will allow ICE agents to pick up migrants inside jails Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced Friday evening that his agency would begin transferring inmates deemed in violation of federal immigration law to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within the confines of county jails.
“Not everybody is going to have health care”: Leaked bill …
"Not everybody is going to have health care": Leaked bill shows Republicans getting closer to an Obamacare replacement - sort of House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, following GOP strategy session. Ryan gave a strong defense of President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration ban to caucus members and said he backs the order, which has created chaos and confusion worldwide.
Leading critic of Philippine leader Duterte arrested on drug charges
A Philippine senator and leading critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly anti-drug crackdown has been arrested on drug charges after it was alleged she received money from drug dealers inside the country's prisons. Senator Leila de Lima, her former driver and bodyguard and a former national prison official were ordered to be arrested by a local court after a judge found merit in criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice last week.
Federal lawyer urges colleagues to resist a indefensiblea Trump policies
In the latest sign of defiance to President Donald Trump among federal environmental employees, a retiring Interior Department lawyer sent an email to hundreds of colleagues this month, urging them to "stand your ground" and resist being pressured into signing off on legally indefensible environmental decisions. Eric W. Nagle, a 22-year veteran of the Interior Department's solicitor's office, sent the email on Feb. 16, just before he departed his office to attend his retirement party.
BOEHNER: A repeal and replace of Obamacare is ‘not going to happen’
Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner doesn't think the GOP can fully repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare law better known as Obamacare. Boehner said at a healthcare conference in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday that the Republican plan to overhaul President Barack Obama's signature law was "not going to happen."
WPPA and MPPOA releases statements on Tony Robinson settlement
The Wisconsin Professional Police Association released a statement following the decision by the insurance company for the city of Madison to settle the federal lawsuit filed against Police officer Matt Kenny. This statement is from WPPA Executive Director Jim Palmer.
Donald Trump is on shaky ground with his new immigration order
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events The Trump administration's expanded enforcement against undocumented immigrants may not come as a surprise given the president's strident stance on the issue during the presidential campaign. But, the plan risks crossing a significant line in many Americans' minds: criminality.
Gun silencers: Safety device or marketing ploy?
Gun silencers: Safety device or marketing ploy? Ed Hughes attributes a good chunk of his hearing loss to his hobbies: hunting and competitive shooting. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://on-ydr.co/2lyKdbS The Freedom Armory Machine Works' Grenadier suppressor adds 8.5 inches on a .45 pistol.
Automakers ask EPA to overturn recent review of fuel-efficiency standards
The world's biggest automakers have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to reconsider a recent decision to lock in strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to be produced in model years 2022 to 2025. The requests by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers to relax the standards, which the Obama administration finalized Jan. 13, could provide the first indication of how the Trump administration will reshape the government's approach to addressing climate change.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit Against The Western Union Company
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A response to AER re evaluating by Excel
I recently read an interesting but I think incomplete and less than pragmatic paper in the American Economic Review by Fang and Gong. In that paper they use Medicare Part B claims data to advance what they argue is a good first pass claims fraud detection methodology.
‘Not a scintilla of evidence’ of wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood:…
Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is seen in Austin, Texas, U.S. on June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman/File Photo A federal judge on Tuesday ruled Texas officials cannot cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, allowing the organization to continue providing reimbursed services - at least temporarily - to the 12,500 Texas Medicaid patients who rely on it.
‘Don’t repeal Obamacare, improve it’: Republicans face wrath…
Republicans members of Congress, away from Washington for the Presidents Day week, are getting an earful as constituents have come out in force to voice displeasure for some of the party's policy positions, particularly the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa held an event on Tuesday in which constituents voiced concerns about losing coverage if the law better known as Obamacare is repealed.
Missouri Man Accused of Trying to Aid ISIS-Inspired Attack
A 25-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man was charged with attempting to provide material support to people he thought were ISIS-inspired terrorists, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr. was actually speaking with undercover FBI agents who had invented a fake plan targeting Kansas City, according to a criminal complaint.
Alliance Defending Freedom-source of many anti-LGBTQ lawsuits and bills-finally labeled a hate group
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.
Team Trump’s latest immigration orders are tough — not harsh 0:0
If the administration sticks to this approach - prioritizing the serious criminals for apprehension and deportation, while also making it harder to succeed at immigrating illegally - it'll have broad public support. In that regard, it's worth noting that Trump still hasn't touched Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives safe harbor and work permits to those brought here illegally as young children, aa Ska Sa "the dreamers."
In health care town hall held without Toomey, crowd decries Obamacare repeal
A health care town hall with Sen. Pat Toomey went ahead as planned on Tuesday, minus the senator himself. In an Allentown church, hundreds gathered to relay their concerns about the future of the Affordable Care Act under President Donald Trump, and to condemn Toomey's continued support for repealing and replacing the law.