Five bipartisan steps toward stabilizing our health-care system

Bill Frist is senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former Republican Senate majority leader from Tennessee. Andy Slavitt is former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Obama administration and senior adviser at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Solemn, personal ceremonies as US commemorates 9/11

This undated artist rendering provided by bioLINIA and Paul Murdoch Architects via that National Park Service shows a depiction of the completed Tower of Voices that will be part of the Flight 93 National Memorial. The 16th anniversary of United Flight 93's crash into a Pennsylvania field during the 9/11 terrorist attacks will mark the beginning of the end of a $46 million effort to transform the rural Pennsylvania crash site into a national memorial park.

Congress sits idle in the face of genocide

Kenneth W. Starr, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, served as independent counsel in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration. In the wake of the Islamic State's genocidal practices in Iraq, the plight of religious minorities on the plain of Nineveh continues unabated.

Equifax Hack Is – Exhibit A’ in Case for Regulation, Durbin Says

The massive data breach at Equifax Inc. is "exhibit A" on why regulation is essential in the U.S. free-market economy, second-ranking Senate Democrat Dick Durbin said Monday. "We are duty-bound to step in on behalf of innocent citizens who are going to pay a price," Durbin said in an interview with Bloomberg News.

Catholic leaders decry Dems’ questioning of judicial pick

In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Catholic leaders and university presidents are objecting to Feinstein's line of questioning for one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, arguing the focus on her faith is misplaced and runs counter to the Constitution's prohibition on religious tests for political office.

N.J. lawmaker’s Hurricane Sandy cell phone tower bill just got a major boost in Senate

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.'s bill to speed up cell phone tower repairs after a hurricane or other disaster received a major endorsement Sunday when Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he would work towards passage his chamber. Schumer, D-N.Y., said the recent hurricanes emphasized the need for residents hit by such storms to have cell service restored as soon as possible.

Pope hopes Trump re-thinks DACA decision on immigrant children

Pope Francis said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would re-think his decision to end a program protecting undocumented immigrant children, saying it was important for young people to have roots. "One hopes that it is re-thought somewhat," Francis said on Sunday in answer to a question on the plane returning from Colombia about the program started by his predecessor and known as Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals .

Local experts say US may be using the idea as leverage to press China on NK sanctions

Despite repeated rebuttals from the South Korean government, talk of bringing US tactical nuclear weapons here continues to grow, with signs of Washington warming to the idea amid North Korea's persistent nuclear and missile threats. But experts here are still cautious, questioning whether the US would really have the intention to redeploy tactical nukes on the Korean Peninsula, risking sparking military tensions in Northeast Asia, and potentially, a regional nuclear arms race.

Steve Bannon Thinks Civil War Within the GOP Is a Mistake a Unless…

On Sunday night America got a taste of what it's like to be in a Trump strategy session when Steve Bannon sat down with Charlie Rose and delivered contradictory prognostications in a frenetic tone while inexplicably wearing at least three black shirts . Some of the advice Bannon doled out on 60 Minutes seemed far more reasonable than the plans ultimately pursued by the White House.