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Would ‘Medicare for All’ Save Billions or Cost Billions? – New York Times

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

All of these estimates looked at the potential health care bill under a Sanders-style Medicare for all plan. In some estimates, the country would not pay more for health care, but there would still be a drastic shift in who is doing the paying. Individuals and their employers now pay nearly half of the total cost of medical care, but that percentage would fall close to zero, and the percentage…

Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House’s growing panic to contain the border crisis – The Washington Post

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

David Nakamura Josh Dawsey Seung Min Kim April 9 at 8:02 PM He had threatened to close the southern border and ordered a halt to foreign aid for three Central American nations. But as President Trump weighed his next move to respond to a mounting immigration crisis, he had another problem: His homeland security chief was in Europe on a week-long business trip. The location of Kirstjen Nielsen, the embattled…

Omar criticized by Dan Crenshaw for ‘unbelievable’ 9/11 description – USA TODAY

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a dinner banquet, part of a fundraising event for the Council of American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles at the Hilton hotel in Woodland Hills, California, March 23, 2019. (Photo: Gary Coronado, AP) WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar again sparked outrage and sharp criticism with a comment, this time for referring to the 9/11 terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people as “something” that “some people did.”  The freshman Minnesota…

Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence – CNN

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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Barr testifies ‘spying did occur’ on Trump campaign, amid reported review of informant’s role – Fox News

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Video Attorney General Barr to review FBI conduct during Russia probe Reaction and analysis from ‘The Russia Hoax’ author Gregg Jarrett and Fox News contributor Sara Carter on ‘Hannity.’ Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI’s original Russia probe — and the focus of a related internal review shifted to…

Watch Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin argue at hearing: ‘I will not be back here’ – CNBC

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Finance Rep. Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin squabbled at a hearing, with Mnuchin going so far as to threaten to not testify before the committee again if he was not allowed to leave. “If you’d wish to keep me here so I don’t have my important meeting, and continue to grill me, then we can do…

Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence – CNN

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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Barr testifies ‘spying did occur’ on Trump campaign, amid reported review of informant’s role – Fox News

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Video Attorney General Barr to review FBI conduct during Russia probe Reaction and analysis from ‘The Russia Hoax’ author Gregg Jarrett and Fox News contributor Sara Carter on ‘Hannity.’ Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI’s original Russia probe — and the focus of a related internal review shifted to…

Watch Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin argue at hearing: ‘I will not be back here’ – CNBC

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Finance Rep. Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin squabbled at a hearing, with Mnuchin going so far as to threaten to not testify before the committee again if he was not allowed to leave. “If you’d wish to keep me here so I don’t have my important meeting, and continue to grill me, then we can do…

Barr testifies ‘spying did occur’ on Trump campaign, amid reported review of informant’s role – Fox News

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Video Attorney General Barr to review FBI conduct during Russia probe Reaction and analysis from ‘The Russia Hoax’ author Gregg Jarrett and Fox News contributor Sara Carter on ‘Hannity.’ Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI’s original Russia probe — and the focus of a related internal review shifted to…

Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence – CNN

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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Watch Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin argue at hearing: ‘I will not be back here’ – CNBC

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Finance Rep. Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin squabbled at a hearing, with Mnuchin going so far as to threaten to not testify before the committee again if he was not allowed to leave. “If you’d wish to keep me here so I don’t have my important meeting, and continue to grill me, then we can do…

Israeli election results: Benjamin Netanyahu reelected prime minister – Vox.com

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to hold on to power, winning what will be a record fifth term in office despite a bruising reelection fight. The preliminary results from Israel’s Tuesday election have Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party getting 35 seats out of a total 120 seats in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). While Likud didn’t win an outright majority of seats, that’s typical in Israeli elections. Party leaders generally…

Jamal Khashoggi’s son issues strange statement absolving Saudi crown prince and promising justice will be done – Business Insider

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Salah Khashoggi, the son of Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2, has released a statement thanking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his generosity and humanity, while promising the country would soon mete out justice for his father. This follows the CIA concluding with “high confidence” that Crown Prince Mohammed had the elder Khashoggi killed as revenge for dissent toward…

Acting No. 2 at Homeland Security latest to leave department – CNN

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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Lori Loughlin and 15 Others Face New Charges in College Admissions Scandal – The New York Times

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Federal prosecutors brought new money laundering charges against the Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin and 15 other parents in the college admissions case on Tuesday, raising the legal stakes for parents who have not said they would plead guilty in the case. Prosecutors said on Monday that 13 of the 33 parents charged in the case, including the actress Felicity Huffman, would plead guilty. In all but one case, those parents…

Israeli exit polls are just as unreliable as American ones – Washington Examiner

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

As polls get set to close in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a tight reelection battle, keep in mind that Israeli exit polls are just as unreliable as American ones. Voting stations will close at 3 p.m. Eastern time, and the early exits are expected to drip out around then. But it won’t be until much later that we get a sense of how the actual vote turned…

Kenneth Starr ‘very proud’ of William Barr’s handling of Mueller report – Fox News

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Video Ken Starr ‘very proud’ of William Barr’s handling of Mueller report As Attorney General William Barr faced questions on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Mueller report, former independent counsel Kenneth Starr praised Barr for doing what the law requires while being as transparent as possible. “I’m very proud of Bill Barr. He’s a great lawyer. He’s a great Attorney General already in these early weeks under enormous pressure. He is…

Trump inexplicably cedes the immigration hardline to Obama – Washington Examiner

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

Who knew that former President Barack Obama was more effective on deterring illegal immigration than President Trump, who claimed to care more about the issue than anyone else? Trump said precisely that during a brief exchange with reporters Tuesday at the White House. Asked about whether the administration was considering a return to the falsely named “family separation” policy for illegal immigrants who are caught crossing into the U.S., Trump…

We May Miss Kirstjen Nielsen When She’s Gone – Slate

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

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