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High health costs cause financial strain for more than 130… The study, found that 56% of respondents, equating to roughly 137 million adults in the U.S., reported at least one instance of financial struggle due to medical expenses. Health and Scienceread more

It was a crowning achievement for a former flight attendant for Thai Airways. Three days before his official coronation, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn married Suthida Tidjai — the deputy head of his personal security detail and a former flight attendant — and gave her the title of queen, according to Reuters. The announcement of the surprise nuptials Wednesday was carried in the Royal Gazette — and the wedding footage was…

Video Sen. Bennet hopes President Trump signs the border deal: It’s a reasonable compromise It’s time for Congress to move past the standoff over border funding, says Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence and Finance Committees. Add Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado to the still-growing list of Democrats running for the White House. One week after former Vice President Joe Biden became the 20th candidate, Bennet…

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Video Hillary Clinton has it wrong on why Trump wasn’t indicted, former Whitewater independent counsel says The Department of Justice did not let President Trump off the hook on obstruction of justice charges, Whitewater independent counsel Robert Ray explains. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday criticized the Mueller Report and imagined a scenario where a Democratic presidential hopeful called on China to “get” President Trump’s tax returns. The eyebrow-raising…

I’ve had the same conversation over the past couple of weeks with acquaintances and friends across the political spectrum. They include conservatives and Republicans, both Trump-skeptical and Trump-enthusiastic, and Democrats and liberals whose feelings about the president run the gamut from hatred to loathing. It begins like this: “He’s going to win in 2020, isn’t he?” The tone of these conversations varies widely, from a satisfied calm among those who…

BANGKOK — Just days before his official coronation, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Wednesday married the deputy head of his personal guard force and gave her the title Queen Suthida. The surprise announcement was carried in the Royal Gazette, and footage from Wednesday’s wedding ceremony was later shown on the nightly Royal News segment aired on all Thai television channels. Vajiralongkorn, 66, also known by the title King Rama X,…

CLOSE Tensions between DOJ leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at complaints over his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation report. (May 1) AP, AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump praised Attorney General William Barr’s performance during a four-hour long Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying “he did a fantastic job” and dismissing calls for his resignation as…

Charlotte, N.C. — Details are emerging about a gunman accused of opening fire in a University of North Carolina-Charlotte classroom during the last day of classes Tuesday. Police say Trystan Andrew Terrell, armed with a handgun that was purchased legally, killed two people and wounded four others at the school before campus police disarmed and arrested him, authorities said. “I just went into a classroom and shot the guys,” Terrell told reporters…

Media captionTear gas and water cannon hit Venezuela protesters on Wednesday Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has called for an escalating series of strikes to force President Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power. Mr Guaidó urged public employees to act on Thursday, saying the stoppages would lead to a general strike. A woman was killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Caracas on Wednesday, reports say. Mr Maduro meanwhile…

“At the end of the day, Congress’s remedies here are legislation and impeachment,” Mr. Vladeck said. But each has limitations, and even if Democrats are successful in ultimately getting ahold of the evidence and testimony they seek, Mr. Trump’s actions could slow their investigations. Mr. Vladeck said the delay would depend on the rulings of the judge overseeing the case, but he noted that if it goes through an appeals…

A video of a badly beaten 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy on his mother’s cellphone helped crack the investigation into his killing, according to court documents. The video on JoAnn Cunningham’s phone, taken more than a month before Andrew “AJ” Freund’s death, showed the boy had severe bruising on his face and body, and was berated for urinating in his bed, the documents alleged. And his mother allegedly searched online for…

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President Trump’s approval rating reached its highest level since April 2017 in a new CNN poll released Wednesday. The poll found 43% approved of the way Trump is handling his job as president. The new tally is one point lower than his 44% approval rating two years ago. Those who approve strongly of the way Trump is handling his job hit an all-time high of 35% in the CNN poll….

Video Second day of violent protests in Venezuela Government forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro clash with protesters who back Juan Guaido; Steve Harrigan reports from Caracas. Protesters and military forces clashed for the second day in Venezuela on Wednesday as both the country’s disputed president, Nicolas Maduro, and opposition leader, Juan Guaido, vied for power. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Caracas as part of a rebellion that has so…

The two students who were killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have been identified as 19-year-old Ellis “Reed” Parlier and 21-year-old Riley Howell. Police on Wednesday hailed Howell as a hero for having the courage to fight the gunman.  Howell “took the fight to the assailant” and “took the assailant off his feet,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chief of Police Kerr Putney said at a news conference….

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller objected to Attorney General William Barr‘s characterization of the principal findings of the Russia investigation and asked the attorney general on multiple occasions to release the special counsel’s prepared summaries of the report. Mueller communicated his objections to Barr in a letter on March 27, three days after the attorney general disclosed the special counsel’s conclusions in a summary letter clearing President Donald Trump of having obstructed the investigation into Russian interference…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at Southwark Crown Court in central London Wednesday raising a defiant fist in front of cameras, before being sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for jumping bail in 2012. Assange skipped bail and stayed at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted on sexual assault allegations, which he has denied. He was arrested at the embassy in mid-April….

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for the “largest march” in the country’s history, as Venezuelans braced for a new round of dueling demonstrations on Wednesday. Thousands took to the streets as demonstrators clashed with pro-government forces Tuesday, resulting in dozens of injuries, after Guaidó announced what he called the “definitive phase” of an operation to oust President Nicolás Maduro. The opposition leader, who has declared himself interim president, appeared…