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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) vowed Thursday that the city would defeat a lawsuit challenging his order for members of a Brooklyn neighborhood experiencing a measles outbreak to get vaccinated or pay a $1,000 fine. In an interview with WCBS news radio, the mayor blamed the lawsuit on efforts by anti-vaccination activists to […]

Happy Thursday and welcome back to On The Money. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And if you like your newsletter, you can subscribe to it here: http://bit.ly/1NxxW2N. Write us […]

Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care. The House and Senate have officially left the Capitol for the next two weeks for an extended recess. But in the meantime, Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersHillicon Valley: Assange faces US charges after arrest | Trump says WikiLeaks ‘not my thing’ | Uber officially files to go public | Bezos […]

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) presidential campaign defended his 2015 vote in favor of lifting the ban on exporting oil, according to HuffPost. O’Rourke voted in favor of ending the 40-year restriction on selling U.S. oil abroad in October, and after that bill stalled in the Senate, voted to approve an amendment to a budget […]

Former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig was indicted Thursday on charges that he made false statements to investigators and concealed information about his work for Ukrainian officials, the Justice Department announced. Prosecutors said Craig was indicted over statements he made to the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit. He faces up to five years […]

Sen. Ed MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeyHillicon Valley: Assange faces US charges after arrest | Trump says WikiLeaks ‘not my thing’ | Uber officially files to go public | Bezos challenges retail rivals on wages | Kremlin tightens its control over internet Markey pushes to mandate more plane safety features Lawmakers weigh challenges in fighting robocalls […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has solidified his power in the hermit kingdom after the country’s government named a new head of state and premier, granting Kim the new honorary title of “supreme representative of all the Korean people.” Reuters reported Friday that the new title was approved by North Korea’s single-party government earlier this […]

Businessman and former presidential candidate Herman Cain is expected to withdraw from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, ABC News reported Thursday, citing an administration official and source familiar with the matter.  President TrumpDonald John TrumpJulián Castro: Presidential candidates should be required to release tax returns Hillary Clinton says Assange must ‘answer for […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpJulián Castro: Presidential candidates should be required to release tax returns Hillary Clinton says Assange must ‘answer for what he has done’ after arrest Herman Cain expected to withdraw from consideration for Fed: report MORE has nominated the current vice chief of the Navy to be the service’s top officer, the Navy […]

Former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyDems say attorney general undermined credibility with Trump talking point Debunking the media myth that Lester Holt’s interview caught Trump in obstruction Comey: ‘I accept that Bill Barr’s letter accurately portrays’ Mueller report MORE responded Thursday to Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrRosenstein: ‘Bizarre’ to say Barr misleading public […]