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USMC-NAY: Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer votes against USMCA, citing climate implications Senators are politicians, not jurors — they should act like it GOP senator: 2020 candidates must recuse themselves from impeachment trial MORE (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats announced Thursday they would not support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), citing the proposed deal’s […]

A Republican member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday expressed support for Medicare negotiating drug prices, an idea typically more supported by Democrats.  “I may touch a third rail here,” Christine Wilson, said while speaking at a health care conference in Washington. “I think part of the problem is that the federal government has not […]

A federal judge on Thursday postponed sentencing for former national security adviser Michael Flynn after he moved to withdraw his guilty plea for charges of lying to the FBI. Judge Emmet Sullivan granted Flynn’s request for the delay as he mulls the former three-star general’s reversal. The judge, a Clinton appointee, pushed Flynn’s sentencing hearing […]

Happy Thursday and welcome back to On The Money, where we’re catching the last legislative train out of the Senate before the impeachment trial begins. 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 […]

A huge majority of women who had abortions said they made the right decision, according to a new study. The study published Sunday in the journal Social Science & Medicine found that 95 percent of the women surveyed believed immediately after their abortion that going through with it was the right choice. Researchers asked that […]

Jewish advocates on Wednesday called on social media companies and Congress to take more steps to regulate online anti-Semitic speech after the number of anti-Semitic incidents has increased in the past year.  Jewish representatives spoke during a congressional hearing to highlight the efforts the federal government can take to combat anti-Semitism and domestic terrorism in […]

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffOvernight Defense: GAO finds administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid | Senate opens Trump trial | Pentagon to resume training Saudi students soon Schiff schedules public hearing with US intel chief  Harris calls for Parnas to testify at Senate trial MORE (D-Calif.) has called on the acting […]

The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog is planning to investigate the Opportunity Zone program after three Democratic lawmakers called for a closer look at the initiative, acting Treasury Inspector General Richard Delmar told NBC News.  Delmar’s announcement came a few months after Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerTreasury watchdog to investigate Trump Opportunity Zone program NJ lawmaker […]

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he “absolutely” wants this year’s defense policy bill to address President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem lawmaker says Nunes threatened to sue him over criticism Parnas: U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed to clear path for investigations into Bidens Five takeaways from Parnas’s Maddow interview MORE’s reported plan […]

The FBI on Thursday announced a new policy intended to “clarify and guide timely” notification of state and local election officials of any cyber intrusions, marking a major shift three years after Russian intrusions during the 2016 elections.  The new internal policy mandates that a state’s chief election official and local election officials be notified […]