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Michigan is suing several companies over the use of PFAS chemicals, or “forever chemicals,” due to their persistence in the environment and human body. “Who knew that firefighting foam, teflon, leather goods and clothing … are just a few of the thousands of industrial and consumer products made with defendants’ ‘forever’ PFAS chemicals that persist and build […]

The Department of Defense identified two U.S. soldiers Sunday that were killed the day before in a roadside bombing attack in Afghanistan that was claimed by the Taliban.  The soldiers were identified as Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, from Virginia, and Pfc. Miquel A. Villalon, 21, from Illinois.  Both soldiers were assigned to 307th […]

A federal appeals court in Washington on Wednesday appeared reluctant to let the Trump administration reinstate federal executions under a new lethal injection policy. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit seemed to lean in favor of four inmates whose executions, scheduled to take place over recent weeks, were […]

A woman says an American Airlines employee got her number from a luggage tag and started harassing her, according to a lawsuit filed against the company last week.  Ashley Barno is suing the airline and the former employee for negligent hiring, sexual harassment and stalking, according to the suit obtained by The Washington Post. Barno allegedly started […]

Happy Wednesday and welcome back to Phase One of today’s 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. […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive takeaways from the Democratic debate Sanders, Warren exchange underscores Iowa stakes CNN’s Van Jones: Democratic debate was ‘dispiriting,’ no evidence party can defeat Trump MORE on Tuesday touted the results of his decision to approve a strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, making it a key part of his pitch […]

House lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with restrictions on federal marijuana research and are putting pressure on regulators to change the rules. While 33 states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, federal research is extremely restricted. During a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing Wednesday, bipartisan lawmakers pressed officials from the Food and Drug […]

White House National Economic Council Director Larry KudlowLawrence (Larry) Alan KudlowMORE said Wednesday that 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 will unveil a new tax cut proposal later […]

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: The last Democratic presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses was Tuesday night, and it arguably featured the most foreign policy talk of the debates to date. The first […]

Welcome to Wednesday’s Overnight Health Care. The impeachment trial is about to begin in the Senate, but there’s plenty of health care news on tap. Health insurers want the Supreme Court to uphold ObamaCare, Mike Bloomberg is vowing to escalate his war on vaping, and lawmakers are pressing Trump officials to change federal marijuana laws.  […]