Overnight Health Care: Social Security won't be able to fund full payouts by 2035 | Drug companies under scrutiny from Congress boost lobbying | US on pace to break record for measles cases

Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Health Care. Congress is in recess for a second week, but we did get the Medicare and Social Security trustees report! We’ll start with that, followed by new data on health care lobbying spending, and worries about the rising number of measles cases:   Social Security won’t be able to fund […]

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Dems digging into Trump finances post-Mueller

Democrats are pressing forward with their investigations into President TrumpDonald John TrumpThorny part of obstruction of justice is proving intent, that’s a job for Congress Obama condemns attacks in Sri Lanka as ‘an attack on humanity’ Schiff rips Conway’s ‘display of alternative facts’ on Russian election interference MORE‘s personal finances well beyond the boundaries of […]

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Pompeo privately said Trump administration will not pursue military intervention in Iran: report

Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoUS downplays North Korea’s saber rattling Overnight Defense: Pompeo rejects North Korean call for him to leave negotiations | Trump talk with rebel Libyan general raises eyebrows | New setback to Taliban talks The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Dems face tricky balancing act after Mueller report MORE reportedly told […]

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Fight over census citizenship question hits Supreme Court

The battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 census is hitting the Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday over the administration adding the question, a controversial move that has sparked legal battles throughout the U.S. court system. ADVERTISEMENT The Commerce Department, which administers the […]

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Earth Day founder's daughter: Most Republican leaders believe in climate change in private

The daughter of Earth Day’s founder said in an interview published Sunday that most Republican leaders believe in climate change in public. Tia Nelson, daughter of the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.) who founded earth day in 1970, told NBC News that leaders in the Republican party oppose government action on climate on “ideological grounds.” ADVERTISEMENT “I […]

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US downplays North Korea's saber rattling

North Korea has been steadily increasing its saber rattling as more and more time passes without progress on nuclear talks with President TrumpDonald John TrumpImpeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal intent Feds say marijuana ties could prevent immigrants from getting US citizenship Trump approval drops to 2019 low after Mueller report’s release: […]

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End of Mueller shifts focus to existing probes

Special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE is finished investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, shifting the focus to cases spawned by his 22-month probe. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating President TrumpDonald John TrumpImpeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal […]

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