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Top Senate Democrats signaled on Monday that they will support moving a package of four noncontroversial government spending bills, breaking a months-long stalemate.  “The first package of bills, four of the five are not controversial. … On those four moving forward would be fine thing,” Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerTurkey says soldier […]

A coalition of doctors groups owned by private equity firms and investment groups spent more than $4 million lobbying Congress last quarter on legislation that would end “surprise” medical bills. Physicians for Fair Coverage spent $4.1 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, when the debate over surprise medical bills was heating up in Congress, according to lobbying disclosure reports filed Monday. ADVERTISEMENT […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE on Monday informed President Reuven Rivlin he has been unable to form a government, according to Haaretz. ADVERTISEMENT “Ever since receiving the mandate [to form a government] I have worked relentlessly … to establish a broad national unity government. This is what the people want,” Netanyahu said in a […]

A years-long internal State Department review of Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonSanders: ‘Outrageous’ to suggest Gabbard ‘is a foreign asset’ Clinton attacks on Gabbard become flashpoint in presidential race Saagar Enjeti: Clinton remarks on Gabbard ‘shows just how deep the rot in our system goes’ MORE‘s private email server cited 38 people for violations, but […]

A WATCHDOG WARNING: A government watchdog is warning the Trump administration that it must beef up protections of its federal employees overseeing public lands due to numerous instances of threats and assault. According to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Monday, federal employees within the Interior Department’s three public lands agencies experienced […]

Click:chinese fan dance props While the United Auto Workers (UAW) are close to reaching a deal with auto company General Motors (GM), the workers will continue to strike until the deal is voted on, Reuters reports. ADVERTISEMENT The proposed deal on the table would reportedly give full-time workers higher pay and provide better benefits for temporary […]

Concerns among U.S. lawmakers over Chinese telecom giant Huawei remain heightened one month out from a deadline by the Trump administration for American companies to stop doing business with the firm, with questions lingering about the timing of the ban itself. The Commerce Department added the firm to a prohibited “entity list” in May before issuing temporary extensions […]

House Democrats on Monday urged a federal judge to dismiss them from President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump says he doesn’t want NYT in the White House Veterans group backs lawsuits to halt Trump’s use of military funding for border wall Schiff punches back after GOP censure resolution fails MORE’s lawsuit challenging a New York law that […]

Scientists at NASA said Monday that the hole in the Earth’s ozone layer has shrunk to the smallest size on record since it was first detected in the 1980s. A press release from the agency reported that the hole, which naturally grows and shrinks every year due to temperatures in the Arctic, had shrunk to […]

President Trump will not appear in a Weather Channel climate change special airing next month that features Democrats and Republicans looking to challenge the president in 2020.  The Weather Channel announced the one-hour “2020: Race to Save the Planet” special Monday. It will air on Nov. 7.  In addition to top Democratic candidates, the special will feature […]