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The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country's constitution.
The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country's constitution.
The White House signaled that President Donald Trump might veto the bill, which would limit his authority to lift the sanctions on his own.
The White House signaled that President Donald Trump might veto the bill, which would limit his authority to lift the sanctions on his own.
TaiChin Preyor is scheduled to be executed Thursday night in Texas for a 2004 stabbing murder.
The family of the Australian woman fatally shot by a police officer in Minneapolis has set up a memorial fund in her honor, which will include "causes that promote equal treatment and opportunities for all people."
The family of the Australian woman fatally shot by a police officer in Minneapolis has set up a memorial fund in her honor, which will include "causes that promote equal treatment and opportunities for all people."
In the case's closing arguments, a U.S. prosecutor on Thursday urged jurors to convict former drug company executive Martin Shkreli of defrauding investors in his hedge funds and stealing from his old company to repay them.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune of more than $90 billion.
‘Skinny Repeal’ and the Senate Health Debate
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Yesterday, two major proposals that would have rolled back the Affordable Care Act’s progress in expanding coverage were defeated by bipartisan majorities. Senate leadership is now pulling together a so-called “skinny” bill, which they hope will attract the 50 votes needed to pass the chamber and move to a conference committee with the House.
The “skinny” bill would likely end selected ACA provisions—the ACA's requirement that individuals have health coverage, the employer coverage requirement, and perhaps the tax on medical device manufacturers. No legislative language has been released, so we do not know the bill’s precise contents. But the CBO produced a score showing that, by destabilizing the individual insurance market and sharply increasing premiums, such a bill would cause 15 million Americans to lose their health insurance in 2018, rising to 16 million soon thereafter.
Yesterday, this bill sparked an extraordinary outpouring of opposition, including from governors, doctors, and insurers:
Bipartisan group of governors speaks out: A letter from 10 governors,...
