GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
US medicine spending shows rare dip Total U.S. spending on prescription medicines declined last year, a first in more than half a century. The dip was 1 percent, to $325.8 billion — a 3.5 percent drop after accounting for population growth and economic expansion, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. More
Hillary Clinton Gets Another Nudge for 2016 Paging, Hillary Clinton. Emily’s List, the influential abortion-rights group that backs Democratic women, unveiled an initiative Thursday to help put a woman in the White House. The group announced a six-figure digital media campaign and new polling that shows a strong appetite for a female commander-in-chief as part of its “Madame President” campaign. More
Top Online Jobs for Q1 2013: The Freelancer Top 50 Report I was quite excited to see Meghan Casserly’s report this week on the way the freelance revolution is closing the gender gap in jobs and earnings for women. Then I received a message from Freelancer.com with their newest research on the top online jobs for 2013 overall. More
State health plans must cover gender transition surgeries, federal appeals court rules A federal appeals court said that the decision of West Virginia and North Carolina not to provide coverage for transgender surgeries is discrimination. 04/29/2024 - 6:40 am | View Link
‘Extraordinarily Generous’ – Blinken Urges Hamas to Accept Israel’s Truce Proposal US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges Hamas to accept an Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. 04/29/2024 - 5:21 am | View Link
White House plans to limit Biden's graduation speeches as campuses erupt in protests Amid growing protests on college campuses by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the White House is planning for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to have a minimal presence for a ... 04/29/2024 - 5:01 am | View Link
St. Peter's to announce plans on future of Burdett Birth Center News conference Monday follows months of concern that the closure of the facility would negatively impact on local labor and delivery care. 04/29/2024 - 4:47 am | View Link
Court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery It was the second ruling this month in favor of trans advocates from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. 04/29/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
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In recent months we have heard much about President Biden’s low poll numbers and Americans’ negative views of the economy. It is therefore not surprising that numerous media pundits have rushed to entertain the idea of a Trump victory in 2024.
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Let’s first start with some obvious caveats to keep in mind.
First, a substantial amount of Biden’s lagging approval is coming from his own party: since 2022, between 15 and 22 percent of Democrats have neglected to voice approval for Biden.
Denver homeless advocates this month have demanded that city leaders step in to help 42 people who faced a potential return to the streets, two years after the city worked with service providers to move them into subsidized housing.
The “rapid rehousing” vouchers they received, providing significant monthly rent support, are now expiring — highlighting what advocates see as a limitation in such short-term solutions to homelessness.
Members of Housekeys Action Network Denver held up signs during the Denver City Council’s April 15 meeting that repurposed the In-N-Out Burger chain’s logo, with the wording: “Inside-N-Out on the street again.”
Officials with the city’s housing department point to the overall success of the 2022 rapid rehousing program, which moved nearly 200 people into places of their own.
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday ahead of a vote of no confidence on Wednesday that appeared he would lose.
His resignation comes little more than a year after he took up the post, becoming the first non-white and first Muslim leader of Scotland.
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“I cannot tell you what an honour it is being the first minister of the country I love, the country I’m raising my family in and the only country I will ever call home,” Yousaf said from Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister.
When Michael Cohen takes the stand in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, as he’s expected to, it will mark a climax in the real-life tale of ambition and betrayal that has unfolded between the two men over nearly two decades.
In the New York City courtroom, Cohen will be a few yards away from the man he once looked up to as a paragon of raw power and heady glamor.