Kevin Daley – A coalition of insurance companies told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government must pay out $12 billion to help defray losses incurred on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. – The ACA included a risk-sharing mechanism, which provides the government “shall pay” insurers to help cover any losses. – Congress…
Shelby Talcott Flight training was suspended for hundreds of Saudi Arabian students at U.S. Air Force bases in Florida after the deadly shooting by a Saudi officer Friday, according to a statement Tuesday. About 300 Saudi Arabian students’ flight training has been suspended, according to the statement, The New York Times reported. The decision came after an FBI…
Shelby Talcott Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced Monday that she won’t participate in the December debate, even if she were to qualify for it. Gabbard tweeted Monday evening that she will be meeting with voters in New Hampshire and South Carolina instead of going to the debate. She has previously considered boycotting past debates. For…
Chris White Amazon claimed in a legal complaint Monday that the company lost a $10-billion cloud-computing project because President Donald Trump wanted to deny its billionaire CEO a big government contract. Trump used “improper pressure” on the contract process to hurt Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, the legal complaint noted. The tech company was viewed as a…
There seems to be a fashion this season for new approaches to men’s formalwear, and I’ve been getting questions about it. Is this proper or tacky? Exactly what are the limits here? Here is my answer. This is probably the third round of such experimentation in my adult life. It’s as if people suddenly get…
Mary Margaret Olohan Using birth control is linked to having a smaller region of the brain that affects hormones, sexual behavior, and more, a study released Thursday found. The study, which examined the effects of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) on the hypothalamus region of the brain, found that women who use the birth control have a smaller…
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Happy Sunday, Liberty Lovers! In memory of the 78th anniversary of the December 7th Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, I decided to watch Michael Bay’s 2001 “Pearl Harbor” film. I’ve always heard it has a great love story in it. I was hoping I’d learn more about the historical background of Pearl Harbor by watching…
Kevin Daley The Supreme Court dealt a temporary setback Friday to the Trump administration’s bid to revive the death penalty after a 17-year hiatus, refusing the government’s request to clear the way for four federal executions a lower court judge put on hold. The high court did not disclose the vote count or its reasoning,…
Question: If you could go back in time and spend one hour in conversation with 10 people—each one separately and privately—whom would you choose? My list isn’t exactly the same from one day to the next, but at least a couple of the same names are always on it, without fail. One of them is…
Jason Hopkins Worksite immigration enforcement actions have increased dramatically under the Trump administration, part of the White House’s crackdown on incentives that drive illegal immigration into the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) investigative unit opened four times as many worksite inquires in the 2019 fiscal year than it did at the end of former…