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During a March 9 debate on GOP plans to revise Obamacare, Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) questioned why men are required to pay for prenatal care as part of essential care required by the Affordable Care Act. (NARAL/House Energy and Commerce Committee) In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans’ Obamacare…
.entry-header (Image: Aaron Cynic) Today I am joining the #womensstrike. I have seen a lot of talk lately about how choosing to join the strike is a privileged decision. In my case, that’s true. I will not be penalized for missing a day’s work, because my publication’s leadership chose to support those who wanted to…
When you look up “compassion” in the dictionary.Image: nikolsky SPUTNIK/KREM/REX/Shutterstock By Colin Daileda2017-03-08 15:33:24 UTC Sometimes people say words with their mouths but their faces tell you they don’t give one tiny shit about what they’re saying. This is not Vladimir Putin! The Russian president is a man of sincerity. Look at this tweet in…
KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country on Tuesday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question three men hiding in the North Korean embassy. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak accused North Korea of “effectively holding our citizens hostage”…
President Trump during a bill-signing ceremony in the White House in Washington on Feb. 14. (Saul Loeb/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) In the middle of it, right in the middle, she vanished. You were explaining something — just what eludes you now, but it must have been interesting, because for a split second your thoughts strayed…
Women’s March on Washington organizers made their first large-scale attempt Wednesday to build on the momentum of their January march, calling on women across the country to skip work and take to the streets to resist the policies of the new presidential administration. The result was a smaller crowd with a harder-edged concept, which contrasted…
The rapport between Barack Obama and Donald Trump is unraveling, with the president convinced that Mr. Obama is undermining his nascent administration and the former president furious over Trump tweets accusing him of illegal wiretapping, people close to the two men said. The budding feud between two men who share the unique bond of membership…
In order for the UK to enact its post-Brexit immigration policies and leave the single market, it must be able to control its borders. It is impossible to overstate the horror with which such a wall between the north and south would be greeted scald=4585456:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif] END scald=4585456 St Patrick’s Day celebrations:…
A new universal “comprehensive” search may prompt passenger complaints to law enforcement.T he U.S. Transportation Security Administration has declined to say exactly where—and how—employees will be touching air travelers as part of the more invasive physical pat-down procedure it recently ordered. The most important business stories of the day. Get Bloomberg’s daily newsletter. But the…
On a recent trip to Disneyland, this intrepid reporter spots: A 30ish couple wearing faded Buzz Lightyear and Woody hoodies, the man’s personalized with “Derrick’s Little” in futuristic font and the woman’s with “Christine’s Big” in ropey script; A family of five in matching black-and-gold shirts, mom and daughter in Minnie and dad and sons…