The GOP’s Health-Care Plan Could Strip Addiction and Mental-Health Coverage From 1.3 Million
Republicans aren’t just gunning for Obamacare—they’re trying to radically alter Medicaid.
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Next Phase of Obamacare Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage, GOP Leader Tells Allies
In a conference call with GOP allies on Thursday, however, House Republican Conference chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers outlined the party’s “three-phase approach” to repealing the Affordable Care Act.
theintercept.com
How Disabled Americans Are Fighting the GOP Health-Care Bill
Advocates warn that the American Health Care Act would “annihilate” Medicaid, spiraling millions of disabled Americans into poverty.
psmag.com
Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback
A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States.
reuters.com
House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results
Giving employers such power is now prohibited by legislation including the 2008 genetic privacy and nondiscrimination law known as GINA. The new bill gets around that landmark law.
statnews.com
Conservatives cheer EPA cuts that activists fear 'will be borne by lungs'
Trump administration’s zeal for deregulation seen by environmentalists as a recipe for fossil fuel cronyism, runaway climate change and toxic water crises
theguardian.com
Wall Street’s Cop Among 46 Prosecutors Asked to Quit
Wall Street enforcer Preet Bharara may be forced out as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan despite assurances he said he had received from the incoming Trump administration that he would remain in the job.
bloomberg.com
==U.K.'s May Battles Party Rebels for Power to Trigger Brexit
With a vote set for Monday on a bill granting May the authority to open divorce talks with the European Union, some Conservative lawmakers are pushing for Parliament to have a say on what happens if negotiations break down without an agreement.
bloomberg.com
Merkel to Warn Trump That U.S. Tax Changes May Spark Retaliation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will warn U.S. President Donald Trump that a proposed tax overhaul could spark retaliatory measures, including higher tariffs for American companies.
bloomberg.com
Modi wins landslide election victory in India's biggest state
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won a landslide victory in India's most important battleground state on Saturday, in a personal triumph that will strengthen his claim to a second term as national leader.
reuters.com
Greek activists target sales of homes seized over bad debts
Protests thwart plans to hold around 25,000 auctions as banks struggle to sell properties to settle shortfalls
theguardian.com
Western Australian election: Labor wins in 'savage result' for Liberals – as it happened
Colin Barnett congratulates Mark McGowan on ‘emphatic, convincing’ victory with ALP on track to take at least 14 seats from his party
theguardian.com
UN: World facing greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".
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