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Clinics struggle to resolve fears over Medicaid sign-ups and green cards
Trump's controversial proposal, if implemented, could jeopardize immigrants' legal status who sign up for government-funded programs. Some doctors are torn.
6 years ago
Judge orders Trump administration to remove 2020 Census citizenship question
A federal judge in New York has ruled against the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
6 years ago
Is LA teachers strike a sign of things to come in Philly?
The head of the Philadelphia teachers union sees familiar themes in LA teachers strike. And Philly teachers recently won back the right to strike.
6 years ago
Trump, following explosive news reports, denies he worked for Russia
The Washington Post reported that Trump has taken at least one interpreter's notes after a meeting with Putin.
6 years ago
Trump birth control coverage rules blocked nationwide
The rules would have allowed more employers to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptive coverage to women by claiming religious objections.
6 years ago
New law may spur earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses in communities of color
Alzheimer’s activists hope a new federal law and $100 million in funding will spur earlier diagnoses in communities of color and better care for millions of patients.
6 years ago
On the Navajo Nation, 5,000 workers dependent on a federal paycheck
On the Navajo Nation, half of the tribe is unemployed. But at least 5,000 tribal members rely on paychecks from the federal government.
6 years ago
GOP rejected Obama’s executive reach, but accepts Trump’s
President Barack Obama stunned Republicans when he bypassed Congress. Now, with President Donald Trump many Republicans are uneasily cheering him on.
6 years ago
Pence’s pickle: How to bargain when no one speaks for Trump
Pence has been one of the administration's most visible emissaries during the shutdown fight, but he's been repeatedly undermined and contradicted by his boss.
6 years ago
'Groveland Four' get posthumous pardons, 70 years later
Seven decades after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida.
6 years ago
Report: FBI probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia
The FBI became so concerned by Trump after he fired Comey that they investigated if he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported.
6 years ago
It’s official: The partial government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history
The previous record was 21 days, set in the winter of 1995-'96 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts.
6 years ago
Once a fence, later slats, almost always a wall: Trump’s border wall contradictions
The president is now in a battle with congressional Democrats to approve $5.7 billion in funding for a physical barrier.
6 years ago
Federal workers get $0 pay stubs as shutdown drags on
All told, an estimated 800,000 government employees missed their paychecks for first time since the shutdown began three weeks ago.
6 years ago
Justice Ginsburg has no remaining signs of cancer, will return to Supreme Court
While odds for a recovery from the surgery she had are good, they go way up if the subsequent pathology report shows no cancer in the lymph nodes.
6 years ago