Новости за 01.12.2017

In a now infamous private dinner on January 27, President Donald Trump allegedly told James Comey, the FBI director at the time, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” Comey, by his own account, tried to wriggle out of the uncomfortable situation by promising “honest loyalty,” but not every government official has so successfully resisted the mob boss’ expectations. Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor, was one of Trump’s prime loyalists—and Trump repaid Flynn in kind, depending him... Читать дальше...

“Thank God the terrorist on coal is gone!” Rupie Phillips, a Republican congressional candidate in West Virginia, yelled into a crowd outside the capitol building in Charleston on Tuesday. He was referring to former President Barack Obama. The group—mostly coal miners, coal executives and Republican politicians—was celebrating the Environmental Protection Agency, which was in town to hold its only scheduled public hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan (CPP), Obama’s ambitious regulations to... Читать дальше...

In a country where affordable health care is not a guarantee, the Children’s Health Insurance Program is a lifeline. Established in 1997, the program covers nearly nine million children. But the GOP-led Congress missed an October 1 deadline to reauthorize the program, despite its historically bipartisan support and its public popularity. A recent poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 75 percent of respondents rank the reauthorization of CHIP as a major priority.

In 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control, some 33,091 people died as a result of an opioid overdose. The final 2016 figure, there is little doubt, will be even higher. Last year, researchers at the CDC put the “societal” cost of the opioid epidemic at $78.5 billion for 2013. Some of that figure includes spending on healthcare and on criminal justice related to the trade in opioids. But much of the $78.5 billion represents something less tangible: “lost productivity.” The researchers... Читать дальше...

While Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have taken to shrugging off President Donald Trump’s tweeting as background noise, political leaders in other countries don’t have that luxury. Trump’s words, coming from the commander-in-chief of the world’s largest power, necessarily carry the force of official pronouncements. Thus, when Trump on Wednesday shared three Islamophobic tweets from the fascist group Britain First, he ignited a diplomatic row with one of America’s closest allies. Читать дальше...

On Wednesday, standing in front of a display of Christmas trees in Missouri, President Donald Trump was beaming. Hours after retweeting Islamophobic videos from the hate group Britain First and accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder, Trump was happy, calm, comfortable—a rarity in his ten months as president. Grinning from ear to ear, he made his pitch. The tax reform plan moving through Congress, he said, will personally cost him “a fortune.” He added, “I think my accountants are going crazy right now.”

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