2019 May

Overnight Health Care — Presented by Campaign for Accountability — Measles outbreak tops 830 cases in US | Inslee signs nation's first public option insurance bill | Maryland raises tobacco buying age to 21

Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Health Care. Today, Washington Gov. Jay InsleeJay Robert InsleeMichael Bennet must find a way to stand out in the crowd Dozens of states consider move to permanent daylight saving time Overnight Energy: 2020 rivals rip Biden over expected ‘middle ground’ climate plan | Dems cancel plans to invite Republican to testify […]

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Iranian commander: US forces in gulf a target, not a threat

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said on Sunday the U.S. carrier strike group in the Persian Gulf represents a target more than a threat, Reuters reported. The U.S. military earlier this month moved up the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the region after the Trump administration said there were “troubling […]

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2020 Dem Michael Bennet: Trump 'most fiscally irresponsible president' in generations

Sen. Michael BennetMichael Farrand BennetMichael Bennet a welcome addition to the 2020 Democratic field 2020 Dems: Trump doesn’t deserve credit for the economy Students walk out of vigil for shooting victims after speakers talk gun control MORE (D-Colo.), a 2020 presidential candidate, on Sunday criticized President TrumpDonald John TrumpBooker backpedals after comparing Warren’s Facebook proposal to […]

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Top executive: 'Chopping' Facebook 'into bits' won't solve problems

A top Facebook executive said Sunday that breaking up the social media giant isn’t going to “suddenly” fix problems highlighted by the company’s co-founder. “I don’t think dismantling companies is the way to deal with some of the complex issues which he quite rightly highlighted, data use, privacy, the attempt by folk from elsewhere to try […]

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DHS asks Pentagon for help amid influx of migrants

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has asked the Department of Defense (DOD) for more assistance, including providing tents, to handle a surge of migrants coming across the border with Mexico, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed. CNN first reported that the DHS request was sent to the Pentagon Friday night, with one official saying that it […]

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Netanyahu chooses site in Golan Heights to be named after Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE says he has chosen a site in the Golan Heights to be named after President TrumpDonald John TrumpBooker backpedals after comparing Warren’s Facebook proposal to Trump Booker: ‘Thoughts and prayers’ after gun violence are ‘bullshit’ Mike Pence tells Liberty University graduates to prepare to be ‘shunned,’ ‘ridiculed’ for being […]

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Minister warns of attacks on Israel if tensions between US, Iran escalate

Direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel are possible should the stand-off between Iran and the United States get worse, an Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday. “If there’s some sort of conflagration between Iran and the United States, between Iran and its neighbors, I’m not ruling out that they will activate Hezbollah and Islamic […]

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Kamala Harris: Time to take 'serious look at breaking up Facebook'

Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisWarren, Nadler introduce bill to allow student loan borrowers bankruptcy relief Michael Bennet a welcome addition to the 2020 Democratic field Rasmussen poll puts Trump ahead of Harris MORE (D-Calif.) told CNN’s Jake TapperJacob (Jake) Paul TapperKlobuchar: I don’t think Trump should conduct ‘foreign policy by tweet’ Booker: I support Medicare […]

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Kamala Harris says she wouldn't have voted for NAFTA

Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisWarren, Nadler introduce bill to allow student loan borrowers bankruptcy relief Michael Bennet a welcome addition to the 2020 Democratic field Rasmussen poll puts Trump ahead of Harris MORE (D-Calif.) said Sunday she would not have voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Harris, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, […]

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187 countries sign plastic waste agreement

Nearly every country in the world agreed to a new provision in a treaty that would aim to limiting plastic waste pollution, but the U.S. was not among them, as it has not ratified a treaty to which the provision was added. The governments of 187 countries agreed to add plastic to the United Nations-supported Basel […]

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