Democratic presidential candidate Michael BloombergMichael Rubens BloombergFive takeaways from the Democratic debate Overnight Health Care — Presented by Rare Access Action Project — Court ruling reignites ObamaCare fight for 2020 | Congress expands probe into surprise billing | Health industry racks up wins in year-end spending deal Bloomberg offers public option, subsidies in new health […]
Read MoreFacebook and Twitter on Friday removed a network of fake accounts linked to the pro-Trump conspiracy website The Epoch Times. Facebook in a blog post said it had connected the accounts to U.S.-based media company The BL, which in turn has ties to The Epoch Times. That group, with ties to the Chinese spiritual group Falun Gong, has used social […]
Read MoreThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday voted to approve and send to the full Senate a bill that would impose sanctions on Russia for interference efforts in democratic institutions and push forward international cybersecurity efforts. The committee approved the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act (DASKA) by a vote of 17-5 during a […]
Read MoreThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court (FISA) that approved FBI surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page is now investigating other applications it’s received from one of the agency’s attorneys accused of making an inappropriate change to the Page application. The review, which was announced in an order released Friday, hints at a comprehensive effort by […]
Read MoreEvery Senate Democrat wants the Department of Health and Human Services to rescind a plan that would allow recipients of HHS grants and contracts to discriminate on the basis of religion and sex. The entire caucus, led by Sens. Patty MurrayPatricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayOvernight Health Care — Presented by Rare Access Action Project — Court ruling reignites […]
Read MoreThe Trump administration told a court on Thursday that the House subpoena ordering former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify in the impeachment inquiry “appears to be moot” now that the president has been impeached. The Department of Justice submitted a brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that the House Judiciary […]
Read MoreTwitter on Friday announced that it had taken down more than 88,000 accounts linked to Saudi Arabia, citing concerns they were involved in spreading misinformation and spam. The company wrote in a blog post that it is adding data and information on almost 6,000 of the accounts to its public archive of state-backed information campaigns. “Today, we […]
Read MoreDocuments reveal that Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were prepared to use lethal force against indigenous protestors that blocked construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. The notes, obtained by The Guardian, were from a strategy session for a raid that took place on the ancestral lands of the Wet’suwet’en nation in January. In […]
Read MoreCHEMICAL DISASTERS: A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Trump administration over its easing of chemical plant safety regulations following a recent plant explosion in Texas that injured several people. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month finalized a rule that it said would get rid of “unnecessary and ineffective regulatory burdens,” a change […]
Read MoreHappy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter. Programming note: Overnight Defense will be on hiatus for the holidays after today. We will resume publication Jan. 6. Happy winter break! THE TOPLINE: President TrumpDonald John TrumpMaxine […]
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