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As you’ve no doubt heard, two of the three leading Democratic primary contenders, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are both embracing Medicare4All, which some...
The 2017 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded Monday and among the winners was the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold “for persistent reporting that created a model...
Blood payment
Facing prison time for a court-ordered fine you can't afford to pay? An Alabama judge says there's a way out: "Give blood or go to jail."...
Soft targets
The three Americans who heroically thwarted what was apparently a terrorist attack on a Brussells-to-Paris train resisted the hero label. But the happy...
Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman goes head to head with VA Secretary Robert McDonald in a heated exchange. In the Washington Post's telling, McDonald comes...
The Huntsville Times reports on a speech made on Saturday by Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn), in which the co-sponsor of the state’s new immigration law admitted the high likelihood that parts of the law will be overturned by federal courts: