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Obamacare Rate Hikes: Incompetence or Sabotage?
Most Americans have seen the headlines about skyrocketing health-care premiums and insurers fleeing the individual marketplace—but few people understand why these things are happening
Yahoo helped US spies scan all its emails in real time for a single phrase
Yahoo built an unprecedented surveillance system in response to a government request last year, according to a bombshell report published today by Reuters’ Joseph Menn, which cites three persons familiar with the matter
Trump and the Second Amendment
At last night’s presidential debate Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made all kinds of attacks on each other
Last Chance for Justice Reform?
“Compromise struck on criminal justice reform,” touted a Politico headline in April. Five months later, the New York Times had to explain “Why the Senate Couldn’t Pass a Crime Bill Both Parties Backed.”
US Military Targets Senior al-Qaeda Leader in Syria
The Pentagon has confirmed that an airstrike in Syria targeted a prominent al-Qaeda member but said no details about the member's identity will be released until an assessment of the strike's success is concluded
A reflection on evangelical Christians who suddenly feel they have nowhere to turn in this election
RSS REBLOGGED BY Daily Kos Street Prophets TAGS 2016 Clinton Elections Evangelicals Iowa Trump StreetProphets Share this article Evangelical Christians are distraught, reports the New York Times, with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for president
Deportee arrested in deadly Dallas crime spree crossed border 35 times, thanks to stolen identity
A three-time deportee accused of killing two men in a Dallas County crime spree stole another man's identity to obtain a passport and cross the border 35 times, court records show
Where do the presidential candidates stand on Social Security?
More than 60 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children rely on monthly Social Security benefits
ObamaCare problems making coverage harder to afford, find
When Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey announced recently that it’s $46 million in debt and shutting down, it became the 17th failed ObamaCare co-op since the Affordable Care Act launched three years ago
FBI probes hacks targeting phones of Democratic Party officials - sources
The FBI is investigating suspected attempts to hack mobile phones used by Democratic Party officials as recently as the past month, four people with direct knowledge of the attack and the investigation told Reuters
Donald Trump aims to carry on presidents’ tradition of proud gun ownership
From George Washington’s flintlock pistols to John F. Kennedy’s M1 rifle, presidents have shared a long tradition of proud gun ownership
Cruz supporters divided over turn to Trump as re-election race looms
Sen. Ted Cruz’s decision to support Donald Trump after months of holding out is dividing even members of his former campaign team, with some observers pointing to his 2018 re-election race and a possible 2020 presidential bid as underlying factors
US-led airstrikes sink over 100 'ISIS navy' boats plotting river attacks and transporting weapons
The campaign has seen more than 100 craft sunk with a majority targeted over the last few weeks
Don’t Play Politics With Syrian Christians
Elliott Abrams, a former Reagan and Bush Administration official and a former colleague on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), has written an article “The United States Bars Christian, Not Muslim, Refugees From Syria.”
Children from Central America flood U.S. border--again
The number of Central American children fleeing to United States is booming once again, as security and economic troubles continue to grip El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
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