In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer on Wednesday cast him as a racist and conman who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex and lied about his business interests in ...
Read More »Senators grill pharmaceutical CEOs about high drug prices
Senators grilled CEOs of seven major drug companies on Tuesday over high prescription drug prices that are a drain on Medicare and Medicaid and a burden to millions of Americans. The extraordinary public accounting was a sign that Congress and ...
Read More »US appeals court clears AT&T’s $81B purchase of Time Warner
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the TV industry. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
Read More »Re-build the wall? Dems see opportunity, danger in Midwest
President Donald Trump smashed the blue wall in his first White House bid, chiseling a path to the presidency through Midwestern states that hadn’t backed a Republican presidential contender in three decades. But as he gears up for his re-election ...
Read More »Analysis: Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t do
Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scandal that has harmed so many and compromised the church’s moral authority ...
Read More »Should drug dealers be charged with murder? States ponder
Having lost his 29-year-old son to a fentanyl overdose, Dean Palozej believes dealers who peddle drugs that kill should be locked up for a very long time — for the rest of their life, in some cases. A state representative ...
Read More »Barrick goes after Newmont to create $42 billion gold giant
Barrick Gold will try to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. in an approximately $18 billion all-stock deal that would create a mining behemoth worth about $42 billion. Colorado’s Newmont has rejected any talk of a buyout from the Canadian miner so ...
Read More »Worker visas in doubt as Trump immigration crackdown widens
Immigrants with specialized skills are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump’s promise of a continued pathway to the U.S. for ...
Read More »Judge rules Columbia clinic cannot resume abortions
A federal judge has ruled that Planned Parenthood cannot resume abortions at its Columbia clinic. State law requires clinics that provide abortions to have physicians with admitting privileges at nearby hospital. The Columbia clinic has been unable to secure a ...
Read More »Lawyer enters not guilty plea for R. Kelly in sex abuse case
R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, entered the courtroom ...
Read More »Missouri bill on minimum prison sentences heads to Senate
Judges could ignore mandatory minimum sentencing laws for some nonviolent offenders under a bill passed Thursday by Missouri’s Republican-led House, a move that’s part of a broader push to revamp the state’s criminal justice system. The bill , which passed ...
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