About: Michael Tennant
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In Huge Reversal, Trump Announces Expanded, Unlimited War in Afghanistan
After years of decrying America’s 16-year war in Afghanistan as expensive and unwinnable, President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would continue and expand the war. ...
Rand Paul: Trump May Take Executive Action to Improve Health Insurance
Senator Rand Paul says President Trump may soon change federal policy to allow organizations other than employers and unions to buy health insurance for their members. ...
Seattle Mayor Ordered Rushed, Biased Report to “Prove” $15 Minimum-wage Success
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray coordinated with a Berkeley economist to release a report favorable to the city's $15-an-hour minimum-wage hike in hopes of discrediting an unfavorable report, recently released...
Senate Votes to Debate ObamaCare Repeal
The Senate, in a dramatic and surprising turn of events, voted Tuesday to proceed with debate on a bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act. ...
Pentagon Caught Giving Weapons to Phony Federal Agency
A Government Accountabilty Office sting netted $1.2 million worth of former Defense Department property for a fake federal law-enforcement agency. ...
ObamaCare Repeal Without Replacement All but Dead
Mitch McConnell's plan to push an ObamaCare repeal-but-not-replace bill through the Senate is probably already dead, with three Republican senators declaring their opposition to it. ...
Senate ObamaCare Replacement Fails, but Repeal May Be in the Cards
GOP Senators Mike Lee and Jerry Moran announced Monday they would not vote for the Senate's ObamaCare replacement bill, dooming it but opening up the possibility of complete repeal....
Seattle Passes Income Tax on Rich; Lawsuit to Follow
The Seattle city council just passed an income tax targeting the rich, but it will quickly be challenged in court on the basis that it violates the state constitution...
Wondering Where the Money Went, Venezuelans Start Rationing Toothpaste
Things have gotten so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste — and finding solace in Keeping Up with the Kardashians. ...
ObamaCare Program Rewards Low-Quality Hospitals That Cut Costs
An ObamaCare program supposedly aimed at promoting high-quality, low-cost care has instead rewarded many hospitals for cutting costs regardless of the quality of their care. ...
U.K. Jewish School Could Be Closed for Not Teaching LGBT Agenda
An Orthodox Jewish girls’ school in England may be forced to close because it refuses to teach its young students the government-approved line on LGBT issues. ...
California’s $400-Billion Single-payer Bill Tabled for the Year
A bill to impose single-payer healthcare on the state of California has been put on hold by state Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, who called it “woefully incomplete.” ...
Calling Transgender Student Wrong Pronoun Could Trigger Federal Investigation
An Education Department memo says the department will now investigate schools for failing to refer to transgender students by their "preferred name or pronoun," and the memo could be...
Canadian Christian School Ordered Not to Teach “Offensive” Scriptures
A Canadian Christian school has been ordered by the local school board to refrain from teaching “any scripture that could be considered offensive to particular individuals.” ...
In Push for Electronic Health Records, Feds Paid Millions to Ineligible Doctors
Under programs designed to encourage physicians to use electronic health records, the federal government doled out over $730 million to ineligible doctors, an audit has found. ...