May 10, 2017
Good morning from Washington, rocked by the unexpected news of President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. Fred Lucas reports. Prospects for higher premiums next year lend urgency to the Senate's work on a health care bill to replace Obamacare. Melissa Quinn has the story. A pro-life heroine soon will be in charge of HHS' communications with the public. Rachel del Guidice consults friend and foe. Plus: Hans von Spakovsky on Texas' move against sanctuary cities, Sharyl Attkisson on the rise of "fake science," and Walter Williams on the racist legacy of communism.
The White House said President Donald Trump informed the FBI director that he was being terminated based on recommendations from both Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a key Justice Department deputy.
Insurance companies selling plans in Maryland and Connecticut submitted rate requests for 2018, as other insurers decide whether to keep offering coverage on Obamacare's state-run and federal exchanges.
The governor and legislators of Texas are trying to protect residents from reckless, irresponsible decisions by local jurisdictions to obstruct enforcement of federal immigration law.
Charmaine Yoest, longtime head of Americans United for Life, will become the top communicator at the sprawling federal agency.
The purpose of the meeting is to get a better understanding, from the perspective of whistleblowers, of how the disclosure process works and what "roadblocks" whistleblowers face.
Respected industry leaders say unseen interests exert enormous control over research and what is—or isn't—published.
The icon of communism had a racial vision that might be interesting to his modern-day supporters who are black, Jewish, or of Mexican ancestry.
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