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ABC News

In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, President Donald Trump will “immediately” halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to unravel for months.

The Health and Human Services department made the announcement in a statement late Thursday night. “We will discontinue these payments immediately,” said acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan and Medicare administrator Seema Verma.   Continue reading “Trump to halt subsidies to health insurers”

CBS News

After multiple failed Republican attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, President Trump is resorting to his pen to achieve some of his health care goals.

On Friday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order intended to make lower-premium plans more widely available. The president has long talked of his desire to make plans available across state lines, something this order will apparently do. The White House views this as an action that will “increase the healthcare choices for millions of Americans, potentially allowing some employers to join together across State lines to offer coverage,” according to a background call before the order’s signing.    Continue reading “Trump signs health care executive order”

Yahoo News

The Girl Scouts of the USA has issued a blistering rebuke of the Boy Scouts of America‘s decision to begin letting girls into the ranks of its troops.

“The Boy Scouts’ house is on fire,” Girl Scouts told ABC News in a statement today. “Instead of addressing systemic issues of continuing sexual assault, financial mismanagement and deficient programming, BSA’s senior management wants to add an accelerant to the house fire by recruiting girls.”   Continue reading “Girl Scouts slam Boy Scouts’ decision to accept girls: ‘The Boy Scouts’ house is on fire’”

NPR – by Scott Neuman

Thousands more people were being evacuated as some of the worst wildfires in California’s history swept through wine country, leaving a trail of smoldering destruction and a death toll of at least 23.

Firefighters were locked in a fight with the wind-whipped blazes, but heading into a fourth day of the struggle they appeared no closer to containing them. In fact, the fires that have burned since Sunday in Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Mendocino and Yuba counties are now threatening the towns of Sonoma, Napa, Calistoga and Fairfield.   Continue reading “More Flee California Wine Country As Deadly Wildfires Spread”

NZ Herald

A new optical illusion is sweeping the web – and it’s just like *that* dress all over again.

Facebook user Nicole Coulthard discovered a screenshot of a sneaker, but no one can decide on what colour it is.

There are two groups of people who think they have the correct answer – some think that the shoe is pink and white, while the other group say it’s grey and aqua.   Continue reading “Are these sneakers pink and white, or blue and grey?”

Fox News

An illegal immigrant accused of beheading his mother in March may have the charges against him dropped, a local television station reported.

Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, has been accused of beheading his 35-year-old mother at their home in North Carolina on March 6.

WNCN reported a judge is expected to sign an order that will drop the first degree murder charges against him after he ruled he’s not mentally competent to stand trial.   Continue reading “Illegal immigrant accused of beheading mother to have charges dropped, report says”

Yahoo News

A maintenance worker said Wednesday he told hotel dispatchers to call police and report a gunman had opened fire with a rifle inside Mandalay Bay before the shooter began firing from his high-rise suite into a crowd at a nearby musical performance.

The revised timeline has renewed questions about whether better communication might have allowed police to respond more quickly and take out the gunman before he committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.   Continue reading “Hotel worker warned of shooter before Las Vegas massacre”

ABC 7 News

WASHINGTON (KABC) — President Donald Trump approved California’s disaster declaration for areas affected by multiple destructive wildfires.

The White House released a statement saying that federal funding is now available.

Massive wildfires are sweeping through parts of California. In Orange County, at least 24 homes were destroyed and more than 5,000 people remain evacuated from their neighborhoods.   Continue reading “President Trump approves California disaster declaration for multiple wildfires”

By Stephen Byers

Here is a bit of interesting info I compile each year.

Safe States: Well, just like every year, according to the FBI Annual Crime Report, NH, VT, ME, are the 3 safest states, as relating to violent crime. The only 3 states mind you, with a violent crime rate of under 200 per 100,000 people. (source: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/tables/table-3 ).   Continue reading “More Guns does equal Less Crime”

Fox News

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a man accused of dousing a 19-year-old former high school cheerleader with a flammable liquid, setting her ablaze and leaving her to die along a north Mississippi back road.

Quinton Tellis, 29, has been charged with the murder of Jessica Chambers on Dec. 6, 2014, and faces life in prison without parole if convicted. Tellis has pleaded not guilty.

Opening arguments and testimony are expected to begin Tuesday morning, with prosecutors expecting to call more than 40 witnesses in a trial that could last up to two weeks, the Commercial-Appeal reported.    Continue reading “Murder trial begins in gruesome burning death of former Mississippi cheerleader Jessica Chambers”

CNBC – AP

A day after authorities revised the timeline of events on the night of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the hotel where the gunman was staying is casting doubt on the changes.

Police said earlier this week that they believe Stephen Paddock shot a hotel security guard through the door of his high-rise hotel suite six minutes before he unleashed a barrage of bullets into a crowd at a musical performance below. The injured guard ran down a hall using his radio and possibly a hallway phone to call for help, reporting he had been shot in the leg.   Continue reading “Hotel questions revised timeline of Las Vegas massacre”

Patch – by Cody Fenwick

WASHINGTON, DC — Henry Kissinger, a former secretary of State and a national security adviser under Presidents Nixon and Ford, met with President Trump Tuesday in the Oval Office, the second time the two have publicly convened since the inauguration.

Trump told reporters that Kissinger is a “man of immense talent, experience and knowledge.” He also reiterated that he has confidence in current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who called the president a “moron,” according to a recent NBC News report. Trump said in a Forbes interview that he could beat Tillerson on an IQ test, but he refused to answer any questions about it when asked in the Oval Office.   Continue reading “President Trump, Henry Kissinger Meet In The Oval Office — Again”

CNBC News

The Treasury Department issued a report Friday that laid out guidelines for loosening regulation in order to encourage the growth of U.S. capital markets.

“By streamlining the regulatory system, we can make the U.S. capital markets a true source of economic growth which will harness American ingenuity and allow small businesses to grow,” Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, said in a statement.   Continue reading “Treasury recommends looser financial market controls to encourage growth”

Yahoo News

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Monday.

Speaking in Kentucky, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday “to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration.”

The clean power plan aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. It was a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s environmental policies.   Continue reading “EPA chief says administration to roll back climate plan”

SF Gate

Several massive wildfires burned out of control in Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying an untold number of homes and businesses, forcing the evacuation of many thousands of people and shutting down major roadways as firefighters sought to halt the advance of infernos that were driven by powerful winds.

There was no immediate estimate of the damage or the extent of injuries — nor an explanation for the sheer number of fires — but structures were burning in both counties, according to authorities and witnesses.   Continue reading “Fires in Napa and Sonoma counties burn structures, force evacuations, close hospitals”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

On Sunday night, the White House revealed that it is seeking more funds from Congress to fund Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, more resources to hire thousands more immigration officers, cutting the number of new legal immigrants and generally demanding a steep price for legislation under consideration to help so-called Dreamers. According to the WSJ, “the White House documents, sent to congressional leaders in both parties on Sunday, amount to a lengthy wish list of longstanding conservative immigration goals.” While White House officials told reporters that they want these to be included in any immigration deal, they stopped short of saying the White House will insist on them.   Continue reading “White House Reveals What It Wants In Exchange For Keeping “Dreamers””