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US Healthcare Comes In Last Among Wealthiest Nations

“The United States spends far more on healthcare than other high-income countries. Yet the U.S. population has poorer health than other countries.”

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In this March 8, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans intent on scrapping Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act have a budget problem. As it turns out, repealing and replacing the law they hate so much won’t save nearly as much money as getting rid of it entirely, the goal they’ve been campaigning on for seven years. That means trouble for the federal deficit and for Congress’ fiscal conservatives who repeatedly warn about leaving their children and grandchildren worse off financially. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

No, in turns out, the United States does not have the "best healthcare system in the world." In the midst of a deeply unpopular attempt by the Republican Party to pass legislation that could leave 22 million more Americans uninsured and as support for Medicare for All soars, a new analysis published on Friday by the Washington-based Commonwealth

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White House Hires Billionaire War Profiteers To Aid In War Planning

Blackwater founder Erik Prince and billionaire Stephen Feinberg reportedly “recruited” for war planning.

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Blackwater founder Erik Prince testifies before a House committee examining the mission and performance of private military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2007. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Two of President Donald Trump's closest aides have reportedly solicited advice from two wealthy private military contractors — Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, and Stephen Feinberg, the billionaire owner of DynCorp International—on how to proceed with the sixteen-year-long war in Afghanistan. According to the New York Times, White House Chief

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Spotlighting Cruelty Of Trump’s Muslim Ban, World Embraces #BannedGrandmas

A viral Instagram account shows who Trump’s travel ban is “actually keeping out.”

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"I feel tired of being cast aside and of being forced to prove my humanity at every turn," Elham Khatami, the outreach director for the National Iranian American Council, told TIME magazine. (Photo: Banned Grandmas/Instagram)

When the Supreme Court partially reinstated President Donald Trump's ban last month, it included in its ruling an exemption for those who have "a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States." The State Department later released its definition of "bona fide relationship" which, as reports quickly observed, concluded that

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Trump Response To North Korea Sparks Fear Of Escalation

“We are literally at the point were we have to hope that a guy who is obviously crazy, Kim Jong-un, is less crazy than the U.S. President.”

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This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. (KRT/AP Video)

Following North Korea's announcement on Tuesday that it had for the first time successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)—one it claimed could "target any part of the world"—President Donald Trump continued his bizarre use of social media as a weapon by launching a series of tweets described by commentators as "insane,"

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DOJ’s Corporate Crimes Watchdog Resigns, Says Trump Made Her Job Impossible

Announcing her resignation, the official cited “numerous lawsuits pending against the President of the United States for everything from violations of the Constitution to conflict of interest.”

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"Yes, I am pro-truth, pro-democracy, and pro-earth, and will stand, march, and fight for these values," Chen wrote. (Photo: Hui Chen/Twitter)

A top Justice Department official tasked with reining in corporate crime and upholding accountability standards has resigned, citing "conduct at the top"—a thinly veiled reference to President Donald Trump and his staff—that made her job impossible. Hui Chen was hired as a "full-time compliance expert" (pdf) in the Justice Department's Fraud

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New Survey Reveals Trump Has Sunk Public Opinion Of US Abroad To Historic Lows

The survey found that Trump’s first six months in the White House have done more to harm public opinion of the U.S. around the world than George W. Bush’s entire eight-year tenure. 

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A Greenpeace banner showing U.S. President Donald Trump and the slogan '#TotalLoser, so sad!' is projected onto the facade of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 2, 2017. (AP/Michael Sohn)

President Donald Trump's approval ratings in the United States have been described as "historically low," and according to a new global survey published by Pew Research Center, he is not faring much better overseas. The survey, based on interviews conducted in 37 countries, found that Trump's first six months in the White House have done more to

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In Biggest Crackdown Since Civil Rights Era, 20 States Move To Criminalize Protest

“In my dozen years of monitoring state legislation, I’ve certainly not seen a wave of anti-protest bills this large,” said ACLU attorney Lee Rowland.

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Participants in National General Strike Day rally held at Washington Square Park in New York, New York on February 17, 2017. (Photo: Rainmaker/MediaPunch/IPX)

In what is being called the "biggest protest crackdown since the Civil Rights Era," Republicans in at least 20 states have put forward or passed laws with the intention of making protest more difficult and the punishment for expressing dissent more draconian since President Donald Trump's inauguration in January. Throughout his bid for the White

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