August 2019

After El Paso Shooting, Will Voters Revisit Beto O’Rourke?

Politics /

As he attended a funeral Thursday afternoon for a shooting victim, Leonardo Campos, some of Mr. Campos’s friends and co-workers asked for photographs. Inside the funeral home’s lobby, Mr. O’Rourke obliged, offering a closelipped smile. When he stepped outside, he took questions from Spanish-language reporters, expressing pride in El Paso’s immigrant roots. Asked how he […]

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Democratic hopefuls take aim at insurer and pharma profits

Lifestyle /

Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressive Democratic presidential candidates are zeroing in on pharmaceutical and insurer profits, money they say would be better spent providing health care for everyone under “Medicare for All.” Health care dollars from government programs, employers and families that are going into the pockets of investors instead could be used to

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Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrant ship

Entertainment /

Image copyright EPA Image caption Richard Gere called on the Italian government to stop “demonising people” Hollywood star Richard Gere has called upon the Italian government to assist migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish charity boat in the Mediterranean for more than a week. The Italian government needed to stop “demonising people”, the

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Prominent Lawyer’s Trial Will Test Crackdown on Unregistered Foreign Agents

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Mr. Craig’s trial will focus on a now familiar narrative of how Mr. Manafort led a far-flung effort to burnish the reputation of Viktor F. Yanukovych, who served as Ukraine’s president from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Manafort is now serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison term for conspiracy and financial crimes, including some stemming from that work.

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Democratic hopefuls take aim at insurer and pharma profits

Lifestyle /

Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives seeking the Democratic presidential nomination are zeroing in on pharmaceutical and insurer profits, money they say would be better spent providing health care for everyone under “Medicare for All.” Their idea: Health care dollars from government programs, employers and families that are going into the pockets of investors instead

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