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Analysis: Trump’s war against elites and expertise

When President Donald Trump campaigned this spring at the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, one part of his predecessor’s approach got a special endorsement.

 

How the courts could upend gerrymandering

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congressional maps in key battleground states such as Pennsylvania have shifted the political balance of Congress toward Republicans — but that could soon change.

 

Top general says Pentagon won’t change transgender troop policy until White House acts

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The nation’s senior military officer said Thursday that there will be “no modifications” to Pentagon policies for now despite President Donald Trump’s social media posts declaring a ban on transgender troops in uniform.

 

Climate change lawsuits face uphill battle, but could have radical implications

SAN DIEGO (TNS) — Does a trio of new lawsuits aimed at forcing the world’s largest oil companies to pay for the projected effects of rising seas along California’s coast have a fighting chance?

 

How bad political manners fomented the health care mess

WASHINGTON (TNS) — A president whose brand is all about flouting basic political manners is getting matched in misbehavior more and more by fellow Republicans in Congress.

 

Depression among heart attack survivors can be deadly, yet is often ignored

Clyde Boyce has been hospitalized 14 times in the past four years.

 

Foxconn Plant-Wisconsin

A worker looks out through the logo May 27, 2010 at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Two Republican state lawmakers said Thursday, July 20, 2017, that Wisconsin could announce it has landed…

 

Bittersweet outcome: Opioid epidemic leads to more organ transplants

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — After the horror of watching their 26-year-old son, Patrick McKallip, battle opioid addiction for six years before he finally died May 24, 2016, of an overdose, Michelle and Anthony Donatelli found some solace 10 months later.

 

Health care in US is costly and not always the most effective. Why?

Despite repeated attempts by Senate Republicans to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, the health care debate in Washington appears to have collapsed — for now.

 

Spicer resigns amid White House shake-up of press and legal teams

WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump’s well-known press secretary, Sean Spicer, resigned Friday, as the beleaguered president shuffled his legal and communications team amid mounting investigations and legislative troubles.

 

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