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Reviving debate over Bears Ears National Monument also revives racial tension in a remote corner of Utah

BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Utah (TNS) — The debate over the best use of these vast canyonlands is not just about states’ rights or who should control public land. Nor is it only about environmental protection or the preservation of…

 

Women, who could be big losers in health care bill, use Mother’s Day to fight back

WASHINGTON (TNS) — As an all-male working group of 13 Republican senators works to give the nation’s health care system a conservative makeover, women’s advocates are using Mother’s Day to illustrate how replacing the Affordable Care Act could disproportionately hurt…

 

Why President Trump’s obsession with trade deficits is misguided

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Throughout his young presidency, just as he did in the campaign, Donald Trump has insisted that much of what’s wrong with the U.S. economy boils down to one thing: big trade deficits.

 

Why your next Echo command should be: ‘Disconnect me from the internet’

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Dr. Herbert Lin, one of the nation’s pre-eminent thinkers on cybersecurity policy, shuns the internet-connected devices that fill some American homes.

 

Trump protection, travel costs soar

NEW YORK (TNS) — On the Thursday evening before Easter, photographers staking out Palm Beach International Airport in Florida awaiting President Donald Trump were surprised to see not one, but two Air Force planes arriving within minutes of each other.

 

Despite secession talk, breaking up is hard to do

APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, Va. (TNS) — When two generals signed papers here 152 years ago bringing the Civil War to a close, they ended the bid by 11 Southern states to secede from the Union. And that, most believed, was…

 

Louisiana proposes tapping a federal law to slash hepatitis C drug prices

The public outrage over high-priced hepatitis C drugs is taking a new twist as Louisiana’s top health official proposes using an obscure federal law to get the medicines at a much lower cost. If successful, other states could reap the…

 

Mystique beats math for casino’s craps champions

LAS VEGAS (TNS) — Richard Favela rested his hands over the wooden chip tray lining the craps table as the lights from above glinted off rings adorning his lithe, brown fingers.

 

Trump signs order inviting more politics at church, but no ‘religious liberty’ clause involving LGBTQ debate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at protecting politically active churches from losing their tax-free status.

 

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