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Body found buried in shallow grave in backyard of Miami Gardens home

Miami Gardens police made a grim discovery after executing a search warrant at a home.

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Court expert draws more GOP-friendly New York political maps

A court-appointed expert released a draft of new congressional maps for New York that are more favorable to Republicans than the original gerrymandered political maps drawn by Democrats.

House panel alleges cover-up by contract vaccine maker

Congressional investigators say executives at Emergent BioSolutions covered up quality control problems at a factory making COVID-19 vaccines.

Lawmakers scrutinize McKinsey's opioid, FDA consulting work

Lawmakers vowed to continue investigating consulting firm McKinsey’s company after a hearing scrutinizing the company's for the Food and Drug Administration even as it advised opioid drugmakers on boosting sales.

Hunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress

Republicans are laying the groundwork to make Hunter Biden and his business dealings a central target of their investigative and oversight efforts.

House panels probe gov't use of facial recognition software

Two House committees have launched an investigation into the government’s use of facial recognition software.

AP source: DOJ denies panel details in Trump records probe

The Justice Department has declined a request this week from the House oversight committee regarding the contents of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Florida residence after leaving the White House.

House panel: Justice Dept. 'obstructing' Trump records probe

A congressional committee says the Justice Department is interfering with an investigation into former President Donald Trump.

House panel: Justice Dept. 'obstructing' Trump records probe

A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is ā€œobstructingā€ its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of impeding the panel's expanded investigation into the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year.

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Govt watchdog faults Postal Service analysis of new trucks

A government watchdog says the U.S. Postal Service's environmental evaluation used for purchases of next-generation delivery vehicles relied on some false assumptions.

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House launches investigation into Amazon’s handling of deadly warehouse collapse

Lawmakers are specifically zeroing in on Amazon's response to extreme weather events, including a deadly warehouse collapse at one of its Illinois facilities.

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Trump DC hotel gets OK to sell to Miami investment fund

Donald Trump’s luxury hotel near the White House has received government approval to hand the keys to a Miami investment fund in a sale many industry experts doubted would ever go through.

FBI eyeing 6 suspects after bomb threats at Black colleges

As the nation’s historically Black colleges remain on edge after receiving dozens of bomb threats in recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials said they have identified six people who they believe are responsible.

House panel launches probe of New Mexico 2020 election audit

A congressional oversight committee has opened an investigation into a partisan audit of the 2020 election results that is taking place in New Mexico and was authorized by a Republican-led county commission.

Lawmakers rip Emmert, demand more progress on NCAA equity

Three congressional lawmakers say the NCAA has made ā€œinadequate progressā€ in addressing the inequities in the treatment of male and female athletes.

House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles.

A look inside the 1st official 'safe injection sites' in US

Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly.

Trump took documents to Mar-a-Lago that are so sensitive they may not be described in public, report says

Some of the classified documents Donald Trump took to Mar-a-Lago are so sensitive they might not be able to be described in public.

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House panel requests Trump WH records from National Archives

A congressional oversight committee has sought additional documents from the National Archives related to former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records.

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Dutch thrillseekers brace against the strong winds of Eunice

People made the best of Storm Eunice by going out and standing up against strong winds in Langevelderslag, Netherlands, on Friday, Feb. 18.

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Hillary Clinton: US 'dangerously divided'

While speaking at the New York State Democratic Convention in New York on Thursday, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about former president Donald Trump and said the country is "deeply and dangerously divided." (Feb. 17)

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Democrats urge government to consider canceling Trump hotel lease

The U.S. government should consider canceling former President Donald Trump’s lease of a historic Washington building he made into a luxury hotel before he sells it, a congressional committee said Thursday.

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Records obtained by Jan. 6 panel don't list Trump's calls

White House call logs obtained so far by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol do not list calls made by then-President Donald Trump as he watched the violence unfold on television.

House Panel Probes Trump Presidential Records Found In Florida

The Presidential Records Act mandates that records made by a sitting president and his staff are preserved in the National Archives.

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House OKs bill easing budget strains on Postal Service

The House has approved a bipartisan bill that would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt.

Republican Sen. John Thune says Trump shouldn't have torn up White House documents, says 'nobody should be exempt' from records laws

The National Archives has confirmed multiple reports of Trump's potentially very blatant violations of presidential records law.

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Trump left the White House in a rush because he was so preoccupied with trying to overturn the 2020 election, report says

Trump did manage to take at least 15 boxes of official White House materials back to Florida with him that the National Archives has had to recover.

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New York Dems Look To Pick Up Seats In Congress With Redistricting

Redistricting could net Democrats as many as three Congressional seats, from an advantage in 19 of 27 districts to 22 of 26.

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New York Dems Look To Pick Up Seats In Congress With Redistricting

Redistricting could net Democrats as many as three Congressional seats, from an advantage in 19 of 27 districts to 22 of 26.

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Congress urges Washington Football Team to lift NDAs

Two members of the House of Representatives are urging the NFL and the Washington Football Team to release individuals from non-disclosure agreements that would prevent them from discussing sexual harassment and workplace issues at owner Daniel Snyder’s club.

Democratic chair issues subpoenas to oil executives

The chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas to top executives of ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil giants, charging that the companies have not turned over documents needed by the committee to investigate allegations that the oil industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming.

Oil companies face 'big tobacco moment' in Congress over their climate policies

House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called the CEOs of four oil companies to appear and answer questions about climate change. She says the companies have spread misinformation for decades.

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Oil giants deny spreading disinformation on climate change

Top executives of ExxonMobil and other oil giants have denied spreading disinformation about climate change while sparring with congressional Democrats over allegations that the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming.

Congress seeks information from NFL on WFT investigation

A Congressional committee is seeking documents and information from the NFL regarding the investigation into the Washington Football Team and how the league handled it.

Fallout from Jon Gruden emails leads to diversity questions

Every week for the past two seasons, NFL players take the field wearing social justice messages on their helmets.

Trump hotel lost $70M despite millions in foreign business

Former President Donald Trump’s company lost more than $70 million on his Washington D.

California lawmakers demand more info from two federal agencies on massive oil spill

Federal lawmakers are demanding more information on the massive oil spill off the coast of California as a legislative battle looms over whether to include a ban on future offshore drilling in a scaled-down $3.5-trillion bill.

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Congressional members share own abortion stories at hearing

Three Democratic members of Congress have offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee looks at how to respond to conservative states that are passing laws limiting abortion access.

What to do if you are trapped in a wildfire

Like a wall of roaring flames, a wildfire can be a violent and fast-moving hazard. Here are a few tips in case you find yourself in this dangerous situation.

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Democrats call on oil companies to testify on climate disinformation

The House Oversight Committee is probing Exxon, BP, Chevron, Shell, and lobbying groups over climate disinformation.

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Democrats call oil giants to testify on climate campaign

Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify about what lawmakers say is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.

Inside Met Gala, where there's always someone more famous

There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday's Met Gala, it seemed, to play a tournament.

Judge: House entitled to some of Trump's financial records

House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records.

See the handwritten Justice Department notes showing Trump urged officials to call election 'corrupt'

Read the DOJ notes of a conversation between top officials and former President Donald Trump, urging officials to overturn 2020 election results.

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Trump urged Justice officials to declare election 'corrupt'

President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results ā€œcorruptā€ in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. 27 call, released Friday by the House Oversight Committee, underscore the lengths to which Trump went to try to overturn the results of the election and to elicit the support of law enforcement officials and other government leaders in that effort. Emails released last month show that Trump and his allies in the last weeks of his presidency pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud, and the department's inspector general is looking into whether department officials tried to subvert the results.

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Trump pushed DOJ to overturn 2020 election results, House committee says

The committee cited handwritten notes taken by Richard Donoghue, then the acting deputy attorney general, during a Dec. 27 phone call with Trump and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.

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The DOJ told former Trump officials they can join Congress' Jan. 6 investigations, reports say, opening up potentially damning testimony about Trump's final days in office

The DOJ said officials can offer "unrestricted testimony" to congressional select committees investigating the Capitol riot, The New York Times said.

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Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship question

A federal investigation has found that President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary misled Congress about why he sought to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Arizona county to spend $3M on voting machines after audit

Arizona’s largest county has approved nearly $3 million for new vote-counting machines to replace those given to legislative Republicans for a partisan review of the 2020 election.

Medicare evaluating coverage for $56,000 Alzheimer's drug

Medicare is launching a formal process to decide whether to cover the new Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, whose $56,000-a-year price tag and unproven benefits have prompted widespread criticism and a congressional investigation.

Purdue Pharma exit plan gains steam with OK from more states

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's plan to reorganize into an entity whose profits will be used to combat the U.S. opioid crisis got a big boost as 15 states have dropped their objections to the new business model.

Ransomware gangs get paid off as officials struggle for fix

The dilemma surrounding ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond to such demands.

President Biden To Sign Juneteenth Bill Thursday

The Senate passed the bill yesterday under a unanimous consent agreement that expedites the process for considering legislation.

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Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

President Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president.

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Military Leader Defends Jan. 6 Response

A House panel hearing took place to examine unanswered questions about insurrection.

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Schiff calls for watchdog probe after report that Trump DOJ subpoenaed Apple for House Dems' data

Reps. Schiff and Eric Swalwell, whose records were both reportedly seized by Trump's Justice Department, called on the DOJ inspector general to investigate.

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Democrats push bill aimed at family that owns Purdue Pharma

A congressional committee has heard grievances against the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as it considered legislation that would keep them from using a corporate bankruptcy as a shield for personal liability.

Democrats push bill aimed at family that owns Purdue Pharma

A congressional committee heard grievances Tuesday against the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma as it considered longshot legislation that would keep them from using a corporate bankruptcy as a shield for personal liability. Rep. Carolyn Maloney called two state attorneys general, opioid activists and an author to lay out the case against members of the Sackler family who own the Connecticut-based pharmaceutical giant, which has twice pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to marketing OxyContin. Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican, said the Sacklers are standing in the way of seeking justice for the victims of opioid addiction and their families.

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Fisher-Price "ignored critical warnings" about infant sleeper linked to more than 30 deaths, House report finds

"This is outrageous, in my opinion it's criminal," House Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney told CBS News consumer investigative correspondent Anna Werner.

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'Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is uninterested in the niceties of Washington.

House Oversight Committee requests investigation into Postal Service's covert internet surveillance program

The bipartisan request for an investigation into the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s covert internet surveillance program, known as iCOP, was sent Monday by committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and ranking member James Comer.

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Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers

A House hearing on the Capitol insurrection has wrapped up after harsh words from lawmakers.

At Rancorous Hearing On Jan. 6 Insurrection, Partisan Divide Takes Center Stage

Former Trump officials testified before Congress for the first time on the Jan. 6 insurrection. The proceedings were dominated by the role of former President Donald Trump and his supporters that day.

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The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new info

A House hearing on the federal response to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has concluded after more than five hours of testimony that exposed stark partisan divisions.

The Latest: Rosen won't answer question on Trump fraud claim

Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen won't answer questions from Congress about whether then-President Donald Trump instructed him to take any action to try to advance Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud. Rosen would not answer Wednesday in response to questions from Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia at a hearing on the deadly Capitol insurrection. Rosen was asked specifically whether Trump had asked or instructed him to take any action at the Department of Justice "to advance election fraud claims or to seek to overturn any part of the 2020 election results.ā€

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Hearing on Jan. 6 violence exposes stark partisan divisions

Republicans are seeking to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

House committees hold votes on bills on D.C. statehood and reparations

Two House committees took up two controversial bills on reparations and D.C. statehood on Wednesday.

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Washington, D.C. mayor says residents have been "denied the fundamental right promised to all Americans"

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser told lawmakers Monday the refusal to make D.C. the 51st state is "one of the glaring civil rights and voting rights issues of our time." Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (L) and Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) talk after a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing March 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing addressed H.R.51, the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act", an effort to make Washington D.C. the 51st state. Proponents argue D.C. statehood is necessary because the city's majority-Black and Brown population is disenfranchised by their lack of representation in Congress.

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House Oversight Committee reissues subpoena for Trump financial records

Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2021. The House Oversight Committee reissued a subpoena for years of financial records from former President Donald Trump and his businesses as it presses on with investigations into potential conflicts of interest and self dealing. The same day, the House Oversight Committee re-sent its own subpoena to Mazars, according to a court filing late Tuesday in Washington federal court. The committee had first subpoenaed Mazars in April 2019, when the inquiry was led by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. The most recent filing in the yearslong case in U.S. District Court in Washington also signaled that the fight over Trump's records could drag on for months longer.

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Democrats ask hotel, rental car chains to help find Capitol rioters and prevent more attacks

Supporters of US President Donald Trump board a bus for an overnight drive to Washington, DC, in Newton, Massachusetts on January 5, 2021. House Democrats on Friday asked more than two dozen private companies to take action to prevent domestic terror threats following last week's deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters. The Oversight Committee sent the letters as law enforcement authorities prepare for potentially more violence ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next Wednesday. Officials fear that extremists are targeting statehouses around the country, as people online are attempting to organize pro-Trump rallies. Maloney sent letters to 27 hotel, bus and rental car companies, including the Hyatt and Hilton hotel chains and the online travel company Expedia.

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New law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption

FILE - This Thursday, June 6, 2019 file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. ā€œIt required all kinds of shoe-leather investigating to identify who was really behind these shell companies,ā€ recalled Alonso. For the first time, shell companies will be required to provide the names of their owners or face stiff penalties and jail sentences. The information will be stored in a confidential database accessible to federal law enforcement and shared with banks who are often unwitting accomplices to international corruption. Box and a registered agent who is frequently a law firm dedicated to churning out companies in bulk.

Family behind Purdue Pharma to face congressional scrutiny

FILE - This Oct. 21, 2020 file photo shows Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. Two members of the Sackler family have agreed to make a rare public appearance to take questions from a congressional committee that is investigating the role of the company they own, Purdue Pharma, in fueling the nation's opioid epidemic. The company agreed to pay more than $8 billion in forfeitures and penalties, while members of the Sackler family would have to pay $225 million to the government. No family member would be criminally prosecuted under the Justice Department settlement, although the deal leaves open that possibility. A third branch of the family sold their stake in the company before the blockbuster painkiller was developed in the 1990s. In a letter to the Oversight Committee this week, Temple University law professor Jonathan Lipson said the committee should push for family members to contribute more though the bankruptcy process.

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Family members who own Purdue to appear before Congress

Two members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to appear this week before a congressional committee investigating the family and the company's role in the national opioid addiction and overdose epidemic. The committee scheduled and then canceled a hearing earlier this month after family members would not commit to appearing. Under the deal, family members would also pay at least $3 billion in cash over time. Most Democratic state attorneys general oppose the settlement, saying they want more accountability for Sackler family members. The agreement did not result in criminal claims against Sackler family members, but left open the possibility that some could be brought.

Census numbers-crunching documents at center of latest fight

Government attorneys had asked Koh over the weekend to reconsider her order to release the documents or put it on hold. Last week, Koh ordered the government attorneys to produce documents that show details of the Census Bureau ’s plans, procedures and schedules for the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census. Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the committee's chair, has alleged that the Republican Trump administration is blocking the release of full, unredacted documents she requested about data anomalies. The Census Bureau has admitted discovering data irregularities in recent weeks that put the Dec. 31 deadline in jeopardy. Besides being used for apportionment and redistricting, the 2020 census numbers will help determine the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending.

House committee issues subpoena for Census documents

The congressional committee that oversees the Census Bureau issued a subpoena Thursday to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, seeking documents related to data irregularities that threaten to upend a yearend deadline for submitting numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. The anomalies will likely force a delay of several weeks past a Dec. 31 deadline for the Census Bureau to turn in the congressional apportionment numbers. In a letter last week, Maloney wrote that the Commerce Department — which oversees the Census Bureau — missed a Nov. 24 deadline to give the documents to the committee. The Census Bureau said last week that the data irregularities affect only a tiny percentage of the records and are being resolved as quickly as possible. The House committee has obtained three new internal agency documents showing the Census Bureau plans to deliver the apportionment numbers to the president no earlier than Jan. 23, which would be shortly after Trump leaves office and President-elect Joe Biden takes over.

Census Bureau says data irregularities being fixed quickly

The U.S. Census Bureau says the data irregularities that are putting in jeopardy a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats affect only a tiny percentage of the records and are being resolved as quickly as possible. The timeline remains in flux for turning in the apportionment numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets in future elections, the Census Bureau said in a statement late Wednesday. ā€œThese kinds of anomalies and issues are expected and are similar to the Census Bureau’s experience in prior decennial censuses," the bureau said. ā€œWhat is certain is that the Census Bureau is working to thoroughly correct and address all issues and anomalies as a part of its mission to deliver accurate 2020 Census data products as close to the statutory deadline as possible." The data anomalies represent less than seven-tenths of 1% of records, according to the Census Bureau.

House committee chair presses Census on delays to count

Maloney wrote that the Commerce Department — which oversees the Census Bureau — missed a Nov. 24 deadline to give the documents to the committee. Maloney threatened a subpoena if ā€œa full and unredacted setā€ of the requested documents are not given to the committee by Dec. 9. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Census Bureau switched its deadline for wrapping up the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from the end of July to the end of October. The Census Bureau already was facing a shortened schedule of two and a half months for processing the data collected during the 2020 census — about half the time originally planned. The bureau has not officially said what the anomalies were or publicly stated if there would be a new deadline for the apportionment numbers.

Health contractors vetted stars' politics for US virus ad

This photo combination shows from left: musician Christina Aguilera in Los Angeles, March 29, 2012, comedian George Lopez in Los Angeles, Dec. 25, 2012, and actor Jack Black in Las Vegas, April 25, 2012. Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted the political views of hundreds of celebrities, including Aguilera, Lopez, and Black, for a health education advertising campaign on the coronavirus outbreak. That's according to documents released Thursday by a House committee.

US vetted stars' politics to showcase Trump virus response

Director Judd Apatow believes Trump ā€œdoes not have the intellectual capacity to run as president,ā€ according to a list of more than 200 celebrities compiled by one of the firms. ā€œI have ordered a strategic review of this public health education campaign that will be led by our top public health and communications experts to determine whether the campaign serves important public health purposes,ā€ Azar told the subcommittee, which is investigating the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Because public health policy around the coronavirus pandemic has become so politically polarized, it’s unclear how well a confidence-building campaign from the government would play. And Trump has alienated much of the medical establishment with his dismissive comments about basic public health measures, such as wearing masks. Antony and Quaid were among just a few celebrities who were approved for the campaign, according to the documents.

US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order

The tweet said the ability for people to self-respond to the census questionnaire and the door-knocking phase when census takers go to homes that haven't yet responded are targeted to end Oct. 5. Monday's statement was noteworthy in that it was solely attributed to the commerce secretary, while previous announcements about census schedule changes had been made either by Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham or both men jointly. In upstate New York, a census supervisor told her census takers Friday that the Buffalo office was operating with Sept. 30 as the end date, according to a text obtained by AP. In response to the pandemic, the Census Bureau last April pushed back the deadline for ending the 2020 census from the end of July to the end of October. The bureau also asked Congress to let it turn in numbers used for apportionment from the end of December to the end of April.

Order forces Census to do more visits, rely less on records

That likely increased the workload of the door-knocking census takers, causing slight decreases in completion rates for the moment. The Census Bureau said in an email Thursday that the footnote applied only to the date it was posted, Sept. 14, and that's why it was removed in future posts. The temporary restraining order was requested by a coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups whose lawsuit demanded the Census Bureau restore its previous plan for finishing the census at the end of October. Two states asked Wednesday to join the lawsuit in opposition of the temporary restraining order. The script says that among the questions census takers would ask shelter residents during visits was their citizenship status.

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U.S. lawmaker wants insurers, govt. to share future pandemic business losses

(Reuters) - U.S. legislation introduced on Tuesday would create a taxpayer-backed insurance program to protect businesses from revenue losses during future pandemics and require insurers to pay a slice of the claims. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -/File PhotoThe legislation, introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York, would provide up to $750 billion in taxpayer funds to pay insurance claims for business loss revenue during future pandemics. Insurers would first have to pay out a total of $250 million in losses, according to the bill. Insurers are turning their focus to future pandemics after facing lawsuits, political pressure and criticism from customers who say insurers business interruption policies denied their claims for pandemic-related losses. While these policies may cover revenue losses from lightning strikes or cars crashing into buildings, they either exclude or do not specifically cover a pandemic, despite the business interruption it causes.

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U.S. lawmaker wants insurers, govt to share future pandemic business losses

(Reuters) - U.S. legislation introduced on Tuesday would create a taxpayer-backed insurance program to protect businesses from revenue losses during future pandemics and require insurers to pay a slice of the claims. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts -/File PhotoThe legislation, introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat from New York, would provide up to $750 billion in taxpayer funds to pay insurance claims for business loss revenue during future pandemics. Insurers would first have to pay out a total of $250 million in losses, according to the bill. Insurers are turning their focus to future pandemics after facing lawsuits, political pressure and criticism from customers who say insurers business interruption policies denied their claims for pandemic-related losses. While these policies may cover revenue losses from lightning strikes or cars crashing into buildings, they either exclude or do not specifically cover a pandemic, despite the business interruption it causes.

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A new bill would forgive the student debt of health-care workers fighting coronavirus

On Tuesday, New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would eliminate the student debt of health-care workers treating patients with coronavirus. "Frontline health workers are delivering care to the sickest patients and putting their own safety at great risk in order to keep doing their jobs," said Maloney in a statement. Health-care workers are worrying about their own health and how it will affect their families. The Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act, co-signed by nine other House Democrats, would forgive the outstanding balance of interest and principal due on the federal and private student loans of qualifying frontline health-care workers. The bill defines a frontline health-care worker as someone who is "certified under federal or state law to provide health-care services and who provides COVID-related health-care services" including doctors, medical residents, medical interns, medical fellows, nurses, home health-care workers and mental health professionals.

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Trump administration seeks to delay 2020 census deadlines because of the coronavirus outbreak

An envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Trump administration wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 census because of the coronavirus outbreak, a move that if approved would push back timetables for releasing data used to draw congressional and legislative districts, the chair of the House oversight committee said Monday. Field operations for the 2020 census have been suspended since mid-March and were set to resume this week. The administration also is seeking to push back the deadline for giving states data for redistricting from next March to next July, the statement added. It said in a statement that the goal of the delays would be to ensure a complete and accurate count.

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U.S. CDC reports 987 coronavirus cases, death tally of 29

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 987 cases of the coronavirus, an increase of 291 from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 4 to 29. The agency said these cases have been reported by 38 states and the District of Columbia, up from its previous report of 35 states and the District of Columbia. The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, as of 4 pm ET on March 10. (bit.ly/38GyOO9)The tally includes 49 cases among people repatriated from Japan and Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

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White House says there is no emergency meeting on coronavirus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said it was not holding an emergency coronavirus meeting after a House panel chairwoman said she had to cut short a related hearing because two top U.S. health officials had been unexpectedly called to the White House. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield had been called to an emergency meeting at the White House, forcing her to end a lawmakers hearing before noon. This meeting was scheduled yesterday and is part of the administrations ongoing whole-of-government response to the coronavirus, a White House official said. Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to meet with hospital executives at the White House late on Wednesday morning, followed by an afternoon meeting alongside President Donald Trump and bank executives. Maloney, at the hearing, said she did not have additional details about the meeting, except that it was urgent.

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Health officials called to 'emergency meeting' at White House: Rep. Maloney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health officials scheduled to testify at a congressional hearing on the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday are being called to an emergency meeting at the White House later today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney said, noting that the hearing would have to end early. The witnesses, who include National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, will have to leave early, so the meeting will end at 11:45 ET, she said. Maloney said that she did not have additional details about the meeting, except that it is urgent.

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Trump calls emergency meeting with top health officials at White House, top lawmaker says

President Donald Trump has summoned top U.S. health officials to an emergency meeting at the White House Wednesday, cutting a hearing on Capitol Hill short, said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. "This morning we were informed that President Trump and Vice President Pence have called our witnesses to an emergency meeting at the White House. "The White House is telling reporters that this meeting is not an emergency, they are saying it was scheduled yesterday. "There seems to be a great deal of confusion and a lack of coordination at the White House. Trump and the White House have been trying to put together an economic stimulus plan to mitigate the impact from the outbreak.

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Google shows off far-flung A.I. research projects as calls for regulation mount

Pichai recently called for "clear-eyed" AI regulation amid a rise in fake videos and abuse of facial recognition technology. "Right now, one of the problems in machine learning is we tend to tackle each problem separately," said head of Google AI Jeff Dean at Google's San Francisco offices Tuesday. "These long arcs of research are really important to pick fundamental important problems and continue to make progress on them." While most of Google's projects are still years out from broad use, Dean said they are important in moving Google products along. Here's a sampling of some of the company's more speculative and long-term AI projects:

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'Civics lesson' or 'sham trial?' Key moments in the House impeachment debate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bitterly divided U.S. House of Representatives engaged in an impeachment debate before historic votes on two charges accusing President Donald Trump of abusing his power and obstructing Congress. TODAY AND TOMORROWHouse Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Democrats of being willing to do anything or say anything to stop Trump. Im about to say something my Democratic colleagues hate to hear: Donald J. Trump is President of the United States. He is president today. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this president in this process, Loudermilk said.

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Wednesday

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images2. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Democratic-controlled House needs just a simple majority vote to impeach Trump. On Thursday, a day after expected impeachment, the House is set to vote on a major rewrite of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday cleared the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a major Trump priority, to the full House. Here's what Wall Street expects if Trump were to be reelectedwall street sign with new york stock exchange blured flags as background Fischerrx6 | iStock | Getty Images

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Paid parental leave on tap for 2.1 million Americans as bill heads to White House

More than 2 million Americans likely will soon have access to mandatory paid parental leave. The bipartisan agreement comes at a time when the U.S. lags behind most of the world in providing paid leave to workers. The legislation would be the first update to federal family leave policy in a generation, since the Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted in 1993. In addition, eight states and the District of Columbia have enacted paid family and medical leave policies. Proponents of paid leave say the legislation would represent a step forward for the country, especially since the federal government is the largest employer in the U.S.

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A Trump impeachment bad for your finances? Depends on your politics

On Friday morning, the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance the articles of impeachment to the House floor for a full vote. Impeachment headlines may be compelling and anxiety-inducing for many, but American households feel good about their finances, with 54% telling Michigan that their finances had recently improved. What has caused some recent softness in its consumer survey numbers is just how good the economy and consumer confidence have been. "What we have seen is a plateauing in consumer confidence levels. Consumer confidence remains much higher than CEO confidence, which reached its lowest level in a decade in October, according to The Conference Board.

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Paid parental leave may be coming to more than 2 million Americans

More than 2 million Americans could soon have access to mandatory paid parental leave. The bipartisan agreement comes at a time when the U.S. lags behind most of the world in providing paid leave to workers. The legislation would be the first update to federal family leave policy in a generation, since the Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted in 1993. In addition, eight states and the District of Columbia have enacted paid family and medical leave policies. Proponents of paid leave say the proposed legislation would represent a step forward for the country, especially since the federal government is the largest employer in the U.S.

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House Democrats ask Supreme Court to reject Trump's bid to keep financial records secret

House Democrats asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject an appeal by President Donald Trump to shield his personal and business financial records from Congress. But the committee has argued that it needs Trump's records to assess whether new ethics in government legislation is needed. The Supreme Court may now vote to grant or reject the president's request to review the lower court ruling. If the court decides to grant the case, Democrats asked that it do so this term, which ends in June. The court is also weighing a separate appeal by the president to overturn a lower court order from New York.

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U.S. Democrats choose Carolyn Maloney to head House Oversight panel

Acting Chair of the House Government and Oversight Committee Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), speaks during a media briefing after a House vote approving rules for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney is the first woman to head the committee and was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

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U.S. Democrats choose Representative Carolyn Maloney to head House Oversight panel

Acting Chair of the House Government and Oversight Committee Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), speaks during a media briefing after a House vote approving rules for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday as the first woman to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

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U.S. Democrats choose woman to head House Oversight panel

REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats chose Representative Carolyn Maloney Wednesday as the first woman to lead a key committee that is involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Maloney was chosen by a vote of her fellow House Democrats, defeating Representative Gerald Connolly 133-86. The powerful Oversight Committee is one of three congressional panels leading an impeachment inquiry that was launched on Sept. 24 by Democrats, who have the majority in the House. The Oversight panel is also involved in multiple investigations of Trumps personal finances and possible abuses at federal agencies. She had sought the top slot on the Oversight Committee in 2011, but lost then to Cummings.

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Read Gordon Sondland's revised testimony in the impeachment probe about Trump's pressure on Ukraine

Also pictured are (L-R) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland updated his testimony before House investigators to add that he now recalls key conversations he had with other key figures in the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump. In mid-October, Sondland spent hours testifying behind closed doors before three Democrat-led House committees investigating Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations into the Bidens and Ukraine's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. But a day earlier, Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, submitted to the investigators a three-page declaration from Sondland as an "appendix" to his sworn testimony. Read the update to Sondland's testimony below:

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