Author: Stephanie Moffat

NY Attorney Reportedly Probed HHS Secretary Price Investments Before His Firing Before the Trump administration fired Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, he was investigating Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. First reported by ProPublica, Bharara’s probe concerned the legitimacy of Price’s investments in biotech companies. Price had admitted that he had traded stock in health-related companies while co-sponsoring healthcare legislation in Congress during his confirmation hearing. Democrats accused Price of using his congressional office to benefit himself, though the former lawmaker insisted that the trades were proper and legal. However,...

Senator Collins On Trumpcare: ‘This Is Not A Bill I Could Support’ Senator Susan Collins said in an interview Thursday that she will vote against the Republican House Obamacare replacement bill. “This is not a bill I could support in its current form,” Collins said in an interview with the Portland Press Herald. “It really misses the mark,” Collins continued. Collins was especially concerned about the report from the Congressional Budget Office which found that 24 million people will lose their insurance under the Republican plan. And Collins was particularly conserned with the Medicaid cuts that would hurt low-income and older Americans. “This...

Anderson Cooper: ‘Tonight we know the president of the United States has no facts’ Without evidence, White House stands by Pres. Trump’s wiretap claim @andersoncooper is #KeepingThemHonesthttps://t.co/9yjYHBgHhC — Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) March 17, 2017 Anderson Cooper didn’t mince words when taking on Donald Trump’s lie that President Obama ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower. Cooper opened the segment by saying harshly,“Tonight we know the president of the United States has no facts.” “We know this tonight because bipartisan members of the Senate Intelligence Committee say they’ve seen no evidence,” Cooper continued. “We know this because House Speaker Paul...

Schumer: Trump Budget ‘Devastating To The Middle Class’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday blasted Donald Trump’s proposed budget by saying that it helps special interests but hurts the people Trump says he wants to protect. “The President’s proposed budget cuts are devastating to the middle class,” Schumer said in a statement. “Once again the Trump administration is showing its true colors: talk like a populist but govern like a special interests zealot. This budget shifts the burden off of the wealthy and special interests and puts it squarely on the backs of the middle class and those struggling to get...

Trump Admin Has Two Unpublished Reports That Undercut Muslim-Ban: Report According to a report by the Washington Post the Trump administration has at least two unpublished studies that contain data that undermine Donald Trump’s argument for the Muslim-Ban. The studies suggest that Donald Trump’s Muslim ban would likely not help reduce terrorism in the U.S. or keep the country safe. “One internal report, titled ‘Most Foreign-Born US-Based Violent Extremists Radicalized After Entering Homeland,’ analyzed roughly 90 cases of suspected or confirmed foreign-born terrorists, finding that most of them likely embraced extremist ideology after they arrived in the United States, not...