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A number of options are being discussed and the zero option already received pushback from some government officials, according to one source. The crack down on refugees is in line with the administration’s immigration agenda which has sought to limit entry to the US. Earlier this week, the administration also put in place a regulation …

In that interview, Wise described how migrant children are kept in a “kind of cage-like” processing center. “From there, they get moved to a different processing center, which is kind of cage-like, and labeled the ‘perrera,’ the dog pound,” he said in the September 17, 2018 article. “And that’s the photographs you saw of kids …

THE PROGNOSIS Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listens as President Trump delivers a speech about lowering prescription drug prices. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Trump administration has run up against a legal wall in its first big effort to lower drug prices. But there’s a good chance Congress will help it climb over. Late last …

Image copyright AFP The Trump administration has been labelled “inept”, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador to Washington. Sir Kim Darroch said that the White House was “uniquely dysfunctional” and “divided” under Donald Trump. But he also warned that the US president should not be written off. The Foreign Office said …

Suhas Subramanyam won the Democratic primary for the 87th House of Delegates district Tuesday night. He is a former adviser to the Obama administration and a first-generation American. The 87th House of Delegates district straddles Prince William and Loudoun Counties. It’s been held a Democrat since 2013.  The current delegate, John Bill, is leaving the …

THE PROGNOSIS Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) recently signed the country’s first “public option” plan. (Susan Walsh/AP) The Trump administration has promised states more flexibility in how they run their Obamacare marketplaces. But creating a state-backed “public option” plan may not be what Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma had in mind. Half …