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Seventh U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Kevin Cramer in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol on October 1 in Washington. Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images Republican members of the Senate are split about whether they will be attending the post-SCOTUS-vote event at the White …

Win McNamee/Getty Images Following Amy Coney Barrett’s opening statement yesterday, the committee adjourned until today for a round of questioning expected to begin at 9:00 a.m. ET. Barrett will be grilled by Senate Judiciary Committee members over the course of today and Wednesday. Senators have the option of appearing and questioning the witness in person …

Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., discussed steps he thinks the federal government should take to address the threat of a new virus Sunday, the day after confirmation of the first case in the state. Sen. Edward Markey visited the Cambridge Health Alliance in Everett, Massachusetts on Sunday, according to his office. Markey, the ranking member of …

In the wake of the Ballad takeover of regional health care in Southwest Virginia, one would think they would have customer-friendly systems in place to accommodate transferring financial transactions from the newly acquired facilities. My wife was billed for a visit to Smyth County Community Hospital last October. We paid the bill online through our …

Background: When Powell and the Fed predicted they would raise rates three times this year in November, the market priced in a 20% chance of it happening and had written that down to 7% by the end of the month, CME Group’s FedWatch tool shows. When the Fed lowered that prediction to two rate hikes …