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The social costs of greenhouse gas emissions in healthcare are astounding — and we’ve been ignoring them completely 

Despite the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are defined as the greatest threat to human health this century, the social cost of the healthcare industry’s emissions has somehow escaped the interest of the Department of Health and Human Services

Nearly 9 in 10 US homeowners have mortgage rate below 6 percent: Report

Nearly 9 in 10 U.S. homeowners have a mortgage rate below 6 percent, according to a new report from the real estate company Redfin. Some 88.5 percent have a mortgage rate below 6 percent, down from a high of 92.8 percent of homeowners in in the second quarter of 2022, the report found.  More than...

Speaker Johnson: Spending deal that outraged conservatives remains in place

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is sticking by a top-line spending deal that he struck with congressional Democrats and the White House this month amid calls from hard-line conservatives to scrap the plan and come up with an alternative. “After weeks of hard-fought negotiations, we achieved a strong top-line agreement that allows our appropriations...

Congress must send aid to Ukraine now

It is costing the U.S. peanuts to defeat one of its greatest adversaries, with no American lives being put on the line.

Storm halts flights in Chicago; 2K-plus flights delayed across US

A deadly winter storm has halted flights in the major travel hub of Chicago, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center. The command center said that due to weather, “there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving” at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. It said the program “is...

Raskin demands Trump return $7.8M foreign governments paid his companies during presidency

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) went after former President Trump on Friday, demanding in a letter that he return about $7.8 million Trump’s companies received from foreign governments while he was in office. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Democrats first made the allegation in a report last week, claiming Trump’s companies accepted money from foreign entities...

Forecasters warn of ‘life-threatening’ blizzard conditions in Iowa ahead of caucuses

Forecasters are warning that “life-threatening” blizzard conditions are heading toward Iowa this weekend ahead of the caucuses on Monday. A blizzard warning has been issued over much of Iowa for Friday into Saturday, with several areas under a winter storm warning, as well, the National Weather Service (NWS) advised. NWS predicts that 3-5 inches of...

Biden’s EPA lost track of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds: inspector general

The Environmental Protection Agency lost track of 99.9% of the funds that it sent in awards, an amount worth billions of dollars, according to an inspector general audit.

Speaker Johnson meets with OpenAI CEO, says Congress ‘needs to play’ role in artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is still a major topic in Congress, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visiting Capitol Hill to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Conservatives blast Biden for 2020 post criticizing Trump following Yemen air strike: ‘That aged well’

President Biden was slammed by conservatives on X for past posts condemning then-President Trump for bombing Iran without congressional approval before he bombed Yemen without approval.

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