| For conservatives, health-care choice trumps other values Posted: 11 Jul 2017 01:55 PM PDT ![For conservatives, health-care choice trumps other values]( "For conservatives, health-care choice trumps other values") In the crucible that Republicans hope will produce a health-care bill acceptable to at least 50 GOP senators, key conservative values – such as more choice in health plans – are taking precedence over another important one: attitudes about government spending. Or at least that's the case with a much-talked-about change to the bill offered by conservative Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. The title of their amendment says it all: The Consumer Freedom amendment. It favors the ability to choose no-frills insurance plans instead of being forced to pay a fine or buy a plan with guaranteed benefits that people may not want, as mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
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| Trump’s challenges escalate, with son’s email of ‘love’ for Russia help Posted: 11 Jul 2017 01:49 PM PDT ![Trump's challenges escalate, with son's email of 'love' for Russia help]( "Trump's challenges escalate, with son's email of 'love' for Russia help") With those three words, Donald Trump Jr. has brought the Justice Department's investigation of Russian meddling into the 2016 election deep into the immediate Trump family, setting up a possible confrontation with the FBI and perhaps altering the future course of President Trump's administration. Mr. Trump Jr. wrote this in June 2016, in response to the prospect of receiving Russian-government produced derogatory information on then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. It was part of the Russian government's support for presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to the friend.
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| How Germany forced a rethink of Africa Posted: 11 Jul 2017 11:45 AM PDT ![How Germany forced a rethink of Africa]( "How Germany forced a rethink of Africa") Just this year alone, an estimated 400,000 African migrants will flee to Germany, escaping either war or poverty, or both. Among the 400,000 companies in Germany, fewer than 1,000 invest in Africa, officials found. "That has to change!" declared Gerd Müller, Germany's development minister, in February.
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| Black gun owners ask: Does the Second Amendment apply to us? Posted: 11 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT ![Black gun owners ask: Does the Second Amendment apply to us?]( "Black gun owners ask: Does the Second Amendment apply to us?") Like many African-Americans of his generation, Phillip Smith, a Californian in his 50s, grew up without a gun in the house. To his parents, gun ownership was not just politically unacceptable, but morally wrong – a fount, if anything, of trouble and tragedy. Mr. Smith was intrigued.
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