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    New Study: Physician-Owned Hospitals Serve Poorer Patients At Average Rates
    Physician-owned hospitals are often vilified  in America’s health care system, accused of siphoning the most profitable operations away from other hospitals while leaving them with the sicker and poorer patients.  Congress has banned new ones from opening. But an independent study released Wednesday argues  physician-owned hospitals have gotten a bad rap.  The study, published online…
    Jordan Rau
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    10 Public Officials Who Defied the Law Over Gay Marriage Mostly Silent on Kim Davis Case
    A Kentucky clerk at the center of a national controversy was held in contempt of court and sent to jail for refusing to comply with a judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. But she isn’t the only public official who has defied the law over same-sex marriage. On Thursday, a federal judge…
    Melissa Quinn | Kate Scanlon
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    UK’s Former Defense Secretary: The West ‘Surrendered’ to Iran in Nuclear Talks
    The nuclear agreement between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers merely places Tehran’s nuclear ambitions “on hold” and undercuts the international community’s ability to condemn the regime if it violates the deal, the United Kingdom’s former defense secretary said Thursday. Liam Fox, a conservative member of Parliament, said the P5+1 “caved” to Iran’s…
    Natalie Johnson
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    307,000 Veterans May Have Died While Waiting for VA benefits. The VA Status Quo Must Change.
    Remember the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal in April, 2014 that exposed veterans had died as a result of waiting for healthcare? Veterans were placed on fake wait lists and were signed up for ghost clinics and records were manipulated. Deceit had become the norm in order to make the VA look better in an…
    Amber Smith
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    Will Government Officials Be Held Accountable for Kate Steinle’s Death? Her Family Filed a Lawsuit.
    In an attempt to hold government officials accountable for the shooting death of their 32-year-old daughter Kate, the Steinle family filed a lawsuit against three government agencies. The suit alleges that those agencies are in part responsible for Steinle’s death, but experts say the family has little chance at prevailing. "Unfortunately, prior lawsuits against cities…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    How Much Should the US Spend on Defense?
    The debate about defense spending will likely reignite in September as Congress returns from recess and the end of the fiscal year draws near. Unfortunately, much of that debate will not be very helpful or informative. Instead of arguing the merits of a particular military spending level, much of the debate will revolve around Democratic…
    Justin Johnson
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    No More Double Standards for Women in the Military
    Last week, two female Army officers and West Point graduates made history when they successfully passed Army Ranger School, known as one of the most physically challenging and difficult leadership schools in the military. Not only is this a phenomenal personal accomplishment, but they have paved the way for other women to advance in the…
    Amber Smith
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    More Than 200 Retired Military Leaders Push Congress to Reject Iran Deal
    More than 200 retired U.S. generals and admirals added their names to the Iran nuclear agreement’s opposition this week after they sent a letter to top congressional leaders pressing lawmakers to reject the accord. The former senior military officers contend that the deal threatens U.S. national security, noting the estimated $150 billion that will pour…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Kansas Cut Planned Parenthood’s Funding. Then the Obama Administration Retaliated.
    More people are paying attention to Planned Parenthood’s government funding following a series of undercover videos. But the fight over public funding for the abortion giant has been brewing for quite some time and is likely to get more rancorous. Case in point: Kansas. The state legislature and governor successfully moved to divert $300,000 in public funds…
    Nicholas Fondacaro
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    There’s Rising Potential for a Tactical Military Clash on the Korean Peninsula
    The greatest likelihood for military conflict on the Korean Peninsula is not from a full-scale North Korean invasion, but from a series of escalatory responses to a tactical-level skirmish. This is particularly true if an event occurs during already heightened tensions, as currently exists. Today’s inter-Korean exchange of artillery fire led to no injuries or…
    Bruce Klingner
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    These 10 LGBTQ Organizations Are About to Receive a Special Delivery From the Oregon Bakers
    The Oregon bakers who were ordered by the state to pay $135,000 for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding have designed and baked custom cakes to send to a handful of the most powerful LGBTQ advocacy groups along the West Coast, The Daily Signal has exclusively learned. The effort is an attempt…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Arkansas, Utah Become the Latest States to Defund Planned Parenthood
    Arkansas and Utah have become the fourth and fifth states to block or partially block taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood, following a series of undercover videos depicting senior executives discussing prices for fetal body parts. Planned Parenthood spokespersons have condemned the Center for Medical Progress, the pro-life organization behind the videos, as “anti-choice extremists” and…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Should Military Chaplains Be Forced to Conduct Same-Sex Weddings?
    Last month, the United States Army celebrated the 240th anniversary of the Army Chaplain Corps. Amidst the celebrations there was also concern: there seems to be a growing threat to religious liberty for military chaplains. What happens to chaplains from religious communities that view marriage as a union between one man and one woman? With…
    Greg Davis
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    It’s a Myth That Financial Markets Have Been Deregulated in Past Century
    Why do I write so much about the myth that financial market deregulation caused the financial crisis? Because that false narrative has spread so far and wide. Even some folks who are otherwise friendly to free markets have bought into it. So here’s one more shot: financial markets were not deregulated in any meaningful way…
    Norbert Michel
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    Foreign Policy Experts Warn Against Iran Deal, Calling It ‘Threat’ to US Security
    President Barack Obama has launched a sweeping campaign to sell his historic Iran deal to Congress, advertising the accord as the sole alternative to war with Tehran to convince skeptical lawmakers to buy in. Foreign policy experts and opponents of the deal pushed against the administration’s pitch during a Heritage Foundation panel Thursday, arguing that…
    Natalie Johnson
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    ISIS Is Urging Supporters to Target Military Families. What US Should Do.
    ISIS now claims it has the names, home addresses and other personally identifiable information of thousands of U.S. military personnel and government employees. It’s called for “local” supporters to use the information to attack the Americans listed. ISIS posted this data for about 1,400 people, but asserts this was just one percent of the data…
    Steven Bucci
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    What These Veterans Are Doing to Protect Children in Chicago
    Veterans are leaving one combat zone for another. Leave No Veteran Behind is a Chicago-based organization that relieves the burden of student debt on veterans in exchange for their dedication to community service. Veterans enrolled in the program are given retroactive scholarships if they meet the criteria of having an economic hardship in which their…
    Samantha Reinis
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  • opinion

    Senate Committee Puts Ninth National Security Cutter on the Table
    Congress took another major step in revitalizing the U.S. Coast Guard recently when the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee voted to provide funding for a ninth national security cutter (NSC). While the official U.S. Coast Guard program of record remains at eight NSCs, a ninth hull in this fleet is merited for a number of…
    Ian Button
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  • opinion

    US Missile Defense Agency Conducts Successful Test
    Last week, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted a successful test of the new SM-6 interceptor. Over the course of several days off the coast of Hawaii, the USS John Paul Jones launched four separate interceptor missiles at distant targets designed to simulate both threatening aircraft and incoming ballistic missiles. The tests proved successful. In…
    Cameron Swathwood
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    Report: Social Security Administration Paid Nearly $50 Million to Dead Representatives
    The Social Security Administration hasn’t had a great summer. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported that the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid $46.8 million to deceased individuals who had, prior to their death, been acting as financial representatives for Social Security recipients. This report comes just a few weeks after the OIG identified…
    Amber Athey
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