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Trump HHS Launches Probe Into 13 States Over Abortion Coverage Mandates
Trump HHS Launches Probe Into 13 States Over Abortion Coverage Mandates
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is investigating 13 Democrat-run states for allegedly forcing employers' health insurance plans to cover abortions. Officials say these rules trample the Weldon Amendment's federal conscience protections.
The Weldon amendment blocks states from punishing health insurers, plans, or providers who refuse to pay for, provide, or refer for abortions on moral or religious grounds, and has appeared in every HHS spending bill alongside the Hyde Amendment since...
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Mar 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Retail Sales Dropped In January As Weather, Weak Gas Prices Weigh
US Retail Sales Dropped In January As Weather, Weak Gas Prices Weigh
This morning's retail sales data is for January (still lagging due to the govt shutdown) and is expected to be a decline (BofA's omniscient analysts see a worse than consensus drop MoM, due in large part to weather disruptions).
The actual print was a decline but slightly better than expected at -0.2% MoM. Despite two months of no increase, sales rose 3.2% YoY in January (increased from December)
Source: Bloomberg
The decline was driven by a decline in sales at gas...
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Mar 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Energy Chief Says Oil 'Fear Premium' Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In 'Weeks, Not Months'
US Energy Chief Says Oil 'Fear Premium' Over Iran Is Temporary, Says Prices To Fall In 'Weeks, Not Months'
Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the rounds on network TV Sunday to reassure viewers that the sharp rise in oil and gas prices due to the Iran war - which Trump has no problem sticking US consumers with for a while - would prove short-lived, and has downplayed the spike as a transient "fear premium" vs. a fundamental supply issue.
In conversations to CBS, CNN, and Fox News, wright emphasized that global energy markets remain well-supplied despite...
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Mar 17, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
‘The Gravest Sin’: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Responds to Hegseth Invoking God at War Briefings
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has commented on US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth invoking God and reading scripture during his press briefings on the US and Israeli war against Iran. During one briefing last week, Hegseth read from Psalm 144. “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for […]
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