marsha blackburn
- When Baltimore-based Laureate Education decided to go public last fall, the for-profit university system had just finished a rapid expansion and was preparing to reap the benefits of its newfound global reach. A year later, the company still hasn't listed its stock on the market and has become ensnared in the divisive presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump..
- Investigations in 20 states have cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing and come to an end, yet the House Select Investigative Panel continues, wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars without identifying an ounce of wrongdoing by the organization. On Monday, June 13, the House Republicans' panel is scheduled to depose subpoenaed witnesses in its ongoing witch-hunt. If this deposition proceeds, it could place the lives of doctors in danger.
- Maryland Rep. Andy Harris was one of eight Republicans named Friday to a new select House panel that will investigate the abortion controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood.
- The Obama administration has substantially cut estimates of how many people will sign up for insurance coverage in 2015 through the federal health law, projecting millions fewer consumers will use marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act.
- Jesse Loskarn, 35, was fired after his arrest on child pornography charges last month