Richer or Poorer, Sickness or Health -- Our Need for Commitment

PASTICHE:

a compelling compendium

FINANCE



Senate confirms Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to lead SEC

Fed holds interest rates steady

CHOICE Act Markup Drags On After GOP Sinks Dem CFPB Amendments

Dems, millionaires group press Trump on tax break for investment fund managers

BANKING



House panel approves GOP Dodd-Frank rewrite

Warren blasts Trump for replacing top banking regulator

ECLAC report considers use of blockchain technology to combat de-risking

Trump mulling breakup of Wall Street banks

Leader of powerful community bank lobby to retire

TRADE


Commerce chief calls Canadian trade threats 'inappropriate'

OECS Commission working with partners towards improved customs procedures

Qualcomm seeking import ban on iPhones

Why Trump is fighting Canada on softwood lumber and dairy

Lawmakers create Digital Trade Caucus

U.S. POVERTY

Ivy Taylor and the ‘broken people’ controversy

Trump administration ends Michelle Obama program to educate girls and lift them out of poverty

This Alabama town is rebounding – but Trump could change that

Republicans launch their crusade for elder poverty with repeal of automatic retirement accounts

MEDIA

Phishing email attack causes stir on social media

The news media offer slanted coverage of Muslim countries’ treatment of women

There's No Safe Way to Keep Child Porn and Murder Off Facebook

Russian Internet Watchdog Issues Another Warning to Liberal Outlet 'The New Times'

Forum explores media-charity bodies relations

TECHNOLOGY

Surveillance, visa reforms top GOP chairman's tech agenda

Organizations slow to detect damaging cyberattacks, study finds

In the future, virtual assistants will not only take orders. They’ll also have ideas of their own.

Made in Space: 3-D Printing Could Change the Way Astronauts Travel SHORT FILM

Waymo and Uber fight over missing documents in self-driving car trade secret case

CYBER SECURITY

Illinois voting records hack didn't target specific records, says IT staff

DHS warns Congress of security threats to phones

Phishing email attack causes stir on social media

House panel advances bill to help small businesses thwart cyber threats

Belize cyber security symposium raises awareness of region-wide problem

HEALTHCARE

New York Democrats say House health care bill could cost state $6.9 billion

Less Than A Third Of The Public Supports The GOP’s New Health Care Bill

Why even 'blue' states might ditch beloved Obamacare protections

Obama hopes ‘political courage’ can save healthcare

Five senators to watch in healthcare fight

The silent epidemic?

U.S. CONGRESS



Senate ref holds power over Trump agenda

Yes, It Is Definitely Possible For The House And Senate To Agree On Health Care
House Democrat plans to attend town hall for GOP lawmaker

McConnell: ObamaCare replacement bill 'will not be quick'

Barack Obama urges Congress to find courage to defend his healthcare reforms

Border adjustment tax would be 'dead on arrival' in Senate
Senate turns to Dodd-Frank | Fannie, Freddie get check-up | New stage in ObamaCare fight

WORDS MATTER

"[Stephen] Colbert was poking fun at authority, a time-honored American tradition and an essential principle of democracy," said the Writers Guild of America in a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Monday.

"Only Charles Francis Jenkins saw clearly what TV could offer. 'The new machine will come to the fireside ... with photoplays, the opera and a direct vision of world activities,' he predicted. from One Summer by Bill Bryson

"There are no cuts to the Medicaid program." —HHS Secretary Tom Price on the GOP healthcare bill, which cuts nearly $1 trillion in such funding, arguing it shifts control to the states. "Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care." —GOP Rep. Raul Labrador at a town hall in a line that will feature in many Democratic campaign ads next year.

"There are no cuts to the Medicaid program." —HHS Secretary Tom Price on the GOP healthcare bill, which cuts nearly $1 trillion in such funding, arguing it shifts control to the states.

"Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care." —GOP Rep. Raul Labrador at a town hall in a line that will feature in many Democratic campaign ads next year.

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.