And old health network is about to get a shot in the arm

For the first time in decades, the Health and Human Services department plans to shake up an obscure system. It’s the one controlling human organs destined for transplant patients. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network serves some 100,000 patients and their families and officials say it’s overdue for modernization. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin  got more details from the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Carole Johnson. Interview transcript: Tom Temin And you’re kind of like the small agency does so much that nobody has heard of…

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A Sex Scandal. A Conservative Power Network. And Moms for Liberty.

The ugly news broke during the last week of November: A Florida woman alleged that the chair of the state Republican Party had raped her at her home. The assault had occurred after he and his wife had planned, according to police, to meet her for a three-way sexual rendezvous, as they had previously. These were stunning claims given the power couple involved: The GOP chair, Christian Ziegler, who has denied the assault and said the encounter was consensual, is a prominent state political consultant. His Republican-activist wife, Bridget Ziegler,…

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Meadows Says He Rage Dialed Fox News Editor After Network Called Biden’s Arizona Victory

<p>In his newly released book about his time serving in the Trump administration, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wrote that he was so infuriated when Fox News first called Joe Biden&#8217;s electoral win in Arizona on election night that he proceeded to angrily dial an editor at the network to contest Trump&#8217;s projected loss, according to <a href=”https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-meadows-dialed-fox-editor-bill-sammon-arizona-call-biden-2021-12?op=1&scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4″>Insider</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo

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Appeals Court Rules US Congress May Reject Atheist’s Request to Present Secular Invocation – Christian News Network

Appeals Court Rules US Congress May Reject Atheist’s Request to Present Secular Invocation  Christian News Network WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling in concluding that the chaplain for the U.S. Congress did not discriminate against a … “us congress” – Google News

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US President Donald Trump’s plan for 5G network is misguided and … – South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post US President Donald Trump's plan for 5G network is misguided and …South China Morning PostThe US tech sector is famous for being competitive and for its free flow of ideas and talent, free of government interference. The president's plan for a government-owned network could undermine all that and work to America's disadvantage. That may …and more » us president – Google News

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