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Doctors say medical insurers increasingly interfere with care

No independent research tracks how frequently insurance issues delay or curtail care nationally, but doctors say they’ve seen a marked increase in difficulties in recent years.

Despite strong economy, Fed set to cut rates for first time in decade

There’s little dispute that the Federal Reserve this week will do something it hasn’t done since 2008, when the U.S. economy was mired in the Great Recession: Cut its benchmark interest rate.

New York cuts penalties for marijuana possession

New York’s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past convictions.

Harris releases details on national healthcare plan

Sen. Kamala Harris is filling in the details of how she would move 330 million Americans onto a single government health insurance system.

Trump adds Sharpton to attacks on Baltimore congressman Cummings

After attacks on Elijah Cummings, the powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Trump expanded his attacks Monday to include a prominent Cummings defender, the Rev. Al Sharpton.