Justices seem to favor insurers' Obamacare claims for $12B

The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to rule that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Several justices indicated their agreement with arguments from the insurers that they are entitled to the money under … Read more

Austria's Handke receives Nobel Literature Prize amid protests, criticism

Demonstrators braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to protest against the awarding of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature to Austrian writer Peter Handke because of his support for the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Handke and the Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, physics and economics received their prizes from the Swedish king in a lavish … Read more

Northern Irish nationalists eye historic gain as Brexit sends DUP reeling

In a part of Belfast where huge “peace walls” still keep some Catholic Irish nationalists and Protestant unionists apart, Thursday’s UK general election could have far-reaching consequences in the decades-long battle for a united Ireland. John Finucane, son of one of the most high-profile victims of British-ruled Northern Ireland’s bloody “Troubles”, is seeking to become … Read more

Immigrant advocates sue US over yanked detention hotline

The nonprofit group Freedom for Immigrants, which has run the hotline since 2013 with a free phone line provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sued in federal court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleged that the administration yanked the hotline in August after it was featured on the Netflix show, which drew attention to … Read more

Democrats introduce two articles of impeachment against Trump – CNN

Democrats introduce two articles of impeachment against Trump  CNN Democrats unveil impeachment articles, as White House slams ‘baseless and partisan’ effort  Fox News See critical moments from the impeachment hearing  CNN Why Does This Impeachment Not Feel Like a Defeat for Trump?  National Review The Case for Impeachment Grows Stronger  Bloomberg View full coverage on Google News Read from Source