All News Articles for 2017-07-31

Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which shows how many days into 2017 a black woman needs to work to make as much as a white man did in 2016, assuming they both started Jan. 1, 2016 (Photo: WOCinTech Chat/flickr/cc) This Is How Bad the Wage Gap Is for Black Women
Monday marks Black Women's Equal Pay Day, showing that a black woman would need to work for 19 months to make what her white male counterpart makes in 12
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Reproductive Rights Advocates Condemn Dems' Support of Anti-Choice Candidates
"It's short-sighted and dangerous to pave the path to victory in 2018 at the expense of women."
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are among the Cabinet members who attend weekly Bible studies. Team Trump's Bible Study: Weekly Worship Meeting at the White House
While Christian groups protest Trump's policies, cabinet meets with pastor to study scripture
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Anthony Scaramucci attends the daily White House press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) That's It for 'The Mooch'? Trump Boots Scaramucci From Post
Just 10 days after announcing that Anthony Scaramucci would serve as the new White House communications director, President Donald Trump has decided to dismiss him from the position, the New York Times first reported Monday.
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The Koch brothers are backing the GOP effort to cut taxes on the rich. In 'Latest Attempt to Distort Democracy,' Koch Brothers Bolster GOP Tax Cut Efforts
"The Trump administration's collaboration with the Koch brothers to cut corporate taxes is the pure distillation of the corrupt cronyism that candidate Trump promised to eliminate."
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National Nurses United worked with the Sanders Institute on Friday to deliver a paper on single-payer healthcare to every member of Congress. Trump Threatens Coverage of Millions as Sanders Confronts Congress With Facts on Single Payer
The president will decide this week whether he'll continue payments that control healthcare costs for Americans
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt meeting with coal miners in Pennsylvania Climate Science Out, Coal In: EPA Exhibit Will Reflect Trump's Agenda
EPA staff members tipped off Trump officials that some of the exhibit's content conflicts with the administration's anti-environment policies
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Critics worry the United States under Donald Trump is moving more aggresively to war. Warnings of 'Nuclear Nightmare' as Trump Escalates Tensions With World Powers
"We need to step up sustained diplomacy. Firing off a bunch of missiles does nothing to address the crisis. We need negotiation, not posturing."
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Former ethics chief Walter Schaub says President Donald Trump appears to be profiting from the presidency. Former Ethics Chief Calls Trump White House a Kleptocratic 'Embarrassment'
"We're running around the world trying to promote anti-corruption measures and we don't even have our own house in order."
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