Jeff Powers is an award-winning journalist from San Diego, California, and has worked on IVN as a writer and editor. He has also worked on a number of local campaigns including SDSU West, Measures K & L, and other campaigns.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kHeki5yysw Perhaps wanting to quickly pivot from the health care reform debacle, the administration is poised to roll out its plan for tax reform this week. One of the biggest news items that went under the radar last week because of the health care
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Japan and United States Inch Closer to Military Action? The latest ballistic missile test from North Korea has not only angered the United States, but also one of its key allies in the region, Japan. Following a an early morning conference call with President Trump, Japan's Prime Minister
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President Trump tweeted about his new chief of staff friday afternoon, writing "Reince Preibus is a good guy, John Kelly is a star." Four stars actually. John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, is a retired four-star Marine general who served with distinction in the military
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyy6SPmbqJo It's certainly true that the most valuable things in life don't come easy. That is the case with health care reform. No question, Obamacare needs to be fixed and improved. It's failing across the country. All parties
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"Skinny" Repeal Misses Mark as John McCain Leads 3 Republicans Against Health Care Reform The drama on the floor of the U.S. Senate to replace and repeal Obamacare stretched into the morning hours of Friday. The discussion was related to the "Skinny" repeal. If it
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Senate Republicans have cast two separate votes since Tuesday that have removed the option of "repeal-only" and a replacement plan. Now it appears their only viable option is what is known as the "skinny repeal." This would remove some key provisions from the Affordable Care Act
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There is an important update in the most recent effort in California to secede from theUnited States. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has cleared the campaign behind the secession initiative to start collecting the 585,000-plus signatures required to make it onto the 2018 ballot. Supporters of the plan have
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Arrested Feeling The Country Imran Awan, a House staffer at the center of a criminal investigation potentially impacting dozens of Democratic lawmakers, has been arrested on bank fraud and is prevented from leaving the country while the charges are pending. David Dameron, a spokesman for US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans Monday to fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature health care law. The Senate will vote today on whether to open debate on an overhaul of the law,
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Tesla may soon be saved by California -- and its taxpayers. The State Assembly passed a bill, AB 1184, to increase subsidizes for electric car purchases to $3 billion over the next 7 years. The bill favors manufacturers that make electric-only cars, like Tesla, over companies that sell hybrids. And
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President Donald Trump is set to deliver a statement on health care at 3:15 p.m. ET. Trump's statement will follow his participation "in a greeting with victims of Obamacare," the White House said in a news release. The president commented on the Republicans'
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It would seem to make sense that the removal of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer would mean the return of the televised White House Press Briefing with Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Much has been made of the cancellation of the daily press briefing, particularly from CNN. CNN's Jim