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Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge bill following a medical crisis if the closest hospital emergency room happened to have been outside their insurance plan’s provider network.

As Democrats work to reach an agreement on trillions of dollars of government spending, the fate of the reconciliation bill’s final cost — and the passage of the president’s overall legislative agenda — largely hinges on support from two key,

U.S. Judge upholds COVID-19 vaccine requirement for those with ‘natural immunity’  Reuters California COVID Vaccinations, Infection Rates Follow Political Divide  KPIX CBS SF Bay Area PSD makes Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all civil servants  The Star Online Plantation backs down from COVID-19 vaccine

Pelosi scrambles to pass trillion-dollar infrastructure bill  CNN House aligns with Senate and votes to avoid government shutdown with short-term funding bill  Fox Business 5 reasons why this week’s political war is different from all others | TheHill  The Hill Government shutdown and

Rand Paul, who opposes foreign assistance of all kinds, blocks Upper House version of bill passed by House from going straight to a vote; but it’s still expected to pass

“Too big to fail” was a phrase used during the global financial crisis for large companies so over-extended that their collapse could cripple global finance. China is now trying to take a too-big company with too much debt, and manage

More than half of police killings in the US are unreported in government data, study finds  USA TODAY Study: Police kill more people in this state than any other. And many deaths go unreported.  Yahoo! Voices More than half of US police

The Southeast African nation of Mozambique is being terrorized by “Al Shabaab,” an ISIS-affiliated insurgency that has killed 3,000 people and displaced many more. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, special correspondent Neha Wadekar and filmmaker Ed Ram report

It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in scientific history. But as William Brangham explains, a new book titled “The Secret of Life”

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the infrastructure deal on Thursday. The vote is expected to take place at 8:30 pm E.T. Watch in the video player above. This is a developing story and will be updated.