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The VA had previously denied 70% of claims from veterans who blamed exposure to toxic burn pits for their illnesses. The legislation that passed Congress Tuesday makes benefits automatic for many.
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Just like that, web site is already updated with info for vets on how to get burn pit benefits under law passed tonight >>> The PACT Act And Your VA Benefits | Veterans Affairs
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For years, vets said burning waste made them sick. Would this bill help?usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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“We will not let the voices of veterans sick and dying from toxic exposure be ignored” - National Commander Tim Borland
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“We need this bill to pass; it's not for my family,” Heath Robinson’s mother-in-law said in a video. “There's nothing in it for us. I just want and what Heath wanted — we don't want to see any other families suffer like we did.”
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"We're still on the steps," , co-founder of No One Left Behind, said in a video Monday. Zeller said he and other protesters are doing rotations in a veteran "fire watch." "We'll be having folks here all the way until the bitter end."
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The Peace Corps paid the family of a woman killed by one of its workers less than it paid lawyers to settle the claim. Still so many unanswered questions here. Will provide answers? via and
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‘Outraged’: After abortion ruling, 2,000 say they want to run for state and local offices
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Races for state legislature in Michigan, Florida, Texas and Colorado reflect patchwork of impacts from Supreme Court abortion ruling. usatoday.com/story/news/pol
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Races for state legislature in Michigan, Florida, Texas and Colorado reflect patchwork of impacts from Supreme Court abortion ruling.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP-NORC poll: Growing majority in US say nation is on wrong track, including 78% of Democrats, as economy plagues Biden.
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Why was Roe v. Wade never codified in Congress? Democrats since Clinton 'kind of dropped it' usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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Ahead of the Supreme Court's abortion case, set out to build a database that readers can search for abortion laws by state. examined statutes and sources to bring current law to light.
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"Black and brown people, low-income individuals, LGBTQ individuals and young people will have the hardest time navigating this new environment."
Nicole Mason, president and CEO of Institute for Women’s Policy Research usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ via
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"We bring in people who are really covering the news to empty their notebooks and provide perspective, not to argue with each other.”
RIP Ken Bode, former Washington Week host and dean of my alma mater
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Beyond NRA: These are other gun-rights groups spending millions in Washington to influence gun laws usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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2 Secret Service agents in South Korea before Biden trip sent home after 'off-duty incident' usatoday.com/story/news/pol by
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As the Senate prepares to hold a vote on codifying Roe v. Wade into law, one might ask: Why hasn't Congress already done this? The answer from : usatoday.com/story/news/pol … via
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A reminder: My DMs are open for people who want to chat about a career in journalism. We are always looking out for talent at from all kinds of backgrounds, including those who with an untraditional path.
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"Fresh questions about public confidence in a law enforcement institution that has been haunted by episodes of misconduct, security lapses and staffing strains for the past decade." A look at the Secret Service by my colleagues and >>>
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Strong story by @bykevinj + @DonovanSlack on the Secret Service’s struggles to boost hiring and training and how ex-officials are worried by a recent case in which 2 men posing as DHS agents allegedly duped a handful of Secret Service members usatoday.com/story/news/pol @usatodayDC
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Join us today at 4 p.m. to hear more about how the shortage is affecting the U.S.’s response to COVID-19 and where we go from here with USA TODAY reporters and .
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In Massachusetts, officials said they didn’t apply for help until January, when federal officials notified them workers were available. The help arrived two months too late for Antonios Tsantinis who died after a search for a hospital bed came up short.
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A quarter of hospitals faced critical staffing shortages during omicron in Arizona. The state applied for 1,000 federal medical workers to help. The Biden administration sent 123.
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The Biden administration said all the states who asked for federal medical personnel got something by mid-March, though not necessarily as much as they asked for. Wisconsin asked for more than 200 federal workers and got 23, even as hospitals struggled to treat patients.
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When hospital staffing collapsed as the omicron variant raged across the country, the Biden administration sent out 2,100 medical workers to help. 462 of them went to New York.
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When President Biden took office, his team issued a 200-page COVID plan. It didn't include any efforts underway to expand the ranks of emergency federal medical workers, despite the well-documented need for them dating back years.
When we asked why, the White House wouldn't say.
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Bungled hiring during the Trump administration crippled a push for more federal health workers; That left hospitals during COVID calling for help that simply wasn’t there.
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Faced with the crisis in early December, Biden announced he was sending out enough workers to help 60 hospitals. It was far from enough. At the time, more than 1,000 hospitals in 48 states reported critical staff shortages, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data shows.
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This just in: US Customs & Border Patrol Officers Find 43 Horned Lizards and 9 Snakes In and Under Man’s Clothes
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court, naming a Black woman to high court for first time usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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In a televised address, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will conduct a military operation in Ukraine.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia will conduct a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
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"In the midst of everything else going on and the challenges we face, we don't want this lost as a priority," , the lead author of the letter, told USA TODAY
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🇺🇸 Families: US Acts 'Like We Mean Absolutely Nothing'
▫Backlash swells against Peace Corps worker who killed woman
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#frontpagestoday #USA 🗞
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Today, make time to read this, from , who found that 27 states' laws go easier on attackers if a sexual assault occurs when a victim was willingly drinking or on drugs.
Months of work went into this, and I'm so proud of the result.
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Our USA TODAY investigation can be read here: usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ Anyone interested in talking about this incident or other Peace Corps issues can reach me at tnadolny@usatoday.com or through this tip form:
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