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(AP) A more conservative Supreme Court appears unwilling to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums that affect tens of millions of Americans. Meeting remotely a week after the election and in the midst of a pandemic that has … [Read more...] about ‘Obamacare’ Likely To Survive, High Court Arguments Indicate

(CBS News) When President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in January, he will become only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, following John F. Kennedy. On Saturday, after Mr. Biden was projected winner of the presidential race, Catholics around the world reacted to the historic moment.  During his victory speech Saturday night, Mr. Biden referenced his faith when … [Read more...] about Joe Biden To Become the Second Catholic President Ever, Following JFK

by Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a Seventh-day Adventist, has tested positive for COVID-19. News that Carson, who belongs to a faith tradition that stresses health, has tested positive for the virus was revealed by a HUD spokesperson on Monday (Nov. 9). The diagnosis comes less than a week after Carson … [Read more...] about Ben Carson, Seventh-Day Adventist, Tests Positive for Coronavirus

(bushcenter.org) I just talked to the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden. I extended my warm congratulations and thanked him for the patriotic message he delivered last night. I also called Kamala Harris to congratulate her on her historic election to the vice presidency. Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his … [Read more...] about President George W. Bush Congratulates Joe Biden

(AP) Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify” a country gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. “I sought this office to restore the soul of America,” Biden said in a prime-time … [Read more...] about Biden Defeats Trump for White House, Says ‘Time To Heal’