Senior national security official ties Sondland more closely to Trump on Ukraine
Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council, told House investigators that Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, was acting at President Trump’s behest and spoke to a top Ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for political investigations. “His mandate from the president was to go make deals,” Morrison said of Sondland.
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White House budget official says move to delay aid was highly irregular
Saturday's testimony from Mark Sandy, who is the first employee of the Office of Management and Budget to testify in the House’s probe, appeared to confirm Democrats’ suspicions that the decision to withhold funds for Ukraine was a political one.
Campaign 2020Buttigieg leaps ahead of Democratic rivals in Iowa, new poll shows
The South Bend, Ind., mayor has 25 percent support among likely caucusgoers; Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are in a three-way tie for second place.
Stents, bypass surgery are no more effective than drugs for stable heart disease, trial shows
The long-awaited study results found that invasive procedures outperformed pills in treating chest pain, but not in preventing cardiac death, heart attacks and heart-related hospitalizations.
Avera eCare employees sit at virtual emergency room workstations at a telemedicine center in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Dr. Kelly Rhone surveys a large map that notes the client hospitals that use the virtual ER services offered by Avera eCare. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Nurse Jennifer Canton talks via video with Amy Gruen, who brought her son, Silas, to a hospital in Abilene, Kan. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
Via video link, Dr. Katie DeJong guides members of an ER staff through a difficult intubation procedure. (Michael S. Williamson/The Post)
The most remote emergency room: Life and death in rural America
If anything defines the growing health gap between rural and urban America, it’s the rise of emergency telemedicine in the poorest, sickest, and most remote parts of the country, where the choice is increasingly to have a doctor on screen or no doctor at all. These physicians, often hundreds of miles away, work out of cubicles instead of exam rooms and never directly see or touch their patients.
Campaign 2020Her latest proposal could alleviate some Democrats' concerns, weeks after her Medicare-for-all financing plan drew criticism.
Election 2019Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) was forced into a runoff against Trump ally and businessman Eddie Rispone.
The appointment wasn’t on President Trump’s weekend public schedule. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump, 73, wanted to take advantage of “a free weekend.”
The mother was in the middle of a divorce with the shooter and had sought a restraining order a day before the attack, authorities said.
The Black Eyed Peas singer detailed the incident on Twitter, where he received backlash for naming the flight attendant to his 12.8 million followers.
Tagovailoa, a junior and surefire NFL draft prospect, dislocated his hip and fractured the joint’s posterior wall, the Athletic reported.
The quarterback’s workout took place on a high school field after disagreements with the NFL continued over the details of his audition for teams Saturday in Atlanta.
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