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The collapse of the Senate Republican healthcare bill on Monday night left Mitch McConnell pursuing a last-ditch change of tactics: to repeal Barack Obama’s healthcare law now, then replace it later. But less than 24 hours later, his plan appears to have been thwarted. The Republican party has mounted a seven-year crusade against the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known …

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate will vote on a clean repeal of Obamacare without any replacement, after two Republican senators broke ranks to torpedo the current Senate healthcare bill. Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas came out on Monday night in opposition to McConnell’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate …

Donald Trump said Republicans should “let Obamacare fail”, after the dramatic collapse of efforts to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The president spoke as a new plan to simply repeal the 2010 law with no replacement was effectively strangled at birth by a deeply divided party. This followed the withdrawal of legislation, blindsiding the president, on …

By Alltimepost.com New York —The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Cameroon, Mexico, Thailand, and Yemen with its 2017 International Press Freedom Awards in November 2017, according a statement made available to Alltimepost.com on Tuesday by the Media Watchdog. The journalists have faced government harassment, death threats, or imprisonment in their pursuit of the truth. CPJ is also …

Edo State governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured of his administration’s determination to look into the challenges facing education at both the primary, secondary and tertiary institutions respectively. He made this known while receiving Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), led by its Chairman Comrade Dr. Bridget Asemota during a courtesy visit to Edo State Government House yesterday. Obaseki …

Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Rt. Hon. Paul Ohonbamu has expressed the state government’s commitment to strengthen the government-owned print medium Bendel Newspapers Company Limited, publishers of The OBSERVER titles for optimally performance to compete with other national dailies. The Commissioner made this known when he paid a working visit to familiarize with the tabloid publishing house in …

Igbo indigenes living in the 19 Northern States have commended Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, over its meeting with the Arewa youths with a view to resolving the October 1 deadline quit notice to the Igbo in the North. This is even as the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday raised alarm over the recent visit of the former British Prime …

Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP including serving and former governors, former ministers and principal officers of the National Assembly were last night locked in a strategic meeting aimed at revving up the party. As the meeting commenced, the national chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi said only a miracle could stop the party from regaining power at …

By Alltimepost.com New York – Nigerian authorities have been urged drop all charges against Luka Binniyat and release the journalist from jail immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. A judge ordered the journalist to be detained on charges of “breach of public peace” and false reporting over an article he wrote for the daily, Vanguard, according to …

… Additional Visas for Temporary Workers Provided Until End of Current Fiscal Year By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm due to a lack of available temporary nonagricultural workers will be able to hire up to 15,000 additional temporary nonagricultural workers under the H-2B program under a final rule that the Departments of Homeland Security …