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Seema Verma under fire for allegedly spending millions on outside GOP consultants

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has called for an investigation of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma’s alleged practice of quietly directing millions of dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants. Pallone said he intends to ask the Office of the Inspector General to begin… Read More »

Smoke-Filled Snapshot: California Wildfire Generates Dangerous Air Quality For Millions

At 11 a.m. last Friday, thousands of former Paradise, Calif., residents were taking stock of all they had lost to the worst wildfire in the state’s history while they continued the grim task of looking for missing loved ones. At the same moment, with smoke from the deadly Camp Fire blanketing much of the state,… Read More »