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Michael McAuliff
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The Power of Persistence: NewYork-Presbyterian Finally Accepts 9/11 Fund After NYDN Stories
Sometimes, you have to stick with a story. When I wrote before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks about how NewYork-Presbyterian...
I Made Steve Mnuchin Return More Than $3 Million to Ill New York Firefighters
I can't find an instance of the Treasury Department giving back money that it had seized from a local government in a payment dispute...
How 9/11 Responders Pounded Mitch McConnell Into Action
Chuck Schumer credits Jon Stewart as a key strategist behind the push for a permanent 9/11 fund. But if you ask Stewart, the driving...
Trump Could Learn A Lot From The Man Who Won The Dred Scott Case
Before President Donald Trump tries to end birthright citizenship in the United States with an executive order, as he said Tuesday that...
9/11 Responders Don't Plan On Letting Congress Stiff Them. Again
WASHINGTON - If there's one thing 9/11 responders have learned over the last decade and a half, it's that Congress won't do anything to...
Buried In Congress’ Opioid Bill Is Protection For Personal Drug Imports
The final version of the massive opioid bill Congress released Wednesday would grant the Food and Drug Administration new powers to crack...
The Trump Administration Is Seizing Your Cheaper Foreign Prescriptions
Francis Donnelly was aggravated enough when the company that made the medicine to control his Crohn's disease and intestinal bleeding...
Keeping International Pharmacies Under A Cloud
The drug industry worked with the Obama administration to sow safety fears about cheaper medications from foreign sources. Millions of...
How Repealing Obamacare Really Hurts In Kentucky, And The Political Price For The GOP
What would repealing the Affordable Care Act of cutting Medicaid mean for people in the red state of Kentucky, and would Mitch McConnell...
What Happens When A Senator Locks The Door On Constituents
I wanted to capture the tension between Republican senators who were on the fence over various Affordable Care Act repeals and...
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