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This is the story of a little gay bunny. A little gay bunny who belongs to Vice President Mike Pence. A little fictional gay bunny whose book is beating the memoir of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, on the Amazon best-seller list. This is the story of Marlon Bundo, the Instagram star and real-life pet of the vice president’s family, who is also the subject of two dueling children’s books released this week. The first, “Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President,” is a picture book written by Mr. Pence’s daughter Charlotte that focuses on the bunny’s observations of the vice president, with illustrations by his wife, Karen. The other, “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” is a gay romance between two bunnies that was the brainchild of the HBO comedy host John Oliver. So far, that is the more popular of the two. Mr. Oliver revealed the book, which was written by Jill Twiss and credits the titular … [Read more...] about When Two Bunnies Love Each Other Very Much, and Troll the Pences

House Democrats refused to pass Tuesday the Right to Try Act , a bill that would have allowed patients facing life-threatening illnesses to take medicines not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill — strongly supported by President Trump, Republicans, and even a few Democrats — fell just seven votes short of the two-thirds majority it needed for passage, at 259 to 140, according to the Washington Examiner. It had passed the Senate last year with unanimous consent. Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, a proponent of the bill who had introduced the Senate version, expressed his disappointment via Twitter Tuesday evening. It’s disappointing to see the House fail to pass commonsense legislation that would give the right to hope to so many terminally ill patients in America. I pledge to work tirelessly on behalf of patients and their families until right to try is signed into law. #RightToTry — Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) March 14, 2018 … [Read more...] about Democrats Refuse To Pass Bill Designed To Help Terminally-Ill Patients

Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to give sick patients the right to try experimental drugs so that they might have a fighting chance at life. The “Right To Try” bill, unveiled to the House by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess, intends to give dying patients, including young children, greater access to experimental drugs that the Food and Drug Administration have not yet approved. This effort intends to increase a patient’s chance of surviving their disease. The bill would apply to “eligible patients who have been diagnosed with a stage of a disease or condition in which there is reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness, and for other purposes.” “This updated ‘Right to Try’ bill is the direct result of conversations with our colleagues, the administration, and stakeholders on all sides of the issue,” GOP … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Pushes ‘Right To Try’ Experimental Treatment Bill. Here’s Why That Matters For Sick Kids

WASHINGTON — Last year, administration officials briefed President Trump on a hostage whose case he has taken an interest in: Austin Tice, a former Marine missing in Syria. The C.I.A. pledged to ramp up efforts to learn where he is being held and why Syria refuses to negotiate his release. The C.I.A.’s renewed focus on Mr. Tice, who was working as a journalist when he was captured in 2012, reflects a broader push by the Trump administration to focus more intently on Americans being held hostage abroad. The administration has helped free Americans held in Egypt, Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan and is trying to win Mr. Tice’s freedom as well as working to find Mark R. Frerichs, a former Navy diver kidnapped last month in Afghanistan. The White House wants him freed before American troops leave the country in a peace deal with the Taliban, an urgent deadline for the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to locate Mr. Frerichs. Returning American hostages is Mr. Trump’s “top priority,” … [Read more...] about White House Pushes to Recover Americans Held Overseas