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What the CBO sees ahead for the GOP health care bill March 13, 2017 at 6:50 PM EDT An analysis of the Republican health care bill was released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office, offering best estimates on cost, coverage and other issues. Among the […]

On Monday, as GOP leaders tried to rally Republican lawmakers to support their health care proposal, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report showing that the plan would lead to an estimated 14 million fewer people with health insurance by next year. The CBO […]

The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri chaired this afternoon at the Grand Serail a meeting of the Council of ministers, a statement by the Prime Minister’s office indicated on Monday. Although the session was dedicated to the discussion of the draft budget, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a visit to the White House, an Abbas spokesman said. “President Donald Trump invited President Abbas to visit the White House very soon,” spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah told Reuters after the two leaders […]

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met on Monday in Meerab with the Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon Mireille Girard, accompanied by her Lebanese affairs’ Advisor, Dominique Tohme, with talks reportedly touching on the current situation of Syrian displaced […]

The President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Judge Ivana Hrdlickovل, submitted the Tribunal’s eighth Annual Report to the UN Secretary-General and the Government of Lebanon. The report is now available on the STL’s website. “Over the reporting period, the STL remained primarily focused […]

The Free Patriotic Movement Minister Gebran Bassil proposed on Monday, at a press conference the adoption of a new parliamentary electoral system: “What we are introducing today is the beginning of the adoption of the Senate; its president is Christian but not Maronite to respect […]

El ministro de educación israelí, Naftali Bennett, declara que Israel tendrá que atacar a la población civil libanesa para ganar una próxima guerra con el Líbano. “Las instituciones libanesas, su infraestructura, el aeropuerto, las centrales eléctricas, los cruces de tránsito, las bases del Ejército libanés, deberían […]

Beirut, 12 mar (PL) El jefe de la Seguridad General (del Estado) de El Líbano, general Abbas Ibrahim, valoró hoy de buena la situación predominante en el país y afirmó que los órganos especializados están alertas ante cualquier intento desestabilizador. ‘La situación (en el país) […]