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Archive: 2013 November
World Powers Reach Interim Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
On Sunday morning in Geneva, Switzerland, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany reached an interim agreement with Iran on the nation’s nuclear power program. The U.S. State Department has put together a fact sheet on the agreement, which you can read here. In addition, you can read the full text of the interim deal here. “The first step that we’ve taken today marks the most significant and tangible progress that we’ve made with Iran since I took office,” President Barack Obama said at the White House Saturday night. “And now we must use the…
D.C. Circuit Court Deals Blow to Health Care Law’s Contraceptive Mandate
While the Obama Administration attempts to sort out difficulties with the healthcare.gov website and Congress holds hearings on the subject, another cases challenging an employer-related portion of the Affordable Care Act is a step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. On October 31, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the provision mandating that all health insurance plans must provide free-of-charge contraceptive coverage could violate the First Amendment religious freedom of owners of small businesses. In the case of Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the two brothers who own Freshway Foods and…