Nearly 20 advocacy, immigration rights and health care groups are teaming up to pressure Congress to pass a health care bill reintroduced Wednesday that would extend access to immigrants.

The organizations, including the National Immigration Law Center, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, rallied behind the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act that would grant lawful immigrants eligibility to health care programs. 

Reps Pramila JayapalPramila JayapalNurses union lobbies Congress on health care bills during National Nurses Week White House raises refugee cap to 62,500 The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden launches blitz for jobs plan with ‘thank you, Georgia’ MORE (D-Wash.) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.) and Sen. Cory BookerCory BookerIn honor of Mother’s Day, lawmakers should pass the Momnibus Act Bush testifies before Congress about racist treatment Black birthing people face during childbirth, pregnancy Tim Scott sparks buzz in crowded field of White House hopefuls MORE (D-N.J.) reintroduced the legislation on Wednesday after it was first proposed in the House in 2015 and the Senate last year. 

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But this year, 19 groups are uniting to publicly back the legislation as Democrats have control of the presidency and in both chambers of Congress.

Under the bill, immigrants who qualify for Medicaid as well as the Children’s Health Insurance Program can receive coverage without a mandatory five-year waiting period. 

The legislation also would permit undocumented immigrants to purchase coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, and it would allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to get public health care coverage. 

The organizations cited a Kaiser Family Foundation report that found noncitizens in the U.S. are more likely to be uninsured, noting a lack of insurance poses an obstacle to getting needed care. 

In a release, the groups also called attention to COVID-19’s disproportionate effects on communities of color, including communities of immigrants. 

Marielena Hincapié, the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, said in a statement that her organization applauds the proposed legislation, “which moves us towards a world where a person’s country of birth no longer determines their ability to live a healthy life, and where all of us have the freedom to thrive.”

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“Immigrants and their loved ones have faced disproportionate harm in the pandemic, in part because many are excluded from access to the health insurance their tax dollars pay for,” Hincapié said.

Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said her organization “proudly supports” the legislation “as part of our commitment to advocating for access to health care for everyone.”

“Being an immigrant remains a barrier to accessing essential care and making reproductive decisions for too many,” she said in a statement.

Updated at 9:25 a.m.

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A $1.9 billion spending bill to bulk up Capitol security following the Jan. 6 insurrection includes nearly $521 million to reimburse the cost of the National Guard’s deployment in the wake of the attack.

The amount in the bill, which House Democrats unveiled Friday, matches what National Guard officials have projected will be the cost of deploying thousands of service members through May 23.

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Thousands of Guardsmen have been shoring up security at the Capitol since supporters of former President TrumpDonald TrumpVirginia GOP gubernatorial nominee acknowledges Biden was ‘legitimately’ elected Biden meets with DACA recipients on immigration reform Overnight Health Care: States begin lifting mask mandates after new CDC guidance | Walmart, Trader Joe’s will no longer require customers to wear masks | CDC finds Pfizer, Moderna vaccines 94 percent effective in health workers MORE stormed the building while lawmakers were certifying President BidenJoe BidenVirginia GOP gubernatorial nominee acknowledges Biden was ‘legitimately’ elected BuzzFeed News finds Biden’s private Venmo account Kid reporter who interviewed Obama dies at 23 MORE’s victory in the November election.

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At the height of the deployment, about 26,000 troops from every state, three territories and Washington, D.C., were deployed to the nation’s capital to patrol the Capitol complex.

The deployment was originally meant to bulk up security during Biden’s inauguration, but has been extended twice. About 2,300 Guardsmen remain at the Capitol, with the end of the deployment set at May 23 as of now.

The funding for the deployment in the security bill would include $231 million for Army National Guard personnel costs and $218.5 million for Army National Guard operations and maintenance costs. The Air National Guard would get $28.9 million for personnel costs and $42.5 million for operation and maintenance costs.

In addition to the funding to reimburse the Guard’s deployment, the bill would provide $200 million to establish a standing quick reaction force within the D.C. National Guard dedicated to responding to crises in the district.

A summary of the bill from the House Appropriations Committee says the quick reaction force would “augment” Capitol Police and would be the “ground force equivalent of the 113th Wing within the District of Columbia Air National Guard at Joint Base Andrews, which defends National Capital Region airspace.”

The creation of a quick reaction force dedicated to D.C. was one of the recommendations made in a security review led by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré in the wake of the Capitol attack.

While the extended deployment of Guardsmen at the Capitol has garnered bipartisan criticism as unjustified by known threats, the idea of a National Guard quick reaction force stationed off the Capitol complex has garnered some support.

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The impact of the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline continued to make waves Tuesday, with the Biden administration and members of Congress weighing further oversight of the oil and gas sector, and officials scrambling to respond to oil shortages in portions of the country. Meanwhile, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus urged Facebook to reverse a privacy update for WhatsApp, and President BidenJoe BidenKinzinger, Gaetz get in back-and-forth on Twitter over Cheney vote Cheney in defiant floor speech: Trump on ‘crusade to undermine our democracy’ US officials testify on domestic terrorism in wake of Capitol attack MORE announced a partnership with Uber and Lyft to provide free rides for Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines.  

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ALL ABOUT COLONIAL PIPELINE, PART TWO:

UNDER THE FEDERAL MICROSCOPE: The Biden administration and Capitol Hill are taking a closer look at the security in place for critical oil and gas utilities following the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.

Some officials have indicated that the ransomware attack on a pipeline that provides almost half of the East Coast’s energy may have unfolded as it did due to the relative lack of federal oversight of pipelines compared to other utilities.

Read more about the potential new oversight here.

 

PIPELINE SECURITY PROGRAM: House Homeland Security Committee ranking member John KatkoJohn Michael KatkoHillicon Valley: Feds eye more oversight of pipelines after Colonial attack | White House monitoring fuel shortages | Democrats urge Facebook to reverse WhatsApp update | Biden announces deal with Uber, Lyft for free vaccine rides Feds eye more oversight of pipelines after Colonial attack Katko probes federal oversight of oil and gas industry cybersecurity MORE (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday dug into federal oversight of oil and gas sector cybersecurity following the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline.

In a letter provided to The Hill and sent to acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brandon Wales, Katko raised questions around the agency’s Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative and assessments conducted on pipeline assets as part of the program.

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“In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident, ensuring the success, growth, and effectiveness of the Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative is more important than ever before,” Katko wrote. 

The Pipeline Cybersecurity Initiative was founded in 2018 and involves CISA working with the Transportation Security Administration, the Department of Energy and critical infrastructure stakeholders to assess and secure U.S. pipeline systems.

Read more about the letter here. 

 

WAITING BY THE PHONE: The Department of Homeland Security’s top cyber agency said Tuesday that it has not yet received important technical information from Colonial Pipeline regarding the crippling hack that led it to shut down a key fuel pipeline last week.

Acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Brandon Wales told the Senate Homeland Security Committee at a hearing that Colonial Pipeline did not reach out to his agency and that CISA was brought in by the FBI to deal with the breach.

“We received information fairly quickly in concert with the FBI. Right now, we are waiting for additional technical information on exactly what happened at Colonial so that we can use that information to potentially protect other potential victims down the road,” Wales said.

Read more about Wales’s comments here. 

 

THE HACK SINKS IN: Parts of the Southeastern U.S. are seeing gasoline shortages following a cyberattack that shut down Colonial Pipeline.

As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 8 percent of Virginia gas stations, more than 6 percent of North Carolina gas stations and more than 4 percent of Georgia gas stations were without fuel, according to Gasbuddy analyst Patrick De Haan. 

Other states, like Florida and South Carolina, also saw some outages. 

In an interview with The Hill on Monday, De Haan predicted that parts of the Southeast were likely to be at the greatest risk of shortages because it’s situated between other key markets. 

Read more here. 

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White House officials said late Monday night that the administration is monitoring the shortages.

“The President continues to be regularly briefed on the Colonial Pipeline incident. The Administration is continually assessing the impact of this ongoing incident on fuel supply for the East Coast,” White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBlinken speaks with Israeli counterpart amid escalating conflict Hillicon Valley: Feds eye more oversight of pipelines after Colonial attack | White House monitoring fuel shortages | Democrats urge Facebook to reverse WhatsApp update | Biden announces deal with Uber, Lyft for free vaccine rides Biden sent letter to Palestinian president over ‘current situations’ MORE said.

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STILL WANT MORE?: Here are five takeaways about the Colonial Pipeline disruption, including how it has sparked fear of gas price increases, highlighted threats from ransomware attacks, and exposed energy sector vulnerabilities. 

Read more here. 

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REVERSE THAT: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday urged Facebook to reverse plans for a required update to its messaging platform subsidiary WhatsApp over concerns about data privacy.

WhatsApp is issuing an update to its terms and services as it allows users to talk to businesses on the platform.

WhatsApp has said that the update will not change its policies around keeping personal conversations encrypted, meaning Facebook and WhatsApp cannot read the messages.

But the Democrats wrote in a letter Tuesday that WhatsApp’s failure to commit to the same privacy policy for the messages with businesses is a “potential misuse of data,” and could lead to the use of that information for targeted advertising.

Read more about the letter. 

 

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ON THE HOUSE: President Biden on Tuesday announced a partnership with ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber to provide free rides for Americans to get vaccinated.

The partnership is part of a host of actions to achieve the administration’s goal of having 70 percent of adult Americans receive at least one coronavirus vaccine dose by the Fourth of July. 

The announcement comes as Biden is meeting with governors to discuss vaccine strategy and innovative ways to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. 

Lyft and Uber will provide rides to and from tens of thousands of vaccination sites through their apps, which will allow customers to select a vaccination site near them, follow directions to redeem their ride and get a free ride to and from the site. 

Read more about the announcement. 

 

REJECTED: Apple rejected 1 million new apps seeking to join its App Store last year, according to a blog post released Tuesday. 

The announcement providing some details about why Apple rejected certain apps and updates was released as the Silicon Valley giant fends off a legal challenge from Epic Games in the second week of a trial in California federal court. 

The trial is centered around allegations from Epic Games accusing Apple of anticompetitive behavior for kicking Epic’s Fortnite game out of the App Store after an update to the game offered a separate payment system that circumvented Apple’s 30 percent commission fees. 

Apple’s defense is largely based around an argument that its App Store rules protect customers, and Tuesday’s blog post further promoted the claim.

Read more here. 

 

TWITTER VS. TEXAS: A federal judge in California on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Twitter that had sought to block Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton‘s (R) office from allegedly retaliating against the company for its decision to ban former President TrumpDonald TrumpKinzinger, Gaetz get in back-and-forth on Twitter over Cheney vote READ: Liz Cheney’s speech on the House floor Cheney in defiant floor speech: Trump on ‘crusade to undermine our democracy’ MORE from the platform.

In a 7-page ruling, the judge said Twitter’s lawsuit was premature because Paxton has not sought to enforce his January records request related to the company’s content moderation policies.

“The court finds Twitter’s lawsuit is premature, and, as such, is subject to dismissal,” wrote U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney, a Clinton appointee.

Read more here. 

 

MR (PAY) WORLDWIDE: Google Pay announced Tuesday that it is partnering with remittance companies Wise and Western Union to offer options for users in the U.S. to transfer funds abroad.

American users will now be able to transfer money to app users in India and Singapore, and Google Pay plans to expand to 80 countries through Wise and 200 via Western Union by the end of the year.

Users will be able to make unlimited free transfer with Western Union until June 16 and Wise is waiving fees on the first transfer up to $500.

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Meet DarkSide, the ransomware gang blamed for the Colonial Pipeline attack (CyberScoop / Sean Lyngaas) 

In Biden’s broadband plan, cable is in for the fight of its life (Protocol / Issie Lapowsky)

The pipeline hack is causing major mass gasoline panic buying (Vice Motherboard / Aaron Gordon) 

Semiconductor makers and users form a group to push for chip funding (The New York Times / Thomas Kaplan) 

The Biden administration is monitoring fuel supply shortages in the southeastern United States after the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the White House said in a statement late Monday.

“The President continues to be regularly briefed on the Colonial Pipeline incident. The Administration is continually assessing the impact of this ongoing incident on fuel supply for the East Coast,” White House press secretary Jen PsakiJen PsakiBlinken speaks with Israeli counterpart amid escalating conflict Hillicon Valley: Feds eye more oversight of pipelines after Colonial attack | White House monitoring fuel shortages | Democrats urge Facebook to reverse WhatsApp update | Biden announces deal with Uber, Lyft for free vaccine rides Biden sent letter to Palestinian president over ‘current situations’ MORE said.

“We are monitoring supply shortages in parts of the Southeast and are evaluating every action the Administration can take to mitigate the impact as much as possible. The President has directed agencies across the Federal Government to bring their resources to bear to help alleviate shortages where they may occur,” she added.

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Officials said earlier Monday afternoon that there hadn’t been signs of fuel shortages but that the administration was monitoring the situation and considering potential steps to mitigate disruptions.

“We’re working with other agencies to consider how if necessary we can move supplies to a place where it might be needed if it turns out there is a shortfall,” President BidenJoe BidenKinzinger, Gaetz get in back-and-forth on Twitter over Cheney vote Cheney in defiant floor speech: Trump on ‘crusade to undermine our democracy’ US officials testify on domestic terrorism in wake of Capitol attack MORE’s homeland security adviser, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, told reporters at a White House briefing.

Colonial Pipeline, the largest oil supplier in the northeastern U.S., shut down operations after a ransomware attack was reported late Friday. The company expects to “substantially” restart operations by the end of the week using a phased approach to bring systems back online.

Colonial Pipeline accounts for almost half of the East Coast’s fuel supply and ships some 2.5 million barrels of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel daily. As a result, the developments have led to concerns about shortages and rising gas prices.

Reuters reported that Southern states like Alabama, Florida and Georgia could be the first to see gas prices rise due to the shutdown.

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The Transportation Department over the weekend issued an emergency waiver allowing drivers transporting gasoline, diesel and jet fuel across 17 states and Washington, D.C., to operate beyond the 11-hour daily limits.

On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a fuel waiver for Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., temporarily lifting requirements on fuel meant to reduce ozone emissions in order to boost fuel supply in those areas to balance potential disruptions. The waiver extends through May 18. 

“We’re prepared to take additional steps, depending on how quickly the company is able to bring its pipeline back to full operational capacity,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Monday before a speech on the economy.

Updated May 11, 11:41 a.m.

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A group of nearly 30 tech companies and other organizations filed a legal brief Friday to defend a program that gives work authorization to the spouses of high-skilled immigrants.

The Obama-era rule lets nearly 100,000 spouses of H1-B visa holders in the U.S. work. The rule, known as H-4 EAD, is currently being challenged in court by a group of American tech workers.

Save Jobs USA, the coalition of tech companies and organizations advocating for the program, say that visa holders and their spouses unfairly compete with American workers.

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In an amicus brief filed Friday, the companies and organizations — including Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Twitter — say repealing the rule would “be utterly destructive for the families impacted” and hurt their businesses.

“The pandemic has already disproportionately impacted women and ending this program would only make things worse, leading to disrupted careers and lost wages,” Google’s vice president of legal Catherine Lacavera said in a blog post Friday.

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“Furthermore, if the program is lost, the practical effect is that we welcome a person to the U.S. to work but we make it harder for their spouse to work.”

The H-4 EAD rule, which was passed in 2015, has already survived one attempted repeal. The Trump administration had floated banning it in 2017 but never formalized a ban. 

U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced in February that a proposal to ban the rule had been withdrawn “consistent with administration priorities.”

Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinBiden ‘confident’ meeting with Putin will take place soon Blinken: US stands with Ukraine in face of Russian aggression Russia keeping 80K troops at border amid NATO exercise, US officials say MORE on Sunday warned that Nazi beliefs remain strong during remarks he delivered on the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

Putin, in the annual military parade on Moscow’s Red Square, denounced “attempts to rewrite history, to justify traitors and criminals, on whose hands lies the blood of hundreds of thousands of peaceful people,” according to the Associated Press.

He said that Nazi ideologies were “obsessed with the delusional theory of their exclusiveness” are trying to be resurfaced.

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“Unfortunately, many of the ideologies of the Nazis, those who were obsessed with the delusional theory of their exclusiveness, are again trying to be put into service,” Putin said, according to AP.

He did not, however, reveal any specific details.

The parade featured more than 190 military vehicles traveling through the square, including the World War II-era T-34 tank and the eight-axle Yars mobile ICBM launchers, the wire service reported.

The marking of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II, which Russia has dubbed Victory Day, is the country’s most notable secular holiday, according to The AP.

According to AP, approximately 27 million Soviet soldiers and civilians were estimated to have died in the war.

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Americans’ confidence in their finances has rebounded after dropping in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll.

The survey, published Thursday by Gallup, found that 57 percent of Americans now describe their financial situation as excellent or good, up from 49 percent who said the same a year ago.

Fifty-two percent of survey respondents also said that their current financial situation is getting better. That percentage dropped to 35 percent in April 2020 from the 57 percent recorded in 2019.

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Twenty-five percent of survey respondents said they felt negative about their finances, either describing their situation as only fair or poor and as staying the same or getting worse, according to Gallup.

Pollsters noted that confidence in finances was tied to household income in the survey. Seventy-four percent of respondents with a household income of $100,000 or more rated their current and future personal finances positively, compared with 25 percent of those with a household income of less than $40,000.

Results also varied by age, with 36 percent of survey respondents ages 18 to 34 rating their current and future personal finances positively, and 50 percent of those both 35 to 54 and older than 55 saying the same.

Fifty-five percent of Democrats said their current and future personal finances were positive, compared to 37 percent of Republican respondents who agreed. 

President BidenJoe BidenBiden prepping cybersecurity executive order in response to SolarWinds attack Photoshopped deer in Kevlar vests circulate after Biden gun control comment Majority of viewers approved of Biden address to Congress: poll MORE earlier this month touted a strong March jobs report that showed a gain of 916,000 jobs last month. However, he called on lawmakers to pass his American Rescue plan, a massive investment in the economy funded by corporate tax increases.

The new survey was conducted April 1 through April 21 with a sample of 961 adults across the U.S. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.

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Israel on Monday said Islamic Jihad commander Hussam Abu Harbeed was killed in an airstrike on Gaza City, a development that is expected to result in an intense response from the military group fighting alongside Hamas.

According to Reuters, the Israeli military said in a statement that Harbeed had been “behind several anti-tank missile terror attacks against Israeli civilians.” The military also claimed 60 rockets had been fired at Israeli cities from Gaza, a sharp decrease from the 120 to 200 that were fired in the previous nights.

A medic told Reuters that at least three Palestinians were also killed in the most recent round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City. Gaza health officials estimate the death toll to be around 201 people, including 58 children. According to  authorities, ten people have been killed in Israel.

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The recent airstrikes on Monday also targeted miles of military tunnels in Gaza as well as the homes of nine Hamas commanders, though they were unlikely to be home at the time due to going underground when the fighting began.

“My children couldn’t sleep all night even after the wave of intensive bombing stopped,” Umm Naeem, a mother of five, told Reuters as she bought bread in Gaza City. “What is happening to us is too much, but Jerusalem deserves all the sacrifices.”

In the U.S., calls from Democratic and progressive lawmakers have increased their calls for the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire. The U.S. has so far blocked efforts made by China, Norway and Tunisia to release a joint United Nations Security Council statement to call for a ceasefire.

The Biden administration is facing increased calls Democrats in Congress to orchestrate or call for a ceasefire in the region.

Près d’un an après s’être dit oui, Gwyneth Paltrow et son mari Brad Falchuk emménagent finalement ensemble. Dans une nouvelle interview accordée au magazine InStyle, le 6 août 2019, l’actrice américaine s’est confiée sur sa vie de couple épanouie et quelque peu originale.

“La vie maritale se passe très bien. Nous avons pris un an pour que tout le monde [dans la famille, NDLR] s’y fasse et que tout retombe. Et maintenant, nous emménageons ensemble ce mois-ci. J’adore mon mari. Il est brillant et profondément gentil, a affirmé la star de 46 ans, pas avare de compliments à l’égard de son époux producteur et scénariste. J’ai le sentiment qu’il est un véritable égal aussi. Et il me pousse de la meilleure des façons. J’aime vraiment bien être mariée. C’est fun.”

In honor of our @goopmen launch, I want to shout out some of the most special men in my life (we also named our inaugural G. Label Men’s after them). @bradfalchuk @rstrauss16 @danldees @tleness @miguel_tied @tonywoods7 #jakepaltrow. Follow @goopmen and sign up for the newsletter at goop.com. From now on, we will have a Men tab on our site as well as a monthly newsletter devoted to you-from health to travel to an occasional circadian-rhythm-supporting lightbulb. We’re kicking it off with a special newsletter edited by our great friends and goopfellas podcast cohosts, chef Seamus Mullen and functional medicine practitioner Dr. Will Cole. We’re also launching G. Label Men-a collection of quality classic knits made in Italy. So ask yourself: Are you crystal-curious? And even if you’re not-are you, simply, curious? About the world, how to fit into it, what it means to live in 2019. We all get a little lost. We all wrestle our own shifting paradigms. We all want to grow and be present in our lives. Guidance from a clinical nutritionist, a psychotherapist, an intuitive, even a travel guide to the best adventure escapes can be an awfully welcome thing when you’re searching for some grounding. goop doesn’t claim to have all the answers, but we’re pretty committed to looking for them. Besides, men can make cookies with avocados instead of butter, too. Let’s not put people in boxes. So click on stuff, read stuff-fuck it, go on a cleanse. You deserve it. And most of all, welcome to goop. Love, GP

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Thank you to my two beauties for the best morning, and for my entire life. I love you both so much. I love all you mamas out there! Happy Mother’s Day!!

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Le financier américain Jeffrey Epstein s’est suicidé dans la prison de New York où il attendait son procès pour agressions sexuelles sur des mineures, ont rapporté samedi 10 août 2019 plusieurs médias américains, cités par l’AFP.

Selon le prestigieux quotidien New York Times, qui cite des responsables sous couvert d’anonymat, le financier déchu âgé de 66 ans s’est pendu dans sa cellule et son corps sans vie a été retrouvé samedi matin vers 07H30. Jeffrey Epstein avait déjà été retrouvé fin juillet allongé par terre dans sa cellule du Metropolitan Correctional Center, une prison de Manhattan, avec des marques sur le cou, après ce qui avait été présenté comme une possible tentative de suicide. Les blessures étaient toutefois à ce moment-là sans gravité et il s’était ensuite présenté dans les jours suivant à une audience judiciaire.

Il était accusé d’avoir organisé, pendant plusieurs années, un réseau constitué de dizaines de jeunes filles sous influence, certaines collégiennes, avec lesquelles il avait des rapports sexuels dans ses nombreuses propriétés. Inculpé le 8 juillet d’exploitation sexuelle de mineures et d’association de malfaiteurs en vue d’exploiter sexuellement des mineures, il était passible de 45 années d’emprisonnement. Son procès devait s’ouvrir au mieux en juin 2020.

Le financier dont la fortune est estimée à plus de 500 millions de dollars avait été débouté, le 18 juillet, d’une demande de remise en liberté sous caution. Généralement utilisé pour les justiciables en attente de leur procès, le Metropolitan Correctional Center est considéré comme l’un des établissement pénitenciers les plus sûrs des Etats-Unis. Le narcotrafiquant mexicain Joaquin Guzman, alias “El Chapo”, y a notamment séjourné durant plus de deux ans.

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