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Abortion-rights advocates rally amid SCOTUS case USA TODAY • March 4, 2020 13 Comments     Ad: 11s Abortion-rights advocates rally in New Orleans as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of a Louisiana law regulating abortion. (March 4)

EPA administrator criticizes inspector general's conclusions on Scott Pruitt's alleged abuses Alexander Nazaryan National Correspondent , Yahoo News • March 4, 2020 0:43 1:52 EPA administrator criticizes inspector general's conclusions on former head Pruitt's alleged abuses Scroll back up to restore default view. WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the onetime administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was once a potent symbol of corruption within the Trump administration,  as well as of its push to roll back environmental protections . With his  penchant for first-class flights  and other reported excesses — including, most infamously, an ill-fated search for  a used mattress  from the Trump International Hotel — Pruitt became an increasing problem for a White House that had promised to hold public officials accou...

News Esper says new virus won't prevent military operations by LOLITA C. BALDOR , Associated Press • March 5, 2020 1 Comment Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the budget, Wednesday, March 4, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) More WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military and its warfighting command centers in the Pentagon are prepared to continue operations even if there is a local outbreak of the new coronavirus, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, as the department began finalizing its response plans. Although only one soldier and a handful of family members and Defense Department civilians have so far tested positive for the virus, tens of thousands of troops are in countries and regions that have been hardest hit, including South Korea and portions of Europe. The nation's more than 2.1 million active duty, Guard and Reserve forces are ...