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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Kirk Bado |James Downs
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is in the hot seat after accidentally including the editor of The Atlantic in an unsecured national security group chat. Meanwhile, the race to replace Waltz in Congress is heating up a week before voters head to the polls. Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) is the clear favorite in the April 1 special election but teacher Josh Weil (D) has vastly outraised him.
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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Cristina Maza |James Downs |Casey Wooten
Republicans’ grand plan to use the budget-reconciliation process to fund President Trump’s agenda faces its own fork in the road this week: the House’s path forward vs. the Senate’s. In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson is struggling to get enough votes to adopt a resolution which would unlock the Republicans multitrillion-dollar legislative strategy later this year.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Agnes Ayton |James Downs |Ali Ibrahim |South London
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. References , , , et al. 2024. “The Unmet Treatment Need for Eating Disorders: What Has Changed in More Than 10 Years? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24306. , , , et al. 2023.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bmj.com | James Downs
Dear Editor,As someone who has experienced a severe eating disorder and multiple disabilities, the subject of assisted dying - fraught with ethical, clinical, and political challenges - weighs heavily on the communities I work with. The debate often divided along lines of human rights versus moral wrongs, freedom versus obligation, and life versus death.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
dx.doi.org | James Downs
Response The arguments made by Haynos et al in their editorial ‘Not niche: eating disorders as an example in the dangers of overspecialisation’Reference Haynos, Egbert, Fitzsimmons-Craft, Levinson and Schleider1 highly resonate with my personal experience as a patient with a longstanding and severe eating disorder.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | James Downs |Kirk Bado
Money isn’t everything, but it’s many things for House Democrats heading into Election Day as their massive cash advantage might just deliver them the majority. Democrats have outraised Republicans down the ballot the last several cycles as a response to former President Trump, boosted by a robust digital fundraising apparatus powered by small-dollar donors.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | James Downs |Kirk Bado
As it has been all cycle, the race for the House remains a toss-up, and Democrats and Republicans each enter Election Day with a shot at the majority. Fundamentally, not much has changed in the last month, since Hotline last published its ratings. But in that month several new polls became available, providing the final pieces to the puzzle as voters begin to cast their ballots. Complete or not, the picture that puzzle depicts isn’t entirely clear.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |James Downs |Kirk Bado
As prominent Republican doctors head to the exits, Democrats may grow the number of physicians in their ranks. The 118th Congress had more than 15 physicians in the House chamber, only four of whom were Democrats. But three of those GOP physicians—Reps. Larry Bucshon, Michael Burgess, and Brad Wenstrup—are not running for reelection.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Erika Filter |James Downs
Republicans have hammered Democratic candidates on immigration-related messaging all cycle. It’s their most frequent and potent attack against the Democratic Party, which has historically been politically weaker on the issue—and it has been emphasized since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee. But on Wednesday night, Democrats got their rebuttal in front of a live, national audience. Democratic Rep.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Charlie Cook |Natalie Jackson |James Downs |Casey Wooten
MILWAUKEE—Both parties see the women’s vote as crucial this November, and Republicans at their convention this week have worked to sell conservative positions to the key demographic. To accomplish this, they’re employing bold-name Republican women and other staunch party insiders. “I think it will be hugely important, and I think it’s going to heavily favor this president,” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said after a speech to the National Federation of Republican Women.
