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The Travel Ban

The Impact of Trump’s Executive Order

12 stories published since 2017

Even Suspended Ban Puts Iraqi Interpreter’s Carefully Built American Dream At Risk

by Megan Rose,

After Officials Sign Off, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Secretly Returns Home

by Charles Ornstein,

Despite Judge’s Order, a Cleveland Clinic Doctor Still Can’t Come Back to U.S.

by Charles Ornstein,

Reader Questions Answered on Trump’s Travel Ban

by Jessica Huseman,

Will Trump’s Ban Cause Foreign-Born Doctors to Look Elsewhere?

by Marshall Allen,

A New State Department Order to Revoke Visas Could Have Far-Reaching Effects

by Justin Elliott,

Cleveland Clinic Medical Trainee Sues to Come Back to U.S.

by Charles Ornstein,

Trump’s Travel Ban is Wreaking Havoc on Families, Especially Those With Valid Visas

by Charles Ornstein, Marcelo Rochabrun and Terry Parris Jr.,

Trump’s Executive Order Strands Brooklyn Doctor in Sudan

by Charles Ornstein,

Trump Ban Leaves 12-Year-Old Girl Facing Return to War-Torn Yemen

by Justin Elliott,

Hours After Landing in U.S., Cleveland Clinic Doctor Forced to Leave by Trump’s Order

by Charles Ornstein,

Trump Order Will Block 500,000 Legal U.S. Residents From Returning to America From Trips Abroad

by Marcelo Rochabrun,

What We’re Watching

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Melissa Sanchez

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    The Price of Remission

    When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

    by David Armstrong,

    The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.

    An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras.

    by Mario Ariza,

    This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

    The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending business, even as other states did.

    by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout,

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    Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”

    Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.

    by Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman,

    Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?

    Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the prices in other wealthy nations.

    by David Armstrong,