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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
Where Does the US Rank in Gender Equality; Think Nordic
The United States (19th on the list) closed its gender gap, rising 12 places to enter the top 20 for the first time in the report’s five-year history. The climb reflects the higher number of women in leading roles in the current administration and improvements in the wage gap. more »
Thought You'd Receive Social Security Benefits at 65? Were You Born After 1938?
Full retirement age (also called "normal retirement age") had been 65 for many years. However, beginning with people born in 1938 or later, that age gradually increases until it reaches 67 for people born after 1959. more »
Midterm Election Updates
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press research reflects a variety of responses to the Center's polling including changing health care, social security, partisan bickering, a leaderless political party and citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. more »
Nobel Prize in Medicine to Robert G. Edwards for the development of in vitro fertilization
Approximately four million individuals have so far been born following IVF. Many of them are now adult and some have already become parents. A new field of medicine has emerged, with Robert Edwards leading the process all the way from the fundamental discoveries to the current, successful IVF therapy. His contributions represent a milestone in the development of modern medicine. more »