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As drug overdose deaths continue their record climb, Missouri last month became the 50th state to launch a prescription drug monitoring program, or PDMP.

These state-run databases, which track prescriptions of certain potentially addictive or dangerous medications, are widely regarded as an essential tool to stem the opioid epidemic. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens last month announced he was creating one in what had been the lone holdout state; legislative efforts to establish... Читать дальше...

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones" season seven, episode four, "Spoils of War."

Despite being a record-short time of just 50 minutes, "Spoils of War" might go down in history as one of the greatest episodes of HBO'S "Game of Thrones."

The best hours of "Game of Thrones" follow a certain recipe. There needs to be balance between epic scale and human tragedy. You need a dash of sexual tension (if not outright romance) and a sprinkling of humor. Читать дальше...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones," including speculation of future events.

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The INSIDER Summary: HBO has released the preview for "Game of Thrones" season seven, episode five. We'll get to see the conclusion and aftermath of Dany's heated revenge on the Lannister army. It looks like she may be going a little power hungry. Jon Snow will get to meet Drogon up close and personal. It sounds like Jon will also reunite with his brother Bran.  The next episode of "Game of Thrones" will air August 13 at 9 p.m. Watch the trailer below.  

"This Week" host George Stephanopoulos put Kellyanne Conway on the spot Sunday morning when the senior White House adviser tried to change the subject away from President Donald Trump's role in crafting a misleading statement about his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer last year. 

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Dear Vice President Mike Pence:

A betting man might place odds that, sometime in the next three and a half years, and maybe a lot sooner than that, you will become president of the United States.

The present situation in the White House is unsustainable. The time has come for you to consider the possibility that, as a result, it will not be sustained and that you, as a consequence, have a date with history at some point on your calendar.

True, your... Читать дальше...

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The full transcript of Donald Trump's Wall Street Journal interview, which leaked to Politico, is enough to make anyone spiral into despair—like most performances from our president, it's full of moments that illustrate his tenuous grasp of reality.

As Slate's official economics correspondent, though, there was one section that left me especially crestfallen—in just one short paragraph of word salad, he delivers a subtle but telling demonstration of his total ignorance on how economies work. Читать дальше...

The stalemate over marriage equality looks set to continue in Australia until at least the end of 2017 after a special meeting of the Liberal Party room to debate the issue decided to try to obtain parliamentary approval for a plebiscite once again.

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Former CNN commentator Kayleigh McEnany hosted a pro-Trump news segment on the president's Facebook page on Sunday, one day after she left the cable network.

"Thank you for joining us as we provide the news of the week from Trump Tower here in New York," McEnany said at the top of a roughly minute-and-a-half segment, called "News of the Week," that was posted to Trump's official Facebook page.

It's unclear whether McEnany is being compensated by the Trump campaign... Читать дальше...

Faraday Future, the electric-car startup that is developing a 1,000-horsepower, self-driving SUV, has signed a lease on what it says will be its future assembly plant.