WASHINGTON -- The nation's leading Republicans marked the 11th anniversary of 9/11 with the words "never forget" on their lips -- most of those using...
On the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the federal government is expected to recognize a link between exposure to toxic dusts caused b...
NEW YORK -- Call it compassionate, even political. But ... scientific? Several experts say there's no hard evidence to support the federal government'...
WASHINGTON -- The new September 11 Victim Compensation Fund took its first major step to begin helping people sickened and dying from the rescue and r...
Firefighters who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, selflessly exposing themselves to the toxic dust that clouded Ground Zero, were 19 percent m...
WASHINGTON -- Veterans of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and cleanup who are stricken with cancer had their hopes dashed Tuesday -- at least temporari...
In 2010, "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart committed himself fully to advocating for the passage of the Zadroga Bill, a measure that would "provide $7...
WASHINGTON -- A provision in the new 9/11 health bill may be adding insult to injury for people who fell sick after their service in the aftermath of ...
WASHINGTON -- The new budget passed by Congress Thursday fixes a legislative gaffe that could have killed a new program that helps ailing 9/11 respond...
UPDATE: The Senate has reached a deal that is expected to allow for the passage of a scaled-down health care package.
Senator Coburn responded in a s...
So, per Politico, here is a thing that is happening in our lives:
Robert Gibbs, President Obama's press secretary, told reporters on Tuesday that he ...
Shepard Smith excoriated the Senators who are holding up the so-called "Zadroga Bill" to assist 9/11 first responders who suffer from medical problems...
Thursday night marked the final "Daily Show" of the year -- and the decade -- and Jon Stewart devoted the entire program discussing something near to ...
New York bashing is back. The GOP scuttling of the 9/11 health bill suggests it makes sense to sue to get your due. Not the message the trial-lawyer-averse Republicans might have wanted to send, but they sent it.
WASHINGTON - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) choked up on the Senate floor Monday as she made an impassioned plea for passing the Zadroga 9/11 health...
Tea Party activists, from someone on the other side of the aisle, I respected the impact you were able to make on the 2010 election. Now is the time to continue to flex your muscles.
According to the Zadroga bill, those who are sick, or who become sick, qualify for medical care and financial awards. But, as it stands now, cancer is not included in the list of diseases that automatically qualify a responder for treatment and compensation.