By Dani Graham With the narrowest of margins, the House of Representatives passed the Republican’s healthcare bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), aka Trumpcare. Needing 216 “yays” the bill passed 217-213 with 20 Republicans voting against it. For years Republicans complained about how Obamacare was “rammed” through without knowing what was in it and […]
By Dani Graham Jimmy Kimmel opened up his show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Monday with a heart-wrenching monologue where he was unable to contain his emotions as he explained why he wasn’t on air last week. He revealed the journey of finding out his newborn baby boy, Billy, was born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) […]
By Dani Graham [Editor’s Note: National Compass published this story last May and we felt it would be valuable to re-publish it with the encouraging information the author has added to reflect events that have transpired with her family, since.] As an older couple, my husband and I came together as most people our […]
Charlotte Rae, the actress most known for her role as Mrs. Edna Garrett from two hit sitcoms, “Diff’rent Strokes” and later “The Facts of Life“, was diagnosed with bone cancer last week. This isn’t Rae’s first battle with cancer. Approximately seven years ago after six months of chemotherapy, she beat pancreatic cancer, the same disease […]
By Dani Graham A stabbing at the University of Texas in Austin on Monday afternoon left one person dead and three more injured according to emergency officials. Austin Police were called to the scene at approximately 1:50 PM to assist the campus police near Gregory Gym which is located at 2101 Speedway on campus. According to UT police, […]
By Dani Graham In the ultimate act of betrayal, the House Freedom Caucus announced Wednesday that it will be supporting the Obamacare-lite healthcare bill, the AHCA after an amendment was added. The MacArthur amendment, named after one of its authors Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) in a joint effort with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), gives States the […]
by Dani Graham The House Freedom Caucus, the conservative arm of the House of Representatives, released a statement on Wednesday confirming their support for the GOP healthcare bill as long as it contains an amendment brokered by Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the House Freedom Caucus Chairman. “Over the past couple of […]
By Danielle Pechette-Graham and Richard Cameron To mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s military, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un launched a massive artillery drill with 300-400 long-range units being deployed along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula near Wonsan, it’s naval base. The drills are adding to the increasingly tense […]
by Danielle Pechette-Graham Tragedy struck New York’s Bravest on Wednesday, April 20, 2017 when Firefighter William N. Tolley, 42, died due to injuries sustained in the line of duty. Hearts are heavy at Ladder Company 135 where the 14 year veteran of the fire department served. The impact of his death was felt throughout the […]
By Dani Graham Sexual harassment scandals have changed the face of Fox News after taking down its founder and CEO, Roger Ailes and now it’s top-rated host, Bill O’Reilly. It was 9 months ago when a former host of the network, Gretchen Carlson, bravely decided to stand up and speak out when she filed suit […]
