Affordable Care Act enrollment dropped by over a million after enhanced subsidies expired last year, causing monthly insurance premiums to skyrocket. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday reported that 23 million people signed up for open enrollment, which concluded on Jan. 15. It marks a drop off from the 24.2 million people...
But while progressive politicians may constantly carp about Buckley, Citizens United and money in politics generally, they haven’t been shy in using the few remaining tools at their disposal to undermine the political speech protections established by the courts.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) went after the Trump administration Wednesday, saying it is “out of control” and accusing officials of “running around like they are kings.” “They are running roughshod through our own country and through others. And Donald Trump and his cruel, tyrannical Cabinet are out of control," Rosen said in a clip posted...
House Republicans unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill Thursday that would mandate long-sought requirements like presenting photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote. Dubbed the Make Elections Great Again Act, the bill is led by House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and marks an evolution of election reform legislation that...
The Trump administration is moving to limit obligations on certain upwind states to cut smog pollution from their power plants that can flow to downwind states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed “phase 1” of its rollback of the Biden-era “Good Neighbor” plan. The “Good Neighbor” regulations broadly seek to prevent pollution in...
Rapper Nicki Minaj said Wednesday she received a “gold card” from President Trump, hours after praising the president during an event touting his administration’s child investment accounts. Minaj posted a photo of the immigration card, emblazoned with Trump’s face on it, to social platform X with the caption “Welp.” She later wrote on X that...
President Trump's threat to take over Greenland was reversed after being challenged by European leaders, and Congress must now intervene to ensure that any future Arctic security agreement is overseen and does not violate international law.
People in the United States are living longer than ever before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report released Thursday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) found that the life expectancy of a person living in the U.S. was 79 years old in 2024,...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has spoken out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Minnesota, is heading to Washington, D.C.
The proposal would impose new national voting standards, require photo ID and proof of citizenship, restrict universal mail-in ballots and ban ranked-choice voting.
State election officials were among the most visible defenders of American democracy after the 2020 election — standing up to President Donald Trump, rejecting...
The Trump administration averted power grid failure during weekend snowstorm by keeping coal plants online that Biden planned to close, the Energy Department says.
