U.S. climate assessment website goes dark as the Trump administration revamps federal climate content, with some scientists emphasizing the importance of these mandated reports.
Medicaid’s original purpose was to be a safety net for people who could not adequately provide themselves with healthcare. The federal government matched funds from states to ensure eligible residents could get hospital care and physician visits. The partnership sought to strengthen state-led efforts to cover poor people who could not afford private insurance. This […]
House Rules Committee advances Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' for chamber vote, with Republicans backing tax cuts, while Democrats criticize it as a wealthy giveaway.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and other top Democrats will give remarks Tuesday morning on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision. The 2022 ruling overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to abortion. Since the decision was announced, at least 12 states have implemented total abortion...
President Trump ripped into Israel and Iran on Tuesday morning, as the outlines of a ceasefire he announced Monday took hold and quickly fell apart. “We basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in no hurry to lower interest rates despite multiple calls from President Trump to drop them. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Powell stood by recent statements that the Fed will react to changes in the data as they come in, as opposed to following a...
The Social Security trust fund is not a real asset but a paper entry of IOUs that the government must borrow to cover, meaning that the fund's current surplus is just a mirage and the future benefits are at risk.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “refrained from additional attacks” against Iran due to a call with President Trump early Tuesday. In a thread on the social platform X, Netanyahu’s office said a ceasefire between Israel and Iran “was set for 07:00 this morning.” “At 03:00, Israel forcefully attacked in the heart of...
The behavior of ICE agents is also revealing glaring blind spots in the law, which has long been premised on the assumption that government officials mostly act in good faith.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has stated that he is not bothered by President Trump's attacks, as he believes he has developed the "Trump antibodies" and is simply trying to stay true to his beliefs.
Israel early Tuesday accused Iran of violating terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, shortly after it was slated to take effect, and vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a post on social platform X, said the nation will “respond forcefully to the violation of the ceasefire by Iran through intense strikes against regime...
A 2-year-old conservative group with a grand-sounding acronym has packed a major punch as congressional Republicans push forward the "big, beautiful bill" of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities. Look in the corner of the recent charts being shared in letters and social media posts from the Republican Party’s deficit hawks and you’ll see it came from the Economic Policy Innovation...
President Trump targeted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ahead of his testimony to Congress Tuesday, bashing him once again for not lowering interest rates. “‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell, of the Fed, will be in Congress today in order to explain, among other things, why he is refusing to lower the Rate. Europe has had 10...
