House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke with reporters Friday morning after senators struck down Democrats' effort to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. The Senate took up dueling health care plans on Thursday, and both failed to garner the support needed to advance....
A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the immediate release of Chicago-area immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s federal crackdown in the Windy City. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to extend a consent decree, which allows federal authorities to make warrantless arrests, according to The Associated Press. A group of 600...
Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia and Tennessee are joining 12 other states in adding waivers that will redefine what types of food can be purchased with SNAP dollars in 2026.
A group of bipartisan lawmakers has sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees” that will allow students to take out more federal loans. New proposed rules by the department would cap student loan borrowing at $100,000 for graduate programs and $200,000 for “professional...
Judge Boasberg is presiding over a revived contempt inquiry, which brings to the fore long-simmering tensions between senior Trump officials and lawyers for hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.