NIH workers said they felt “compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety.”
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Nearly three-quarters of Americans worry that cuts to Medicaid will lead to more adults and children becoming uninsured.
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Poll: Most Recognize Trump’s Budget Bill Will Lead to Millions Losing Insurance Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Straddling the border with Mexico along the Rio Grande, the city of Laredo, Texas, and its 260,000 residents don’t just have to deal with the region’s ferocious heat. Laredo’s roads, sidewalks, and buildings absorb the sun’s energy and slowly […]
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A Federal Program to Protect US Cities Against Extreme Heat Has Just Evaporated Read Post »
Trump has made it official: He and Elon Musk are (probably) never getting back together. In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, the president was uncharacteristically restrained when asked if he had any desire to repair the relationship with the ex-DOGE head following Musk’s meltdown on X this week. Asked if he wanted to […]
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“No,” Trump Says, He Does Not Want to Repair Relationship with Musk Read Post »
The chaos that unfolded in Los Angeles over the weekend was sparked by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at workplaces, a controversial policy that seems designed to appease the Trump administration’s desire to increase the number of deportations at all costs. The policy to raid workplaces, reportedly pushed by White House Deputy Chief […]
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A KFF Health Tracking Poll shows anxiety is high about looming Medicaid cuts among voters across the political spectrum.
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Poll Shows GOP Senators Who Vote to Cut Medicaid Could Face Political Peril Read Post »
Imagine working as a White House communications expert when, on a brisk February morning, you look up to see a crew of unannounced Elon Musk associates climbing the roof of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. You squint and quickly learn that this unit belongs to Starlink, the very company you had identified as posing serious […]
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After a public wrestling match that featured ugly insults and Jeffrey Epstein accusations, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk appear to have dialed down their fury in time for the weekend. But tensions still simmer. Late Friday, Musk, one of the Republican Party’s biggest donors, once again backed the idea of a new political party […]
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The Trump-Musk Wrestling Match Is Far From Over Read Post »
On Friday afternoon, thousands of veterans who fought wars on behalf of the United States descended on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to fight something else: cuts proposed by the Trump administration. Since his inauguration in January, President Donald Trump has moved to slash and burn the federal workforce—and the Department of Veterans Affairs […]
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These Veterans Fought for the US. Now They’re Fighting Trump’s VA Cuts Read Post »
Author Quinn Slobodian speaks on how empowering these “titanically sized egos” threatens our collective wellbeing.
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Trump and Musk’s Dramatic Falling Out Displays the Hazards of Billionaire Rule Read Post »
By stripping judges’ ability to hold officials in contempt, the law would undermine their power to check Trump’s agenda.
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Trump’s Budget Bill Would Gut the Judiciary’s Power to Enforce Court Orders Read Post »
In May, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka made headlines when he was arrested during a protest outside of an immigration detention facility in New Jersey and charged with trespassing. Baraka has staunchly opposed the reopening of the 1,000-bed detention center, called Delaney Hall, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a deal with the private prison company […]
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