As Republicans and Democrats prepare to face off about Medicaid cuts in next week’s Energy and Commerce Committee meetings at the House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is vehemently speaking out against threats to Medicaid. “They’re robbing people in order to hand it over to the rich,” the progressive New …
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As President Donald Trump continues to bow down at the altar of the fossil fuel industry and decimates federal commitments to confront the worsening climate crisis, activist groups in the United Kingdom took to the streets to grieve over losses and organize for renewed action. Today, Extinction Rebellion Cambridge and …
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President Donald Trump tapped Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to serve as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. Trump announced the news after dropping his previous nomination for the position, Ed Martin. The president lauded Pirro as “a powerful crusader for victims …
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President Donald Trump can’t decide if taxing the ultra rich is worth it. In a Friday morning Truth Social post, the president wrote that “Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!!!” “The problem with even a ‘TINY’ tax increase for the RICH, which I and …
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Rümeysa Öztürk — the Tufts University PhD student who was arrested by masked federal authorities on the streets near Boston and jailed for six weeks in Louisiana after writing a pro-Palestine op-ed — has been ordered immediately released on her own recognizance by a federal judge in Vermont. “The court …
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Voice of America (VOA), which began broadcasting in 1942 to fight Nazi propaganda during World War II, will be fed coverage from right-wing cable network One America News (OAN), announced Kari Lake on Tuesday. Lake, the failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate who serves as thesenior adviserat the U.S. Agency for Global …
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Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has been busy triggering constitutional crises, setting due process and other basic rights on fire, rocking the U.S. economy with a trade war based on horrifically bad math, wielding the Justice Department and other agencies to target his political enemies, …
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The United States surgeon general is tasked with representing the nation’s medical community and informing the general public on potential risks to their health. Warning labels on tobacco products, alcohol, and potentially even social media all originate from the surgeon general’s office. Surgeon generals often first serve as high-ranking doctors …
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FBI Director Kash Patel left senators dumbfounded during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today, practically scoffing at the idea that he has to deliver a budget request in a timely manner, while throwing up his hands about any responsibility the FBI might have in holding Donald Trump’s administration to account …
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Catholics have a new pope, and for the first time in the church’s history, it’s an American. It took the College of Cardinals only two days to elect U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost as the successor to Pope Francis. Prevost — who has taken the name Leo XIV — was by …
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