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GOP’s Plan to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich Is Now Projected to Cost $7 Trillion
The GOP has come under fire for using an accounting trick to claim the proposed tax cuts would have no budgetary impact.
Only 14 Senators Join Sanders Bid to Block Arms to Israel as Gaza Deaths Top 50K
The resolutions failed by a larger margin than in similar votes in November, with several Democrats flipping to “no.”
Child Care Funding Cuts Will Compound Crises for Generations to Come
Access to child care is already inadequate across the US. Trump's funding cuts to Head Start will make it far worse.
Department of Education Threatens US Public Schools’ Federal Funding Over DEI
The Trump administration’s threat comes as many school districts are preparing their budgets for the next school year.
Palestinian Child Killed in Israeli Prison After Being “Systematically Starved”
Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, who was 17 years old, is the first known child killed in an Israeli prison.
Senate Republicans Unveil Budget Blueprint to Deliver on Trump’s Agenda
"Let's be clear: Trump and his allies in Congress are cooking the books in broad daylight,” said one critic.
USDA Suspends Maine Education Funds Over State’s Support for Trans Athletes
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills warned that the “rule of law in our country” is at stake.
Poll Finds Over a Third in US Can’t Access Quality Health Care — a New High
A new Gallup survey finds 11 percent of US adults can’t access quality care and can’t pay for care or medicine.
Deadly Dengue Fever Rises as the US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding
“Dengue is already found in many places in the US that have never seen this disease before,” a physician warns.
Trump Dumping Musk Is Not Enough to Stop the Wreckage of the Federal Government
Even if Trump splits with Musk, the tech bro’s strategy of wrecking institutions and pushing legal limits will live on.