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Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Sanders Isn’t Backing Out Before Sunday Debate — and He Has Questions for Biden
Bernie Sanders intends to stay in the race at least through this Sunday's one-on-one debate with front-runner Joe Biden.
Trump Promised No Coronavirus Treatment Copays. Insurers Say That’s Not True.
For those who test positive for coronavirus, any treatment will still come at a potentially massive cost.
In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule
The Senate overturned a new rule that would have prevented defrauded students from having their loans forgiven.
Experts Say Trump Is Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Economists say Trump's proposal to cut the payroll tax is “a Trojan Horse attack” on Social Security.
Biden Receives More Funding From the Legal Industry and DOJ Staff Than Trump
Lawyers and law firms have contributed over $6.6 million to Joe Biden.
Native Communities Brace for More Cases of Coronavirus
Tribal nations are now protecting communities from the outbreak by imposing travel restrictions.
Crashing Oil Prices Undermine Trump’s Aim to Drill Toward “Energy Dominance”
Relying on an unstable shale industry may have left the U.S. economy more vulnerable during times of crisis.
“Even a Fox News Audience Agrees”: Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are “Extreme”
At a Fox News town hall, Sanders argued that health care and a living wage for all appeal broadly to the electorate.
Biden Refuses to Commit to Signing Medicare for All Bill as President
Establishment Democrats continue to claim that a Medicare for All proposal would never make it through Congress.