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JD Vance Says Medicaid Cuts for Millions “Immaterial” Compared to Funding ICE
Vance handwaved away the Medicaid cuts — expected to lead to thousands of deaths yearly — as “minutiae.”
The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun
Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.
UN Expert Exposes Companies Aiding Israel’s Genocide, Occupation in Palestine
Amazon, BlackRock, and Keller Williams LLC are some of the companies named in the report.
Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous
Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.
After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill
With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.
Fetterman Moans He’s Missing Beach Trip to Vote on Bill Projected to Kill 50K
The bill is targeted at harming the poor, and is projected to cause 50,000 excess deaths yearly.
Indigenous and Green Groups Protest ICE’s “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Everglades
Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the Big Cypress National Preserve had begun.
Israeli Forces Liken Gaza Aid Site Shootings to Game of “Red Light, Green Light”
The deadly aid site protocol is called “Operation Salted Fish,” the Israeli name for the children's game.
Mamdani Says Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist: “What We Need More of Is Equality”
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy in New York City.
Trump Admin Appears to Defy Court Order Allowing Gender-Affirming Passports
A source within the government tells journalist Erin Reed they believe the noncompliance is intentional.