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Medical Experts in Horror After RFK Jr. Pulls $500M in Vaccine Research Funding
Experts warn the health secretary’s choice to cut funding for mRNA research is part of his larger anti-vaccine agenda.
Chief Actuary Says GOP Budget Will Accelerate Depletion of Social Security Funds
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said parts of the bill are a “a backdoor way for privatizing Social Security.”
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest
Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.
House Committee Subpoenas DOJ’s Epstein Files
Rep. James Comer subpoenaed the DOJ and former and current federal officials, including former President Bill Clinton.
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Stop ICE Abductions in New York Courthouses
Masked officers have been gathering in courthouses to look for people attending mandatory immigration appointments.
State Dept. Threatens Intervention in Brazil as Bolsonaro Put on House Arrest
The Trump administration has already sanctioned the judge presiding over Bolsonaro’s alleged coup attempt trial.
Netanyahu Pushing Forward Plan to Occupy All of Gaza, Israeli Media Reports
Far right ministers in the governing coalition have pushed to reoccupy Gaza rather than negotiate a ceasefire.
Trump Doesn’t Like Jobs Numbers, Fires Head of Labor Stats
Economist Dean Baker says Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner is a “five alarm fire.”
ICE Is Enticing New Recruits With Student Loan Forgiveness
Trump has weaponized student loan forgiveness to advance his agenda.
Trump Administration Is Deploying Soldiers to Immigration Jails in 20 States
Immigrant rights advocate Setareh Ghandehari called the move “another marker of an authoritarian regime.”