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Trump Signs Executive Order Delaying Negotiations for Prescription Drug Prices
One policy advocate described the move as “a total capitulation to the demands of drug corporation lobbyists.”
Big Oil Is Taking a Page From Gun Manufacturers’ Immunity Playbook
Oil giants are lobbying Congress for immunity against lawsuits over misleading public about dangers of fossil fuels.
Appalled at Funding Genocide, Over 2,000 US Taxpayers Turn to the UN for Redress
With no recourse in US courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to UN Human Rights Council.
Trump Admin Fails to Reply to Queries From Congress on Citizens Detained by ICE
None of the dozen members of Congress who have written to the government with pointed questions have received a reply.
Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP
Hungry for an economic populism that challenges Trump, Democrats line up behind Sanders’s latest minimum wage push.
Nearly 40% of Those in Mike Johnson’s District Rely on Medicaid as He Eyes Cuts
Without Medicaid, many can’t afford health coverage in a state where the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.
House Republicans Advance Bill Backing Trump- and Musk-Led Destruction
Critics say the bill would accelerate their plan of gutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, among other things.
Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Native American Health Programs
Tribal leaders are calling on Congress to exempt tribes from cuts and are preparing to fight to preserve their access.
Progressives Say Chuck Schumer Has Voted to “Surrender” to Trump and Musk
Waleed Shahid described the senator's vote for Trump's spending bill as an “utterly embarrassing strategic blunder.”
Proposed Lawsuit for Constitutional Convention Cites Petitions From 1789
A draft of a lawsuit circulating among some attorneys general claims states reached the two-thirds threshold in 1979.