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Medical Debt Expected to Grow as Premiums Rise and Trump Slashes Regulations
The Trump administration has gutted rules and programs meant to protect people from ever-increasing health care costs.
Hunger Threatens to Plague “Golden Years” of Older Americans Due to Trump’s Cuts
Malnutrition and food insecurity are set to soar among vulnerable older populations due to aid cuts in Trump’s budget.
Trump’s Tax Law Seeks to Override Rules Protecting Children in Immigration Jail
Tucked into the legislation are provisions that pave the way for migrant children to face longer periods in detention.
Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State
It’s time to return to the kind of bottom-up struggle that helped establish modern public health in the first place.
Sanders: Members of Congress Who Voted for “Big Beautiful Bill” Must Be Ousted
Democrats must make the bill “the defining issue of the 2026 campaign,” the Vermont senator said.
The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway.
Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down.
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law
Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.
States Scramble to Protect Hospitals Ahead of Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts
One analysis estimates that US hospitals could lose nearly $665 billion in Medicaid funding over the next 10 years.
Provision in Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners Amid Climate Crisis
Analysts say private jet owners will be able to write off the full cost of their aircraft in the first year of purchase.