Tuesday

14-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: April 2025

Johnson digs in against proxy voting, citing House’s ‘integrity’

Speaker Mike Johnson is digging in against allowing proxy voting for the House's new parents, heightening a standoff with members of his own party that has frozen legislative action...

Republicans weigh selling public lands to pay for Trump agenda bill

Congressional Republicans are mulling the sale of some public lands to help pay for a massive bill to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, according to lawmakers aware of...

Mallory McMorrow launches Michigan Senate primary bid by slamming Democrats for ‘lacking the urgency of this moment’

“We need new leaders. Because the same people in DC who got us into this mess are not going to be the ones to get us out of it,”...

Trump slaps at least 10% tariffs on all imports in ‘Declaration of Economic Independence’: ‘Half of what they could be’

President Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday to impose his sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs on all imports — with a new 10% baseline rate and harsher levies on dozens...

Supreme Court torn over South Carolina bid to cut Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood

Supporters of Planned Parenthood argue the state violated the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965, which states beneficiaries "may obtain" medical treatment from any qualified provider. Supporters of Planned...

Fauci allies, Covid vaccine officials get ax at NIH

The removals have gutted FDA and NIH leadership. The removals have gutted FDA and NIH leadership. ​Health Care

Dem fundraiser ActBlue made donation standards ‘more lenient,’ received foreign contributions during 2024 election: internal docs

By December 2024, an ActBlue sheet tallying just the "known instances of fraud" revealed hundreds of donations -- including from Brazil, Colombia, India, Iraq, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia,...

Top Trump FDA official Brenner hits pause on Novavax Covid-19 vaccine decision

The intervention by a senior FDA official in a product decision is a highly unusual action. The intervention by a senior FDA official in a product decision is a...

Pelosi secretly tried to prevent Biden from ‘lowering himself’ by debating Trump in 2024: new book

The authors of a new book on the 2024 election described House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., secretly urging President Joe Biden not to debate then-candidate Donald Trump last year. The...

Supreme Court wrestles with red state efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

The case hinges on whether Medicaid patients have the right to see the doctor of their choice. The case hinges on whether Medicaid patients have the right to see...