Month: April 2025
April 02, 2025
Congress
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...
April 02, 2025
Congress
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...
April 02, 2025
Politics
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,”...
April 02, 2025
Politics
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...
April 02, 2025
Politics
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...
April 02, 2025
Health Care
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
April 02, 2025
Politics
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,...
April 02, 2025
Health Care
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...
April 02, 2025
Politics
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...
April 02, 2025
Health Care
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...