Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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Zeldin’s EPA rollbacks and PFAS limits

Instead of doing its job to keep people safe, the agency is systematically dismantling protections for the environment and human health.

Trump rule narrows Medicaid exemptions as work requirements move toward nationwide rollout

A new CMS rule implementing Republican-backed Medicaid work requirements adopts a stricter definition of medical frailty, raising concerns that millions of low-income Americans could face new bureaucratic hurdles to maintaining health coverage.

Sanders proposes 50% public stake in leading AI companies

New legislation would create a sovereign wealth fund funded through equity transfers from major artificial intelligence firms, aiming to distribute AI-generated wealth beyond Silicon Valley investors.

Vermont becomes first state to ban weed-killing pesticide paraquat

The legislation passed with broad bipartisan support in Vermont's general assembly after extensive medical research linked the pesticide to a significantly increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Food insecurity reaches near-pandemic levels as economic strain deepens across America

Federal Reserve researchers find rising hunger, declining financial confidence, and growing hardship concentrated among lower-income families, households with children, and SNAP recipients.

Donald (disaster) Trump

And worse yet, those groupings are likely to be with us long after our current president has gone off to that great cheeseburger stand in the sky.

The roots of the US-Russia rivalry

Russia-U.S. relations became most visible during their Cold War confrontation and are now dangerously dysfunctional. Long-established suspicion and overlapping interests have shaped periods of cooperation and competition for centuries, a cycle that risks repeating itself indefinitely.

The ripple effects of organizing against data centers

One city’s success in stopping a data center grew into a regional movement that’s notching wins across the San Gabriel Valley.

The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied...

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

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