Tag: government shutdown
Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina sparks outrage as millions of...
Critics accuse the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits during the shutdown while approving a $40 billion bailout tied to Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei.
Millions risk losing food stamps next month as shutdown drags on
With USDA warning funds will be depleted and states halting enrollments, pressure mounts on the Trump administration to avert a national SNAP disruption before November.
DHS buys two Gulfstream G700 jets for Noem and top officials...
Amid one of the longest government shutdowns, records show a $172 million contract for two “used” G700s as Democrats demand answers on funding and oversight.
Warren warns of GOP-caused healthcare crisis as shutdown looms
Democrats propose a short-term funding plan tied to restoring Medicaid and extending Affordable Care Act subsidies while Republicans advance a separate funding bill, heightening the risk of an October 1 shutdown.
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of illegally fired federal...
Judge William Alsup rules that the Trump administration illegally fired thousands of federal workers, calling the mass terminations a “sham” designed to bypass legal protections, while unions and advocates celebrate a major victory for labor rights.
Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump...
Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.
Congress avoids government shutdown
The temporary funding bill will keep some government offices open through Jan. 19 and others until Feb. 2.
Coalition implores Biden: Reject ‘inhumane’ program cuts amid fiscal negotiations
An unyielding stance against austerity measures as government shutdown approaches.
‘Genius’ shut-down exposes Trump ‘fix-ations’
Trump can’t fix anything, certainly not his own credibility and lost leverage, and that makes his tenure a fusillade of fixations repeated ad infinitum.
Gearing up for possibility of another Trump shutdown, airport workers ready...
"We need people to fully understand what the issues are so that we can be prepared to respond potentially with withholding our service, if that's what it takes to stop a continuation of the shutdown."
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.