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February 20, 2025

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Trump Opens Door to Medicare Cuts After Backing GOP Plan to Gut Medicaid

Beltway journalists reported Thursday on “confusion” spreading throughout the White House and the Republican caucus following U.S. President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a House plan that would slash Medicaid and comments from the administration that suggested Trump will not protect Medicare—but Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates said the message was […]

February 18, 2025

Sanders Has a Message for Working-Class Trump Supporters: ‘They’re Going After You’

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Sanders Has a Message for Working-Class Trump Supporters: ‘They’re Going After You’

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, has multiple messages for supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. For one, “focus not on what Trump says, but on what he does,” Sanders said in a clip of an interview that he posted on the platform X on […]

February 18, 2025

‘Hands Off Medicaid’ Events Nationwide Target GOP Over Plan for Massive Cuts

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‘Hands Off Medicaid’ Events Nationwide Target GOP Over Plan for Massive Cuts

Medicaid defenders are holding events across the country this week, starting Tuesday, to raise public awareness and mobilize Americans against the House GOP’s proposal for $880 billion in cuts to the program that provides healthcare to tens of millions of low-income people, including children. The in-person and virtual events […]

February 17, 2025

‘How Does This Help Working People?’ Fury Over Trump Mass Firing of Health Workforce

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‘How Does This Help Working People?’ Fury Over Trump Mass Firing of Health Workforce

Reducing the price of groceries—a key campaign promise made by U.S. President Donald Trump—has thus far ranked low on his administration’s list of priorities, but mass firings at numerous federal health agencies over the weekend suggested that scaling back efforts to ensure proper nutrition for infants, the safety of medical […]

February 14, 2025

House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid

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House GOP Advances Budget After Blocking Amendments to Protect Food Benefits, Medicaid

House Republicans advanced their budget plan out of committee Thursday night after a 12-hour markup session during which they rejected dozens of Democratic amendments, including proposed changes that would have protected Medicaid and federal nutrition benefits from the deep cuts the GOP hopes to impose to help finance trillions of […]