Trump Admin Argues Even Terminally Ill Patients Shouldn’t Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements

Trump Admin Argues Even Terminally Ill Patients Shouldn’t Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements

Under a new policy the administration is defending in court, low-income people with cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s, and other life-threatening illnesses must prove they’re too sick to work or risk losing their health insurance. A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by more than two dozen Democratic states to halt a Trump administration policy announced last month that would […]

‘Recipe for Catastrophe’: Trump Moves to Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards

‘Recipe for Catastrophe’: Trump Moves to Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards

“We should be banning drilling in the Arctic Ocean, not making it easier for industry to exploit and pollute.” The Trump administration on Monday proposed weakening Obama-era safeguards for fossil fuel drilling in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, a move condemned by environmental groups as another industry handout that would make disastrous oil spills more likely. The US Interior Department characterized the proposed […]