“They do not reliably increase employment, but they do kick people off essential benefits like food assistance and healthcare,” said an expert at the Economic Policy Institute. After nominees for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet this week endorsed work requirements for social safety net programs, an economic think tank released a Friday report detailing the policy’s drawbacks. […]
“President Trump is dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption,” Senator Elizabeth Warren warned. U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly fired at least a dozen inspectors general at various federal agencies late Friday, according to multiple news outlets, in a move that may run afoul of federal law. Outlets are listing different numbers […]
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In late January 2025, meteorologists from the National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, are predicting “dangerously cold temperatures and wind chill values for much of the South and eastern U.S.” During this time when peak cold often arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, Alaska today celebrates the king-of-the-cold’s birthday. Jan. 23, 2025, is […]