“House Republicans want to make it harder for federal courts to serve as a check on Trump’s lawlessness and overreach,” said one advocate. “But that’s not how our democracy works.” With the Trump administration’s attacks on the First Amendment, birthright citizenship, and other constitutional rights in full swing, Republicans in the U.S. House on Wednesday passed a […]
As the Social Security Administration prepared to cut phone services for beneficiaries, the acting administrator admitted: “The reason that we’re on this timeline is because we received a request from the White House.” The Trump administration’s massive cuts to the agency that oversees Social Security benefits that are the primary source of income for 40% […]
“Social Security needs a commissioner whose loyalty is to beneficiaries, not Elon Musk,” said one advocate. As Democrats on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee grilled financial services executive Frank Bisignano at his confirmation hearing to oversee Social Security on Tuesday, a progressive think tank reported that the Trump administration’s cuts to the popular program have […]
“Unfortunately tossing a scarf over the GDP numbers doesn’t change the fact that their policies have us careening toward a downturn.” All signs are pointing to a coming recession as U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on close trading partners, oversees mass firings of civil servants, and pushes for cuts to public services—but by firing economists, advisers, […]