A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010. Critics who say extensive cuts to Medicaid being pushed by the Trump administration and House Republicans will result in the deaths of people were bolstered Friday by new reporting on a recent study detailing how […]
Democratic senators said diplomatic discussions with numerous foreign governments about Elon Musk’s satellite service appear to be “a textbook case of corruption.” Amid the news that billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk secured a new deal with Saudia Arabia for his satellite internet service just as U.S. President Donald Trump was visiting the Middle Eastern country, Democratic senators are intensifying their […]
A newly reported document shows that “anti-fraud checks” implemented at the Social Security agency found virtually no improper benefit claims—while slowing payments substantially. An internal Trump administration document reportedly shows that anti-fraud checks recently installed at the Social Security agency have found just two cases of potentially improper benefit claims out of more than 110,000—a […]
“The dismantling of USAID and cuts to humanitarian aid has been devastating and unacceptable,” said one international aid group. More than a million people in some of the world’s most impoverished countries could be fed for three months and hundreds of thousands of children’s lives could be saved if $98 million in ready-made meals and […]