While governors provide temporary relief, “people all over the country, particularly rural families who will be the ones disproportionately harmed by Trump’s cruel games, are speaking out,” noted one petition organizer. As the Trump administration refuses to use existing federal funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, governors are stepping up to help the 42 million low-income Americans […]
“By foolishly announcing his intention resume nuclear testing,” said one expert, “Trump will trigger strong public opposition in Nevada, from all U.S. allies, and it could trigger a chain reaction.” US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, an announcement made in a frighteningly vague social media post that threatens to shred decades of […]
“Decisions about the use of American military force are not campaign strategy sessions, and they are not the private property of one political party,” said Democratic Sen. Mark Warner. The Trump administration on Wednesday cut Senate Democrats out of a classified briefing on the US military’s string of deadly strikes on boats that the president and his […]
“Do not go down in history as the first president to manufacture a hunger crisis in the richest country on Earth,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Release these funds.” Senate Democrats on Wednesday accused the Republican Party of “weaponizing hunger” after Senate Majority Leader John Thune blocked an effort to pass a standalone bill to keep federal food assistance funded through November, and […]