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 […]
“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 […]
“I am trying to see how this operation differs from a classic organized crime protection racket. I see little distinction.” A Thursday report in The Wall Street Journal revealed new details on President Donald Trump’s attempts to shake down major corporate donors to fund his assorted vanity projects, including the construction of his luxury White House ballroom and his presidential library. […]
“The use of false charges and criminal prosecutions to deflect blame away from politically powerful leaders and their allies is an abuse of the justice system that cannot be tolerated,” said another critic. The US Department of Justice on Friday moved to throw out its criminal case against David Hearn, the Olympian it accused of vandalizing the […]