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Opinion | JD Vance's Medicaid fraud task force raises some big questions
18+ min ago (614+ words) The anti-fraud campaign started when the Trump administration decided to go after Minnesota, focusing specifically on Somali immigrants, a frequent target of nakedly racist attacks from Trump himself. Last week, former All-American Ole Miss football star Rufus French was sentenced…...
Bring them home: Families of jailed Americans urge Trump to seek their release during Xi meeting
34+ min ago (601+ words) Nelson Wells Jr. and Dawn Hunt have been detained in China since 2014 after being convicted on drug charges. Their families say they were victims of trafficking scams. As President Donald Trump meets in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, two…...
Republicans are now less likely to say inflation is a big problem than they were in 2025
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (216+ words) Read more in today's edition of The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe. In a new poll out from Pew Research Center, Americans continue to cite healthcare, budget deficit, inflation and unemployment as major issues facing the U. S. However, a bipartisan divide…...
Trump keeps failing Economics 101
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (370+ words) The president's moves run afoul of the basics of the profession he studied at the prestigious Wharton School. President Donald Trump said Monday that once the war with Iran is over, gas and oil prices will "drop like a rock....
Following the latest resignations, HHS suddenly lacks officials in key offices
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (398+ words) The list of problems at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. s department could fill a lengthy book, but his personnel problems are among the most endemic. During his yearlong tenure leading the Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary managed to bother various…...
This congressional odd couple swears a lawmaker stock-trading ban is coming
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1128+ words) Lawmakers have tried to prohibit members of Congress from trading stocks for years. But the Republican and Democrat leading the push think they might finally have action....
Trump's order to restrict mail-in ballots could hit a snag in federal court
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (670+ words) President Trump is trying to restrict who can vote by mail, but Democrats are looking to stop him with lawsuits. Once again, a judge will decide. A federal judge is weighing the legality of President Donald Trump's executive order that…...
Rev. Al Sharpton: Trump is "spitting in the face" of Americans struggling under his economy
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (451+ words) The MS NOW host said Trump's comments, made shortly before the president and his billionaire entourage traveled to China, were "contemptible." The Rev. Al Sharpton ripped President Donald Trump on Wednesday's "The Beat," calling out the president after he downplayed…...
Transportation secretary faces intensifying ethics questions over reality series
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (327+ words) The closer one looks at the burgeoning controversy surrounding Sean Duffy's new reality series, the harder it becomes to justify the project. For one thing, the former Fox News host (and former 1990s-era reality television personality) decided to promote a…...
On renewable energy, Interior's Burgum offers a case study in willful ignorance
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (75+ words) People keep trying to tell the Trump Cabinet secretary that battery power exists. He keeps saying foolish things about renewable energy anyway....