Updated 8:30am EST Feb. 8 with information on Whitaker’s hearing.
“Adam Schiff?” Donald Trump said Feb. 6 at the White House, when asked about the Democratic congressman from California who chairs the House Intelligence Committe...
Month: February 2019
It’s 2019 and faxing is still a thing
The fax machine is a symbol of obsolete technology long superseded by computer networks—but faxing is actually growing in po...
Trump’s plan to ‘defeat AIDS’ lacks ambition
As teased earlier in the week, President Donald Trump pledged in his State of the Union address Tuesday to “eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within ten years.”
Noting incredibly scientific strides, Trump promised, “Together, we will defeat AIDS in America and beyond.”
Following the speech, Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar released additional detail about the strategy, which for the most part, contains core components that...
Trump talks unity but offers no olive branch
President Donald Trump paid lip service to unity and bipartisanship during his second State of the Union address Tuesday night. But he put forth no solution to the divisive problem facing the country later this month: another potential government shutdown.
Trump used the bulk of his address to mislead the country about immigration and border security, economic development and criminal justice, abortion and foreign policy. He inexplicably claimed credit for preventing a war with Nort...
Everything the Trump administration hasn’t done to end HIV/AIDS by 2030
Donald Trump is expected to unveil a plan in his State of the Union address tonight (Feb. 5) to end the transmission of HIV in the US by 2030.
The goal is realistic, experts say. If Trump is serious about achieving it, though, his administration needs to radically...
Tonight’s State of the Union guests represent a deeply divided America
President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union address tonight is supposed to focus on “unity.”
“We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions and unlock the extraordinary promise of America’s future,” Trump plans...
How Trump’s Latest Plan to Cut Drug Prices Will Affect You
The proposal seeks to lower out-of-pocket spending in Medicare by taking aim at the secret deals that drug makers strike with industry go-betweens.
Red states move to limit Medicaid expansion approved by voters
Just months after voters in Utah and Idaho approved ballot measures meant to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act, legislators in both states are moving to place restrictions...