Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is continuing his years-long crusade against Planned Parenthood, filing an amendment to a massive Senate appropriations bill last week that would cut federal funding from the organization, as well as others that perform abortion procedures.
In a statement released Friday, Paul said his amendment to the Senate appropriations package for Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education is “our chance to turn our words into action, stand up for the sancti...
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Trump admits he’s violating the First Amendment on Twitter
Last week, President Donald Trump revoked former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance — the White House claims that he did so because of Brennan’s “erratic conduct.” On Tuesday morning, however, Trump sent a tweet essentially admitting that “erratic conduct,” in this instance, is a euphemism for “criticized Trump.”
Even James Clapper has admonished John Brennan for having gone totally off the rails....
Conor Lamb never mentions Trump. It’s working in his favor.
ROSS TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — “Lamb the Sham” is President Donald Trump’s go-to insult to wield against freshman Democrat Rep. Conor Lamb. But if the president hopes it will trigger an angry response from the candidate, he’s wrong.
Lamb, who will face off against Rep. Keith Rothfus (R) in Pennsylvania’s newly redrawn 17th district, rarely mentions Trump by name on the campaign trail, preferring instead to keep his attention focused on local issues and, more broadly, on Americ...
The Note: Can Democrats beat Trump’s GOP with Obamacare?
Trump has said the fight over Obamacare continues – and the men and women he’s trying to defeat are welcoming that.
Even with five conservative judges, it won’t be so easy to take away abortion rights
With Brett Kavanaugh as Donald Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court justice, reproductive rights advocates are concerned that America might soon overturn Roe v. Wade, opening the way for conservative states to ban abortion.
Kavanaugh’s voting history suggests he would be willing to...
Thousands could lose Medicaid coverage as states enforce work requirements
Thousands of Americans could be at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as states implement work requirements approved by the Trump administration.
Trump administration reportedly poised to approve restrictive changes to Medicaid
The Trump administration is preparing to approve a number of changes to Medicaid — the government health care program that provides coverage to low-income people — that could leave tens of thousands of people without coverage.
As Politico first reported Friday, the administration is set to approve waivers from some states that would impose work restrictions and allow questions about illegal drug use to be included on applications for Medicaid.
The report comes two...
Rep. Keith Rothfus’ constituents are fed up with his health care agenda
ROSS TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — It’s usually pretty quiet outside Rep. Keith Rothfus’ (R) Ross Township office.
But that changes every Wednesday, when dozens of the congressman’s constituents gather outside his nondescript doors to demand that he hold a town hall meeting. Each week, since February 2017, organizers have rallied about a different topic important to the people of the 17th district, which is made up mostly of the suburbs surrounding Pittsburgh. This week their focu...
Half of the Supreme Court’s liberal members are over 80 years-old
Happy Birthday to Justice Stephen Breyer, who turned 80 on Wednesday. He joins Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 85, as one of the Court’s two octogenarians. Ginsburg and Breyer are both left-leaning Clinton appointees.
That means that there is a very real chance that a member of the Court’s liberal bloc could be forced to depart the bench before Donald Trump leaves office, potentially giving Trump the opportunity to name a third member of the Supreme Court.
Pre...
Medicaid work requirements to cause over 5,000 low-income Arkansans to lose health care
In Arkansas, residents on Medicaid need to report 80-hours-a-month of work or service online to keep their health insurance under new requirements. So far, more than 5,000 people have failed to do so, jeopardizing their continuous coverage.
About 5,426 people who qualify for the public health insurance program designed for low-income people failed to report 80 hours of work in June and July, according to the latest numbers from Arkansas’ Department of Human Services. If they f...