Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Tag: President Donald Trump

GOP lawmakers disrupt impeachment hearing as more damaging details emerge about...

“It was pretty extraordinary. It really was an act of civil disobedience by Republicans”

Trump wellness programs would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions

The ACA’s pre-existing condition protections are among the law’s more popular and important elements.

Extorting Ukraine is bad enough

Recently a friend who follows the news a bit less obsessively than I do said, “I thought George W. Bush was bad,...

Republicans see the light, no longer will submit to Trump’s domination

In a stunning, totally unforeseen turn of events, key Senate and House Republicans, after meeting in an 8-hour secret session, suddenly announced...

Missed opportunities? Pros and cons of a ‘focused’ Trump impeachment inquiry

For almost two weeks, American news has been filled with stories about the possibility and soon enough reality of an impeachment inquiry in the country’s House of Representatives. The inquiry comes as a result of a whistleblower complaint...

Amid impeachment inquiry, Democrats can’t keep up with multi-million dollar spending...

The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump took center stage last week and helped both parties rake in millions of dollars. While the president’s...

Trump’s requiem: “And now the end is near, and so I...

I wrote this article about the end of the Trump presidency earlier this year. Now, based on the stunning revelations that have surfaced about...

Could President Trump be impeached and convicted – but also reelected?

The launching of an “official impeachment inquiry” into President Donald Trump’s conduct has sailed America into largely uncharted waters. While there...

For Trump, regime change begins at home

A month after he won the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump gave a speech in North Carolina where he declared that “we will stop...

Trump’s Ukraine call raises questions about campaign finance rules on foreign...

President Donald Trump acknowledged this weekend that he discussed former Vice President  Joe Biden and his son during a July phone call with Ukraine’s...

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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...

Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.

More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...

Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.

Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt

While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.

6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet

Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.

Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...

Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."